In many ways, Greedventory is everything you might not expect from an RPG. It's a quintessential role-playing game that takes the ideas you've learned from decades of games that have come before and turns them on their head. Its gorgeously-detailed pixel art landscapes might look beautiful-crafted, but look just a little closer and you'll find danger, distrust, and downright greed everywhere you look. So to help you get a start in this twisted world, I jotted down a few of the hard lessons I had to learn to get ahead. Take note, and you might not have quite as much trouble as I did.
Anything can be armor if you're desperate enough
From the very first moments of the game, Greedventory makes it clear that if you need some protection, even 💜the very smallestꦍ thing can help. Sometimes, that something is little more than the comically-small helmet you've had permanently jammed onto your head and the pair of underwear you left the house in, but hopefully it can be a little more than that. As I weaved my way through the world, I sought protection wherever I could find it; a farmer's straw hat; a pair of magician's gloves; a gas mask and a leather jacket; a series of fetching cloaks. Every little helps, and in my search for my next favourite piece of loot I made sure to destroy every crate and jar I came across, and rifle through every sack and chest I could get my hands on.
I need to stop hitting myself
All that different armor definitely came in handy in battle, but it was also surprisingly effective once the fighting stopped, especially when I was showing every inanimate object around me who was boss. The problem with chaotically brandishing your sword at everything in sight is that you risk gashing yourself across the♐ torso thanks to a particularly wild swing. It might only be a minor cut, but all that self-inflicted damage adds up over time - especially since hurting yourself can cause some serious wear and tear to your weapon. It was a habit that took me an embarrassingly long time to get out of - particularly when I found new weapons capable of doing plenty of extra damage to both my foes and myself.
There's more than one way to win a fight
I started my journey in Greedventory as a dangerously chaotic swordsman. As I've already pointed out, nothing was safe from my hectic style - not even myself - and there were plenty of times when my mindless thrashing left me out of stamina as a dangerous foe bore down upon me.But as I started to refine my approach, I found a dozen different ways to best my foes in combat. A deft parry could leave my opponent in a state of shock, leaving him open for my devastating charged attack. If a fight was going south, I could use a bleed attack and then leech some life back off my opponent. Magic powers or perfectly-timed attacks saw my foes burst before me in a cloud ⭕of viscera. By far my favourite way to win a fight, however, was to use my shield as a giant racquet, redirecting my enemies' attacks to injure them, or knocking aside their healing potions to turn their boost of strength onto me.
