You know what I liked about Dragon Age?
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Ah, I'm not Japanese, so I'm not entirely sure. I believe they used to have subunits, but because the value of the yen dropped against most other currencies I think they were dropped. After it would just be overcomplicating things since the yen is worth quite little to begin with.MetaMop said:
I think I was saving up for something at the time, and when we reached the end and the conversation started over again I was pissed off that they'd hoovered my cash and I'd gained nothing. Bloody elves.KEM10 said:
And he was so fucking emo all the time! "Oh, life is so shit, I am so miserable, I am haunted by my dark past while I drive my luxury sports car to a beautiful woman's house to have sex with her, wearing an expensive suit with thousands of dollars in the pocket! Woe is me!"MetaMop said:
God damn it, man, if you're going to have such an awesome life then at least have the decency to enjoy it...
The MUD I play has been running a similar system for at least twelve years, but I never played before that so I'm unsurepunkrocker27 said:
they also do the same thing for the eight or nine distinct currencies that are currently in use in various areas of the world. The difference being that your coins don't magically change, like when you collect 100 pence they become a dollar - you're still lugging around 100 pence and those bastards weigh a ton when you have high numbers. You need to go change them at a moneychanger, or bank them. I like that it's realistic, but if you're not paying attention you end up carrying tons of coins, being unable to dodge attacks, and dying :-/
Well, that system makes sense, but I'm unsure if any currency system in the history of ever has used 'copper, silver, gold' as the actual names of their currency. Pretty much all of them have had actual names.
I liked that as well. Other games have had that before, but it doesn't matter. It's simple and clear.
In games like Diablo II (where 5 and 6 looked so similar it was very annoying), Titan Quest and such where you're carrying gold/coins in the units of hundreds of thousands, you occasionally have to take another look if it's 55555 or 555555 you're about to waste.
It's not that big of a deal, but Dragon Age: Origins' way of handling currency is better.
In games like Diablo II (where 5 and 6 looked so similar it was very annoying), Titan Quest and such where you're carrying gold/coins in the units of hundreds of thousands, you occasionally have to take another look if it's 55555 or 555555 you're about to waste.
It's not that big of a deal, but Dragon Age: Origins' way of handling currency is better.
I don't mind having a reasonable inventory limit, or having to pay cash into some kind of storage thing, but overly complex space/weight/etc arrangements piss me right off.
Just thinking about Diablo's inventory system pisses me off... there with your level 30+ character, literally having to line every spare scrap of floor in Tristram with heaps of gold you can't carry. Considering how much some of the top end equipment sometimes cost, it was retarded.
"I can't carry any more".... ARGH!
It might not be realistic, but I like the Dragon Age concept of money being ethereal little numbers that in no way relate to your pockets.
Just thinking about Diablo's inventory system pisses me off... there with your level 30+ character, literally having to line every spare scrap of floor in Tristram with heaps of gold you can't carry. Considering how much some of the top end equipment sometimes cost, it was retarded.
"I can't carry any more".... ARGH!
It might not be realistic, but I like the Dragon Age concept of money being ethereal little numbers that in no way relate to your pockets.
All money has been magically enchanted to weigh nothing. Now keep your physics out of my fantasy
the same thing could be said of your backpack which is loaded with armor, equipment, supplies, reagents, potions, quest items (which can be VERY large in some cases), etc ...MetaMop said:
but i agree the idea of carrying around several thousand GPs is absurd from a real world perspective and i thought that Dragon Age handled the problem reasonably well ... perhaps more developers will follow suit.
He absolutely is, and for some reason almost nobody agrees with me on this. Niko's life is fucking sweet. There are very few problems that couldn't be solved by just getting rid of his idiot cousin. He's living the male power fantasy - he's rich, he drives fast cars, wears cool clothes, shoots guns and screws sexy women. He's a badass and everybody knows it.MetaMop said:
Yet all he does is complain about how hard everything is for him, and how everything goes wrong for him. Tell you what, pal - you take all that cash you've earned and go build yourself a fucking mansion, fill it with hookers and blow, and then tell me how awful your life is.
I liked that, but it made me pissed whenever someone asked for 6 sovereigns. I can spare a few silvers, and ALWAYS was willing to give a few coppers.
But I will never, ever give anyone a sovereign.
STUPID PEOPLE! ASKING FOR MY MONEY!
But I will never, ever give anyone a sovereign.
STUPID PEOPLE! ASKING FOR MY MONEY!
Actually, I think the backpack was a good idea. It forced the idea of value into items - do you take the staff that gives you +5% fire damage, or the one that boosts your HP? You can't really take both, so you have to pick which you'll keep and which you'll sell. In a game with infinite carry capacity, you end up keeping everything just in case it becomes useful later on. There's very little realism involved in carrying several suits of armour in your packpack, but from the perspective of keeping the game interesting it's far better than carrying a hundred.Casimir_Effect said:
At least Dragon Age allows you to purchase backpack upgrades. I never really had much trouble with the space issue, TBH - when I got a better weapon that the one I was using, I equipped it and sold the old item. Unless you're at the very end of the game, a better one is going to come along in an hour or two anyway.
