XBox 360 storage device issue with Darksiders

Question

I've been playing Darksiders now for some time now and I've noticed that when I start the game, in the main menu where it says "Press Start", it always triggers me to select a storage device. Why does it always ask? Is there a problem in my system, or is that just normal behavior? I never had this experience with any other game which I have played.

System:

XBox 360 slim 4GB with no additional storage devices.

Answer

This always depends on the game. Some games ask you to choose your storage device once (so it sets it as default), and never asks you again till you may want to change it from Game Options. Darksiders is one of the games that always ask, and its developers are the ones to blame here.

Briefly, your Xbox 360 is normal. It's a built-in feature of that game.

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How do I fill my Empty Vessels?

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I'm enjoying Darksiders, and I'm definitely understanding why some folks compare it to Legend of Zelda.

In Zelda, you can fill up your bottles with Milk, Potion, or Fairies, and in Darksiders, it appears you're able to do the same with your Empty Vessels (though less Milk and more Souls, probably). However, I've yet to actually find out how to do so. The Empty Vessels can't be used directly (like one might equip a bottle in a Zelda game) so I'm at a bit of a loss.

How can you fill an Empty Vessel with Revive, Life Essence, Wrath, or Chaos (etc)?

Answer

An empty vessel will get refilled when you buy life essence, etc., from Vulgrim.

You can think of empty vessels as inventory slots for consumables.

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Any reason *not* to trade Fallen Legion Artifacts to Vulgrim?

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I've been playing Darksiders. In the course of beating the souls out of dumpsters, traffic cones, and sign posts, I discovered a Fallen Legion Artifact.

The game helpfully popped up "Ooh, take this to Vulgrim and be rewarded!" So I did, and on Vulgrim's interface there was a new "press R to trade artifacts". I did so... and nothing seemed to happen.

The button disappeared, so I think I did trade something, I'm just not sure what I did. What does trading artifacts to Vulgrim do, and is there any reason not to?

Answer

So, the only purpose the Fallen Legion Artifacts exist (outside of achievements) is to be traded for souls.

There are a limited number and I do know some people don't trade them in to keep track of how many they still have to pick up, but having 1000/1000 the game myself, I can tell you its not a necessity.

For reference

Fallen Legion Soldier Artifact: 500 souls (there are 20)
Fallen Legion Champion Artifact: 1000 souls (there are 8)
Fallen Legion Overlord Artifact: 5000 souls (plus a wrath core, there is 1)

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