Any point in collecting coins?

[Tom]

I'm wondering if I should stop searching for coins everywhere in the game. It's so distracting and it makes the experience too much like a "game". I'm in a section where me and Elizabeth should be in a hurry leaving the area, yet I keep getting slowed down by the urge to search every box and trash cans... That just puts me out of the story.

Am I going to have a disadvantage or a worse experience if I just don't try to collect them anymore?

[morbosfist]

You need coins to buy pretty much everything, so yeah, take the time to loot all the things.

[Tom]

So... that means I won't have a lot of spare coins at the end of game, will I?

[ZoidbergForPresident]

There's a point where you can salvage coins eternally. It's between two maps. On one side there's a big zone with some shops and in the next you get a salt dispenser. Use the first power you get on the shop to get money then recharge your salt.

But anyway, yeah you need money except if you play on easy/normal. :P

[SomeUnregPunk]

Originally posted by Tomwelcome:

So... that means I won't have a lot of spare coins at the end of game, will I?

i'm playing on hard and I don't have enough coinage even with the obsessive checking of everything and attacking the vendors. oh and one boss fight will kill your supply might quick.

[Tom]

What do guys think if I play on Normal and just completely ignore the money system, will it still be easier then Hard?

[Tom]

I originally played on Hard.

[SomeUnregPunk]

Possibly. Then you would be getting practically no upgrades other than the gear you may find.

the difficulty would then come from facing oppenants that have been geared for players with upgraded stuff.

[Dinerenblanc]

Coins woulds be useful on hard mode, but it's not necessary. Exploring can also lead to more story elements so it's worth the search.

[Tsunero]

If you skip the coin farming you miss out a lot of story explanation which comes from the voxophones (some of them are quite well hidden, if you rush trhough the game you will find around half of them, the ones that are in plain sight). Well, I like scavenging stuff so it was not a problem for me. However, if you play on easy you can completely skip it since the enemies will die ridiculously fast.

[(´・ω・｀)]

Coins are necessary if you want to upgrade your vigors and weapons. They also help to buy things that can be necessary (i.e. ammo, health, salts). I personally would collect coins, but it's not totally necessary.

[Tom]

I've now near the end of the game now. At the end I collect coins like everyone does. And here's some of my personal advice for someone who's been wondering the same as I did:

There's not enough coin to upgrade everything available in the game, so you'll want to keep collect them if you want maximun choices of weapons and vigors. However, if you are only going to upgrade a set of favorate weapons and vigors, and keep using the same set throughout the game, the coins are more than enough.

If I were to replay the game again, I'll choose to upgrade only 3 to 4 weapons and vigors to its maximun and leave the rest untouch. Then I can drop the act of looting altogether and only collect coins when it feels natural to do so, thus keep the pace of storytelling fluent.

[Ivlichnov]

But don't be afraid of picking up and using weapons and vigors that you haven't upgraded. Being flexible brings more variety to the game.

Although I say that, from the point of view of someone who played the game on Medium difficulty.

[morbosfist]

You pretty much have to use weapons that you haven't upgraded at some point, especially when the Vox show up and throw off your entire upgrade pattern up to that point.

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