I really fucking hate the weight system because you never know how heavy shit is going to be, and being over encumbered is always annoying . I think inventory slots are much better l, id rather just leave that shit behind.
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Do you prefer a weight system or inventory slots?
- Thread starter Uncle at Nintendo
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From does it the best. Equipment load has a gameplay effect, inventory load is irrelevant.
That said, encumbrance in Bethesda games is intended to provide a natural stopping place in games that don't have natural stopping places (and you're not meant to pick everything up), so I don't hate it the way a lot of people do.
That said, encumbrance in Bethesda games is intended to provide a natural stopping place in games that don't have natural stopping places (and you're not meant to pick everything up), so I don't hate it the way a lot of people do.
prefer no limit. Let me carry 99x of every healing items and never use them.
But if I have to choose, I prefer slots.
But if I have to choose, I prefer slots.
There are exactly zero instances where a weight system makes a game more fun. It only detracts from the experience.
This lol.
But if I was forced to pick one, inventory slots. I really don't like weight systems.
I like Resident Evil's attache case system.
Restricting, but simple.
Great for survival horror, where the items are permanent and stay where you leave them.
For most games though, just let me hold everything.
Restricting, but simple.
Great for survival horror, where the items are permanent and stay where you leave them.
For most games though, just let me hold everything.
I voted inventory slots, however I think it really depends on the game. If you're playing a game where potatoes and fancy high-end swords take up one inventory slot each, then that means every potato is pointless for the swords, but you also need potatoes to heal.
It's a videogame. Let us have fun.
Get rid of weight and space limits. Stop making me run back to town to sell/store stuff.
Get rid of weight and space limits. Stop making me run back to town to sell/store stuff.
I have taken off the weight system from every game that I played that has had one.
Every single game was made better.
I have no idea where devs get the idea that it's fun. I wonder if it's a whole "Well, everyone else has a weight system, so we have to too" from some dipshit exec.
Every single game was made better.
I have no idea where devs get the idea that it's fun. I wonder if it's a whole "Well, everyone else has a weight system, so we have to too" from some dipshit exec.
I have fun with diablo style inventory systems until you get so much crap it becomes a chore to deal with. That being said being overencumbred was miserable in bethesda games.
Depends. Slots work really well for games like resident evil where there's less items in general, but you want the player to still pick and choose what they take with them. This will usually make the player consider close to every item they pick up, and they'll be messing around with their inventory more often. Which is ok because there's less items in general and you can tell at a glance what fits and what doesn't.
Numerical weight works better for games with more items like RPGs (especially dungeon crawly ones) because you can just pick things up as you go and only consider what to leave behind every so often when you hit the weight limit. You'll still have to ignore some items sometimes, or risk giving up a healing item in order to earn more by cashing in more treasure, but you won't (or shouldn't) be constantly going in and out of the inventory.
Of course both of these generally work better in games that have more linear or traditional level design. So many games going open and expecting you to be out in the world for longer periods, weight systems of any kind skew more towards useless tedium rather than meaningful pacing or decision making.
Numerical weight works better for games with more items like RPGs (especially dungeon crawly ones) because you can just pick things up as you go and only consider what to leave behind every so often when you hit the weight limit. You'll still have to ignore some items sometimes, or risk giving up a healing item in order to earn more by cashing in more treasure, but you won't (or shouldn't) be constantly going in and out of the inventory.
Of course both of these generally work better in games that have more linear or traditional level design. So many games going open and expecting you to be out in the world for longer periods, weight systems of any kind skew more towards useless tedium rather than meaningful pacing or decision making.
I hate both of them. In real life I'm something of a minimalist, but in video games I want to be a hoarder.
