Bend Launches Golden Abyss “Black Market”
Now in business.
Published: 8:57, 14/02/2012 by Jim Hargreaves.
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Golden Abyss: one of Vita's key launch titles.
However, some of the more hard-to-get treasures called Bounties are randomly dropped by enemies during the campaign, some of which are incredibly rare. To help players overcome this barrier, Bend has established the Black Market, an in-game NEAR application.
Players can put out requests for a Bounty they are missing. If someone who has the required Bounty responds then a copy of that particular treasure is passed on, Bend also promising rewards for those who aren’t lucky enough to receive a response.
It’s an interesting system, and if you happen to be one of the many trophy hunters out there, using the Black Market is a definitely a shortcut on the road to platinum. Hopefully Bounties won’t be too taxing on those who lack a local Vita player-base with which to trade items.
You can read our full review of Uncharted Golden Abyss here.
Source: PlayStation Blog
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14/02/2012 at 09:43
Member since: Jan 2010
Interesting way of building a community around an SP experience, develop this right and it could be a great thing for devco and customer alike.
14/02/2012 at 09:56
Member since: Jan 2012
Sadly though, without using the black market; you can’t get all of the collectible’s, or the platinum. I do love the idea though.
14/02/2012 at 10:21
Member since: Jan 2012
That’s not true. Using the Black Market will only make you able to get the platinum quicker.
14/02/2012 at 11:38
Member since: Jan 2012
No, their is a set of collectibles that require the use of this; it said so on PS blog.
14/02/2012 at 11:46
Member since: Jul 2009
Can I interest you guys in an avatar? ;)
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/forum/welcome-to-the-tsa-forums/help-avatars-signatures-images-and-tsa-twitter-theme/
14/02/2012 at 11:47
Member since: Jan 2012
How do you put an avatar on here?
14/02/2012 at 12:10
Member since: Jul 2009
:D
14/02/2012 at 13:04
Member since: Forever
Yeah, seems like there is a set of collectables that you can only get by using NEAR. It sounded like you would have to put out a request (on the Black Market), not have the request fulfilled, then automatically get sent an item that is not found in game, so you’re not left empty handed.
14/02/2012 at 14:49
Member since: Jan 2010
You can Mikey, cheers, been wondering about that for a while but was a little too sheepish to ask, so thanks and I’ll get on the case shortly :)
14/02/2012 at 15:36
Member since: Jan 2012
Thanks by the way, it took a while to work :D
14/02/2012 at 10:00
Member since: Feb 2012
Really neat idea. Would suck if you lived out in the wops, or if your the only one in the area with a vita though. But there is mention of rewards for non responses, so perhaps you will be covered either way!
14/02/2012 at 10:03
Member since: Jan 2012
Yeah, if they hadn’t rewarded people who didn’t get responses it would be so mean! I also just found out (slightly OT) that 3g vita buyers in the US get Super Stardust, whereas we get Wipeout! :D
14/02/2012 at 10:35
Member since: Feb 2011
I doubt I’ll be near anyone (depending on radius), so looks like I’d need many playthrough to obtain all 300! Sounds kind of annoying if you want all the trophies :(
14/02/2012 at 15:27
Member since: Feb 2012
Like the idea of this just enough people in my area buy a Vita.
14/02/2012 at 16:26
Member since: Feb 2011
Sounds great. Something different at least.