Weirdest VG currency?

[VeX1le]

Does Sol from Lunar Knights (not sure if its in another game this is just most recent) count? You use it as energy AND money?

 

[Vimbert]

Gig Points from Soul Nomad and the World Eaters. I mean, given the nature of the game... are they just how much Gig approves of you? Do they have any tangible form at all, given that GP is never spent at physical shops? This continues to puzzle me.

Often, when friends and I encounter a particularly strange money name we refer to it as "pieces of eight", "doubloons" or "SpaceBucks" just to make things more hilarious.

 

[Lord Krunk]

Either the talking, cigar-smoking and agressive money from Conker, or Bottle Caps from Fallout.

 

[Tattaglia]

While not really a currency, omni-gel from Mass Effect is used in everything. Seriously. You can repair vehicles, heal wounds and hack into security systems all with the same substance. You can even melt weapons into the stuff, yet it's never shown anywhere in the game except for a small diagram of a ball in the equipment screen.

And then in Mass Effect 2 Bioware said unto thy people, "Fuck omni-gel" and it was so.

 

[-Drifter-]

While not really a currency, omni-gel from Mass Effect is used in everything. Seriously. You can repair vehicles, heal wounds and hack into security systems all with the same substance.

Doesn't heal wounds, actually. That's medi-gel.

I'd have to say meat.

 

[Tattaglia]

While not really a currency, omni-gel from Mass Effect is used in everything. Seriously. You can repair vehicles, heal wounds and hack into security systems all with the same substance.

Doesn't heal wounds, actually. That's medi-gel.

I'd have to say meat.

A fair point. Funnily enough medi-gel isn't shown either, just its dispensers.

 

[Good morning blues]

The currency in Anachronox, a game that takes place in a far-flung sci-fi future, is the Canadian dollar. In-game information says that this is due to "a freak of intergalactic commerce."

 

[Namewithheld]

The currency in Anachronox, a game that takes place in a far-flung sci-fi future, is the Canadian dollar. In-game information says that this is due to "a freak of intergalactic commerce."

yesssssssssssssss, someone else played Anachronox!

 

[Woem]

You mentioned my favorite already: Meat.

Gotta love the Kingdom of Loathing.

My vote goes to meat as well

 

[Dommyboy]

Rubles from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I mean, come on; what kind of backwards country would call their money rubles?

 

[Hurr Durr Derp]

Bottle Caps. Ever since I've played Fallout, I started to collect bottle caps. In hope that, when the nuclear apocalypse arrives, we'll at least have some money to get by.

Thank you. I was hoping someone would say bottlecaps so I can explain the perfectly reasonable explanation behind their usage as currency.

1. They're easily recognizable.
2. There's a large, but not infinite supply of them.
3. They're very difficult to counterfeit.
4. They're convenient.

Bam.

Apart from the logic behind it, one of the the main reasona was that many of the objects and themes in Fallout are based on nostalgic Americana. Since collecting bottlecaps is a part of that, it made sense as a currency.

Both reasons are also why the switch to gold coins in F2 was so stupid.

 

[-Drifter-]

Rubles from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I mean, come on; what kind of backwards country would call their money rubles?

Russia?

 

[Namewithheld]

Apart from the logic behind it, one of the the main reasona was that many of the objects and themes in Fallout are based on nostalgic Americana. Since collecting bottlecaps is a part of that, it made sense as a currency.

Both reasons are also why the switch to gold coins in F2 was so stupid.

There were many things in F2 that were really really stupid.

 

[CommyGingerbreadMan]

gonna have to go with Moneeyz, why such a cute name for a currency?

 

[userwhoquitthesite]

Crystalized blood (red orbs) in DMC.

Squeeze as much juice as you can out of monsters, find more inside everyday objects, and then use them to buy things from an avatar of Time itself

...the FUCK you say?

 

[WestMountain]

Ratchet and Clank's currency, bolts. How do they even fit in your pocket?

 

[SD-Fiend]

rupees where do they come from and why are they found in grass

 

[WolfThomas]

bottlecaps are probably the weirdest.. since it's post apocalypse, I'd figured they'd use something more tangible... like food or water or something like that..
but bottlecaps are good too I guess

In the Original they were also called "Hubbucks" (the hub being the largest city) I believe the idea was they were also stamped with the city's symbol.

Edit: from the fallout wiki "Bottle caps are backed by The Hub merchants in the Core Region. The reasoning for their support is that the technology to manufacture bottle caps and paint the surface has been lost in the Great War, which would greatly limit any counterfeiting efforts. Secondly, there is a limited number of bottle caps, which would serve to preserve their value to some degree."

 

[tkioz]

Bottle Caps, I have to say, always strange to me.

 

[Dommyboy]

Rubles from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I mean, come on; what kind of backwards country would call their money rubles?

Russia?

Thanks for destroying the obvious joke.