The Closure of Gravity Rush 2’s Online Services May Introduce Another Problem for New Players

Draikin

7 years ago

While Sony listed the impact that the closure of Gravity Rush 2’s online services would have on the game, which includes making 10 unique in-game items impossible to acquire, it since occurred to me that it may have more repercussions. Spread throughout Gravity Rush 2’s world are treasure boxes for the player to find. The first 32 of these contain unique items for the player to collect. These items consist of 6 gestures, 10 photo items and 16 talismans. From the start of chapter 3, an additional 26 items can be obtained from the chests: 25 furniture items for decorating Kat’s home, and 1 talisman.

By far the easiest way to access these treasure boxes at the moment is through the online Treasure Hunts. Via the online services, players periodically receive a photo sent by other users. These photos point to a location of a treasure box in one of Gravity Rush 2’s cities. If the player finds and opens the treasure, they receive a few Previous Gems as well as one of the 58 unique items (until the player has acquired all of them). After that, the player can take their own photo of the treasure box they found and upload it as a Treasure Hunt for other players.

Now, these treasure boxes can also be found when you’re simply exploring the world and participating in an active mission. But I only found a handful of treasure boxes this way in the time I spent playing the game. Even assuming that this method will remain available after the online services close down, people starting a new game would need to find 58 of these treasure boxes to unlock all the unique items (and probably a few more, as some treasure chests might not give you an item for some reason, even if you don’t have all of them yet). In practice, that’s going to be a very tedious task. One of our followers on Twitter examined how much time it would take to find the treasure chests if you’re offline, and he was kind enough to share the results. It took him around 50 hours to find 4 treasure chests, by specifically looking at locations where they appear. It’s obvious that the developers didn’t account for the possibility that the servers would go offline anytime soon, further evidenced by this in-game message which specifically tells people to complete treasure hunts to find furniture to decorate Kat’s home.

While the items won’t be gone entirely when the servers go down (unlike the items that are unlocked via Dusty Tokens), I imagine this is another point where the closure of the online services ends up hurting the game.

As I couldn’t find information on all the items locked within treasure boxes, I ended up starting a new game to make a list of my own. You can view the result below.

Talismans

Amaranth Treasure
Aqua Treasure
Carmine Treasure
Celadon Treasure
Cerulean Treasure
Cinereous Treasure
Coral Treasure
Crimson Treasure
Indigo Treasure
Sable Treasure
Scarlet Treasure
Slate Treasure
Taupe Treasure
Turquoise Treasure
Violet Treasure
Viridian Treasure

Amaranth Treasure Talisman

Aqua Treasure Talisman

Carmine Treasure Talisman

Celdaon Treasure Talisman

Cerulean Treasure Talisman

Cinereous Treasure Talisman

Coral Treasure Talisman

Crimson Coral Treasure Talisman

Indigo Treasure Talisman

Sable Treasure Talisman

Scarlet Treasure Talisman

Slate Treasure Talisman

Taupe Treasure Talisman

Turquoise Treasure Talisman

Violet Treasure Talisman

Viridian Treasure Talisman

Photo Items

Bucket
Fire Hydrant
Flower Pot
Gas Canister
Hog’s Head
Mailbox
Planter
Standing Sign
Vending Machine
Big Box (this is the name listed when you open the box, the photo item itself is actually called “Large Box”)