I loved how it fit the theme of the game, you were a newcomer thrown into hostile world, whole "just one small fish in the pond" thing. And the place you started with was perfect for it:
Looks terrible, right? Even comes with some kind of wooden plank right in the middle of it, probably covering hole/extra ventilation in room floor. But that's what made it great! It perfectly suited starting "tone" of the game.
Later on, you get to move to a much better place:
So REDS, don't shy away from doing the same! Throw some dirt on the walls, give us lousy furniture and cheap TV.
Also paying a rent would be nice add-on or player having to invest in security. Open world games need expenses, to keep economy from spiraling out of control.
Looks terrible, right? Even comes with some kind of wooden plank right in the middle of it, probably covering hole/extra ventilation in room floor. But that's what made it great! It perfectly suited starting "tone" of the game.
Later on, you get to move to a much better place:
So REDS, don't shy away from doing the same! Throw some dirt on the walls, give us lousy furniture and cheap TV.
Also paying a rent would be nice add-on or player having to invest in security. Open world games need expenses, to keep economy from spiraling out of control.
Never forget: http://debofnight.andcuriouser.com/
I hope we get radio hosts, it really makes the world feel more alive. Troika nailed the atmosphere for that game. Easily one of my favorite games ever.
It was fun getting back to your shitty apartment to check out your email, catch up with Heather and move out.
I hope we get radio hosts, it really makes the world feel more alive. Troika nailed the atmosphere for that game. Easily one of my favorite games ever.
It was fun getting back to your shitty apartment to check out your email, catch up with Heather and move out.
Cyber security, random shots in neighbour aparmtent quest, drugs, dozen of locks on door, funny next door neigbour, sims decoration system, book shelf with books, TV programs, radio programs, fish pet, secret gun shelf, drone vacuumer, mirror to see yourself (hahahah), actually being robbed, garage , hologram paintings, mini-games, maybe weapon bench, wardrobe, sword shack, cd projekt red t shirt, e3 cyberpunk 2077 t-shirt.
I hope an abode is going to be of much more importance than it was in bloodlines where you only checked e-mail honestly. They have smarphones for that now.
I hope an abode is going to be of much more importance than it was in bloodlines where you only checked e-mail honestly. They have smarphones for that now.
Yeah the side quests grant Street cred, which is the rep for opening up more side quests with factions that wouldn't deal with a nobody.
Summoning "V:TM Bllodlines" should go with some serious anti jinx magic. That was great game, one of the greates if not the greates RPG by the 2004. It has a lot of promise, exceptional potential, yet it failed. Primarily because of bugs. It was out just too early. Just 2-3 months more work and Troika would survive and maybe we'd had VTM:B2 in the couple of years.
Economy. Yest. That's what RPG lacks. Cost of living. Your place costs, your car costs, fuel costs, food costs. Your cyberware needs regular maintenace. So your weapons. It could be dome by several simple scripts. You just pay a single sum every week. You fail and some things fll apart. Your car won't start or your cyber eye goes nuts. Your great, purely cosmetic Holo Set doesn't work and you need to come up with 1000E$ of your character's wallet and by new (or not). All without peinstackingli checking every things in your inv to make sure they are in good shape.
And if you're behind your rent? Maybe some boostergang ransacks your place and the landlord is like "Strange, I haven't seen anything..."
Economy. Yest. That's what RPG lacks. Cost of living. Your place costs, your car costs, fuel costs, food costs. Your cyberware needs regular maintenace. So your weapons. It could be dome by several simple scripts. You just pay a single sum every week. You fail and some things fll apart. Your car won't start or your cyber eye goes nuts. Your great, purely cosmetic Holo Set doesn't work and you need to come up with 1000E$ of your character's wallet and by new (or not). All without peinstackingli checking every things in your inv to make sure they are in good shape.
And if you're behind your rent? Maybe some boostergang ransacks your place and the landlord is like "Strange, I haven't seen anything..."
So many potentially great RPGs got screwed over by publishers.. KOTOR 2, Dragon Age 2 ( Well, Bioware in General). Good thing CD Red publishes its own games.
Back on topic, such an ingame economy sounds interesting and would stop you just throwing money at anything as a solution. There is a danger of it feeling like a chore. Picking up a job because you need to pay the bills is a good motivation to set a quest in motion organically, not able to buy any upgrades for hours because of bills can get tedious
Back on topic, such an ingame economy sounds interesting and would stop you just throwing money at anything as a solution. There is a danger of it feeling like a chore. Picking up a job because you need to pay the bills is a good motivation to set a quest in motion organically, not able to buy any upgrades for hours because of bills can get tedious
Funny topic y'all raised here. You guys do know REDs are just development team that answers to their master publisher like when they had to answer to higher ups after two The Witcher 3 delays. And regional distributors are also counted as publishers of all things. If not for Atari in USA and Noviy Disk in Russia there wouldn't be any Witcher series and CP2077 and The Witcher 3 would have far more modest sales figures since people are still buying discs ya know.
I believe the topic of this thread is not game publishers. So let's get back on topic, all right?
He specifically mentions that if they feel they have to redo something they'll do it because they're in a position where they don't have to a publisher breathing down their necks because they are self published.
@Muffilato
Sorry for the OT.
Actually installing it for the first time right now. Gets mentioned alot around here and got curious.
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Hahaha, I had to do a double take at the "don't open it" x)
I loved Bloodline's, I finished a playthrough a few months ago and yes, the Night time radio host, even though you never met or interacted with her, was a great atmospheric addition to the game. It let you know about some of the crazy things happening in the dead of night and added to the lore of the game while keeping you entertained (especially with the radio host down to earth realistic yet flirtatious attitude).
I heartidly agree with Loostreaks, the home V inherits from begining should be a "shithole" compared to what they can have access to towards EndGame. Give us a transition to what life is like as someone barely making ends meet, to the luxurious life of the wealthy 1% of Night City. That would be great way and place to have most of our social "down time" interactions with love interests, potential companion characters (invite them over for minigame time or to advance personal story instead of going to their usual hangout if you don't feel like making the trip!) and a place to collect our ingame Trophies!!!
Not enough game have this feature to have visual representation of our ingame progression, having a bunch of Trophies set around the house would give a direct visual feedback of our accomplishments (the eye of a cyberhacker that we took down, the banner of a gang we wiped out, the signed helmet of a racer we saved, etc) I mention this because this was one of my favorite features in Star Wars XWing Alliance