A SOMEWHAT LENGTHY, UNNECESSARY, AND TEARFUL RANT ABOUT MONEY IN SILKSONG VS HK:
look. as the knight, i never had much issue finding my way across hallownest, primarily thanks to cornifer's lovely, well priced maps. now, silksong is a game of roulette. have i been here before? do i know where i am? will i be able to find this place again? the answer: unfortunately probably yes, no, and no. shakra, babe, i wanna buy your maps so bad. i crochet, i know the worth of small businesses and i would never call you a cheat, i love your steady hand and dedication to mapping out this hellhole. however, whenever i FIND you, i am broke. and whenever i HAVE ROSARIES, i can't find you.
i have made my way into like seven or eight different areas by now and only have the map to three. and also, what happened to good old reasonable prices? the KNIGHT got to sit their ass down on any fuckass piece of metal for the low low price of free and sometimes maybe 20 geo and i WANTED to donate. i was filled with good cheer and weighed down by money and felt generous with wealth. what's a little money in the grand scheme of things.
what the FUCK are these prices in pharloom? i mean, i guess it checks out that a kingdom not actively dying of infection (afaik) and with a working economy would have inflation, but sixty to eighty rosaries PER BENCH? usually right after i slave away and kill the same dumbass flying enemy just to unlock my beloved bell beast? maybe you guys can solve your own damn citadel issue, whatever it is! nobody even uses half of these benches! do you want your savior to FAIL? am i just a TOOL to you?
hornet is on her hands and knees scrabbling around in the dirt with pointy little insect hands trying to gather up round little balls and the worst part is she can't even afford balls. can't afford balls and yet balls let her afford things. a balls paradox. and you're laughing. she's doing her best and you're laughing.
it genuinely feels like the equivalent of your boyfriend breaking up with you and he's like sorry, you're not attractive enough for me :/ so you're like whatever, you're ugly as hell and you couldn't get play anyway, you were a pity boyfriend. so you go home feeling very sorry for yourself and somehow he's fucking your identical twin. in your bed. and you kick them out and run crying home to your mom and he's fucking your mom, who looks just like you. and also you're addicted to gambling and alcohol or some shit. admittedly the metaphor got away from me there but you get it, just the worst possible scenario
but no!! you're a veteran, you're determined. you, hornet, have survived much worse. you're gonna afford what you need. you are gonna grind for rosaries. so you scour the maps you have. you backtrack. you fast travel. you find a perfect bench next to a bunch of enemies who will easily respawn. you brandish your nail and slay them without mercy. they die with a shower of glitter that falls to the ground and which can surely ONLY be rosaries. your problems: solved. upgrades? abilities? so sweet. within your grasp. you reach down to pick it up--
fuck you, the metaphorical boyfriend whispers. im fucking your dad too. get shell sharded. 🩷
all that to say, i really really love this game
