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Games with great equipment systems? (Best loot whoring games?)
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I think having an avatar of you getting fucked in the ass by your satanic boyfriend, means that you don't know what fun actually is, and should therefore, SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Thank you, and have a nice day.
Marsal
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Emily
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too bad the game was so easy that you didnt really need anything
Damned Registrations
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Well, you did for the post game if you didn't want battles to take 50 years. But yeah, the game had great systems balanced and used awfully. Wouldn't really recommend it unless you're already a fan.
Another pseudo worthy mention for me would be Ehrgeiz. (Holy fuck I spelled that right. I'm some sort of savant.) It had some of the weapon cannibalizing elements mentioned about the Parasite Eve system, along with some cool deity blessing crap and magic being found rather than purchased or acquired via levels. Gameplay was a neat little diablo like leaning on the roguelike elements. There was food for example. And if you died, your loot (and body) were left at the spot you died and you had to retrieve them with the other playable character. If you both died, well tough shit. Nifty old gem. The fighting game portion (which was the main part of the game apparently) was awful, but had no connection to the dungeon crawler part at all. Bizzare game.
Another pseudo worthy mention for me would be Ehrgeiz. (Holy fuck I spelled that right. I'm some sort of savant.) It had some of the weapon cannibalizing elements mentioned about the Parasite Eve system, along with some cool deity blessing crap and magic being found rather than purchased or acquired via levels. Gameplay was a neat little diablo like leaning on the roguelike elements. There was food for example. And if you died, your loot (and body) were left at the spot you died and you had to retrieve them with the other playable character. If you both died, well tough shit. Nifty old gem. The fighting game portion (which was the main part of the game apparently) was awful, but had no connection to the dungeon crawler part at all. Bizzare game.
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I think having an avatar of you getting fucked in the ass by your satanic boyfriend, means that you don't know what fun actually is, and should therefore, SHUT THE FUCK UP.
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Marsal
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FFS, don't take the high road, bro! Unleash your inner Codexer!
laclongquan
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Legend of Mana has crafting system, not loot system. And if you are talking about crafting, Prince of Qin got pretty good. 5 element to counter-support each other, and each NPC got an affinity with another element, so making items for people are pretty hard and challenging. You want to make a Water-heavy staff for your witch to cast spell, but a status-heavy to boost her stat. For your paladin, a Smith item set to craft, aside the other set...
Final Fantasy 8 got pretty well developed loot system:
Normal loot after battle, or mug in-battle.
Rare loot that you can mug on certain conditions.
Their equipped magic you can draw from enemies
Equipped GF if that is boss class.
Turn enemies into Cards if you need that.
At the early stage, right after you get Mug ability, you will start having big choice:
Mugging to get the loot
Kill him normally to get normal loot or Card him?
Kill him quick to farm XP/Gil or keep him alive to Draw magic
That will persist until you can get access to different players in different regions to get more Cards to convert into magic/item. Which is in middle of the game due to story.
Final Fantasy 8 got pretty well developed loot system:
Normal loot after battle, or mug in-battle.
Rare loot that you can mug on certain conditions.
Their equipped magic you can draw from enemies
Equipped GF if that is boss class.
Turn enemies into Cards if you need that.
At the early stage, right after you get Mug ability, you will start having big choice:
Mugging to get the loot
Kill him normally to get normal loot or Card him?
Kill him quick to farm XP/Gil or keep him alive to Draw magic
That will persist until you can get access to different players in different regions to get more Cards to convert into magic/item. Which is in middle of the game due to story.
Stabwound
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Record of Lodoss War works in emulators, but you need to have a version that doesn't have the scene intro, as none of the emulators seem to be able to run that one.
I haven't had a chance to play it much yet, but the initial part makes it seem pretty Diablo-like, which is a good thing.
I haven't had a chance to play it much yet, but the initial part makes it seem pretty Diablo-like, which is a good thing.
Definetely going to join the Might & Magic crowd here. In M&MVII you find plenty loot yet the upgrades you find are rarely small, but usually massive and interesting.
Deleted member 7219
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I liked NWN's inventory/equipment system. I liked the way it was managed and how every item had its own look. NWN2 ruined it by making everything a barely visible square. Of course, like all D&D games, the item themselves get ridiculously powerful by the time you hit lv 20 or so, but otherwise I thought it was done well. Can't think of many other RPGs with an inventory system as good as that. Fallout's was ok but not very complex, you just equip one armour and maybe 2 weapons, no other items.
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Restricted Area. Guilty pleasure of mine. Basically cyberpunk Diablo 2 with a 5 dollar budget, which is why it was released halfway finished. In the future, only dweebs wear body armour, so there's no armour drops. Instead, spawns drop cyberware or bioware, prosthetic arms of meat or metal, instantly insertable eyes, plug-and-play hearts, which you can swap around like you would equipment pieces in Diablo. Every item in the game is a "set" item, based on which manufacturer made it, and equipping several from the same company grants stat bonuses, making hunting for that Oxygenetic cyberleg or artificial armour plated skin a priority.
There are a pitiful 8 or so weapon types (katana, ninja claws, pistol, shotgun, machine gun, plasma rifle and flamer) with differing stats. The good part is that each weapon or item can be upgraded for cash, meaning that you really NEED to do a couple optional sidequest dungeons to raise the money to improve your shotty to deal with the notoriously poorly balanced late-game enemies. Money never becomes pointless, a huge flaw of 95% of the endgame of most RPGs.
I highly recommend Restricted Area. It has a lot of neat ideas and would probably have been one of the greatest games of the early 21st century if it hadn't been for budget constraints and a very low-level and undermanned dev team.
There are a pitiful 8 or so weapon types (katana, ninja claws, pistol, shotgun, machine gun, plasma rifle and flamer) with differing stats. The good part is that each weapon or item can be upgraded for cash, meaning that you really NEED to do a couple optional sidequest dungeons to raise the money to improve your shotty to deal with the notoriously poorly balanced late-game enemies. Money never becomes pointless, a huge flaw of 95% of the endgame of most RPGs.
I highly recommend Restricted Area. It has a lot of neat ideas and would probably have been one of the greatest games of the early 21st century if it hadn't been for budget constraints and a very low-level and undermanned dev team.
Rpgsaurus Rex
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Evil Islands (PC, 2000) had a decent *crafting* system (where you actually need to collect material components, like iron or mithril). Loot system itself was fine, nothing special. (It's also a good "small party" RPG with stealth elements, so I'm just throwing it out there)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Islands:_Curse_of_the_Lost_Soul
As to the really intricate likes of Crawl, I don't think there are any. It's just the roguelikes, of which you've probably played all already.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_Islands:_Curse_of_the_Lost_Soul
As to the really intricate likes of Crawl, I don't think there are any. It's just the roguelikes, of which you've probably played all already.
Gregz
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This, Two World's loot system sucked horribly.
Probably a troll post, don't want this thread polluted with misinformation.
Gregz
Arcane
Yes, yes...
The first time I played JA2 I was whisked away to my childhood. I had 3 or 4 friends who all had G.I. Joe toys, and we all had different stuff. We'd get our moms to drive us to one kid's place and combine our collection and play GI Joe for hours. What was cool about the toys, was every character was different, specialized, and had unique loadouts, weapons, and gear that made Snake Eyes Snake Eyes, or Duke Duke. This is what I loved most about JA2 1.13 I think, the ability to customize to that degree of detail, so much fun.
*sigh* back in the day bros, back in the day...
Clockwork Knight
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Is...is that a mask or is the third one holding a severed head? I don't remember Comandos em Ação GI Joe being so gritty, dark and mature.
Gregz
Arcane
Actually, I was going to mention GI Joes and how JA2 let me do what I always wished I could do.
Yeah, those Bear's Pit guys must have had the same idea. This is one thing I'm really hoping for in Wasteland 2, but I digress....
It's a mask, he was an espionage/spy dude. Barbeque was one of my favs, gotta love the flamethrower.
Phelot
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Those are the newer molds if I'm not mistaken. My nephew has a bunch of them.
And yes, that is a mask. I forget the guys name, but he's sort of like Superman IIRC "HAHAHA you cannot tell who I am because of my awesome eye shadow."
Anyway, I really wish the JA2 1.13 inventory system would become popular in other settings, especially fantasy. I want to be able to customize which sheath I use for a blade that will help making draws from it quicker and other insane details only someone with OCD would want.
And yes, that is a mask. I forget the guys name, but he's sort of like Superman IIRC "HAHAHA you cannot tell who I am because of my awesome eye shadow."
Anyway, I really wish the JA2 1.13 inventory system would become popular in other settings, especially fantasy. I want to be able to customize which sheath I use for a blade that will help making draws from it quicker and other insane details only someone with OCD would want.
Rpgsaurus Rex
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Re: JA2 1.13
At some point in mid-game you get the very best equipment on all your mercs and that's it. There are hundreds of guns, but what's the point if you end up using a select few? (Namely the BEST Assault Rifle and the BEST Sniper Rifle 95% of the time)? It's a great game, though.
At some point in mid-game you get the very best equipment on all your mercs and that's it. There are hundreds of guns, but what's the point if you end up using a select few? (Namely the BEST Assault Rifle and the BEST Sniper Rifle 95% of the time)? It's a great game, though.
Surf Solar
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Only fags and idiots choose the option to have all this stuff available early on in JA2. Part of the fun with JA2 1.13 is editing the difficulty to your own liking via .ini tools.
Rpgsaurus Rex
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I played on the highest difficulty and had drop rates set to low, I didn't bother editing .ini for my first and only playthrough. Didn't stop me getting 100% fitted out by midgame. Also this misses the point of the thread completely, which is about how "interesting" equipment is (see Stabwound's OP), which JA2 1.13 equipment isn't.
laclongquan
Arcane
Hammer Sickle game got a great inventory system.
Your limited actual inventory is standard, of course.
But you get a set of options to sort them into several category and buttons, to auto sort them. No longer pixehunting for that last french tiny grenade. Sort them to the grenade session and choose the name, click and voila.
You get several type of guns and ammo. But you used normal stuffs for routine battles and training, and leave the good stuffs for missions, because the supply of good stuffs are not that easy. Plus, due to gun's maintaince point, if you use then repair a gun too much you could ruin it, unless you are top class engineer using top class tools. That 's why you use 4 cheapass Tokarev Russian pistols each missions, because you can use them then sell, with no need to repair to cost repair tools. Save the HP Browning for dangerous and lengthy mission later.
Your limited actual inventory is standard, of course.
But you get a set of options to sort them into several category and buttons, to auto sort them. No longer pixehunting for that last french tiny grenade. Sort them to the grenade session and choose the name, click and voila.
You get several type of guns and ammo. But you used normal stuffs for routine battles and training, and leave the good stuffs for missions, because the supply of good stuffs are not that easy. Plus, due to gun's maintaince point, if you use then repair a gun too much you could ruin it, unless you are top class engineer using top class tools. That 's why you use 4 cheapass Tokarev Russian pistols each missions, because you can use them then sell, with no need to repair to cost repair tools. Save the HP Browning for dangerous and lengthy mission later.
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