What is the worst videogame currency? What is the best one?

Path of Exile has the best currency imo.

>Shinier bullets = more valueable

Fucking Metro.

>>388268719
Brass is reloadable. Steel isnt.

>>388267587
BEST
>ZENNY

WORST
>GIL

credits are the worst

REMINDER: BUMP THIS THREAD. IT'S FRESH AS FUCK.

>>388269057
What

No?

>>388269276
Literally every futuristic game ever.

Shovel knight jewels

>>388269292

This is indeed the case.

Bottlecaps.
Like I get that "Old world currency" means nothing because it's just an I.O.U. but bottlecaps have no value either so it's just a replacement I.O.U.

Bullets are a neat idea for a currency as it's how you stay alive, but I think the best "currency" is just trading value for value.

>>388267587
Worst is probably $.
Best is gil.

>>388269057
Can you explain? your comment got me curious.

>>388267587
Every currency is the same apart from some few cases like Metro 2033.
You don't believe that 5 GOLD you read while selling your shitty starter weapon is ACTUAL gold, right?

So, since you told me to tell them apart, I'll try to differ them - by name.

Worst: Gil
Best: Mesos

>>388267587
>god tier
made up currency
>meh tier
gold
>shit tier
credits

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>>388267587
>worst
Generic Galactic Credits that work on a universal scale.
>best
Bartering system involving trading physical manifestation of concepts or ideals, such as a persons emotion of sadness or their favorite memory.

>>388269470
Aren't bottlecaps a joke?

>>388269735
I dunno dude I'm drunk lol can you buy me Sky Rogue ?

What's the best currency to collect?

>>388269516
steel cases become useless faster than brass cases
also, many steel cases use a different type of primer that are more likely to go off during the reloading process

>>388267587
Best is $ credits gold gil etc.

Worst is everything else.

>>388269820
What's your steam

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>>388268407
fpbp. seriously though, it's fucking brilliant because the currency is used for crafting. rip inflation

>>388269923
I'm nervous.

>>388269975
About what?

Worst: currency
best: pure trading

>>388270010
Giving away personal information on the INTEWEB

>>388269292
Brass is flexible and can be reloaded.
Trying to reload steel case ammunition will bust the case or fuck up your reloading die.

Economies like witcher 3 are just there for the game to be functional, which is a shame when the money the player has has nothing to do with the rest of the games economy. Its unimmersive feature in an otherwise immersive game.

>People genuinely believed bitcoins would become Shadowrun's Nuyen

>>388267587
Best: Bottlecaps, Fallout1.
Worst: Bottlecaps, Fallout 3-4.

>>388267587
Not gonna lie the ammo = currency concept is pretty cool.

>>388270010
Also I don't actually want a rando paying money for my shit, if you were legitimately going to.

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>The currency in War of the Human Tanks is literally Amazon boxes filled with animu, mango, and vidya

How can any other currency compete?

>>388270373
they're all literally the same

I hate how they didn't go full on with that bullets idea.

It should have been all bullets, not some arbitrary golden bullets that for some reason set enemies on fire.

>>388269954
Sounds fucking stupid, how am I supposed to sit on mounds of riches if the goy- I mean other players craft it all?

souls has the worst

what kinda shit is that?

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>>388269857
>>388269057

Holy shit I didn't even know steel cases were a thing

what kind of retarded system/person would use such nonsense? I've loaded nickel-plated brass before and even that shit sucks

>game has taxation
>game has higher tax for richer players

oren is best, floren is worst, temeria will rise again

>>388270576
Russians And people that like to out new range officials

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>>388270049

>>388270448
The currency in LISA is porn magazines.

>>388270760
Jew

>>388270565
I like universal currency like souls.

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>>388270556
it's okay, you can always get more by playing the game

Glimmer is the worst

>>388270993
You motherfucker.

>>388270448
Red pill me.

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>>388267587

>What is the worst videogame currency?

Anything you buy random loot crates with.

>What is the best one?

Bottlecaps obviously.

>Best
Bottlecaps. I thought it was clever and the noise they make is very distinct and nice. Made me start my own small collection.

>Worst
Trading. It weighs too much to carry random junk around to trade with people.

Best is any currency that actually fucking works. It's fucking dope when your cash stays relevant and you never have too much. You got enough to do shit, but you always need more. Makes any game so much better.

>>388270509
I mean it kind of is. That's why the bullet exchange exists. Exchange the ones you don't use for good ones.

I like gil and credits, don't get all the hate.

Only thing I really hate is "gold" where it's just a single coin, no denominations. Maybe that's what gil is, I don't know.

Every game designer needs to understand the importance of making cash sound good. The sound you hear from picking up money should be a reward in and of itself.

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>>388267587
I like the currency in Dark Saviors. The game takes place on a prison island, so you pay using cigarettes, bottles of booze, and dirty magazines. In the English release though, this was censored so instead you paid using chocolate bars, hot sauce bottles, and scary magazines.

>>388272298
*Dark Savior

>>388272140
World of Warcrafts copper, silver, and gold sounded so satisfying to me when I looted it

>>388272009
You can only use the golden bullets as currency, though.

>>388272471
Yep. Think back and you'll realize that good games tend to get that shit right. I don't enjoy World of WarCraft, but BLIZZARD knows game design.

>>388272556
>Doesn't know you hold R to change bullets loaded into the gun
>Hasn't LIT UP THE NIGHT

>>388271293
RTS game
HEAVY fog-o-war, plays like battleship if you don't scout

The setting is either the two most fucked up countries in existence using humanoid robots to fight, or a bunch of little girls playing war. The game refuses to clarify.

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>>388267587
Worst: Hands down it is real money currency. Pay to win is bunk
Best: Real Time Strategy gas and minerals etc.

>>388267587
>best
not really a currency but the whole economy in underail is great
>worse
dollars, gil, gold, credit, ...
every generic and simplistic shit

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>>388267587
Best right here.

>>388273617
Explain that game's currency.

>>388274108
In undertale, if you wanna kill things, you get money to buy weapons and armor.

If you are a a good lil' boy and do not kill, you don't get money. Since you are not hurting anything, you do not need to buy any weapons.

are there any games that use time/hours as a form of currency?

>that'll be 5 hours

>>388267587
GTA Bucks

Bottle caps.

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>>388274264
read the post again

>>388274302
yeah but its jail time

>>388274302
college homework

>>388267587
memoney instead of memory in game.

>>388274108
three actual currency each used in different city/locations (example : you can use coins in certain location but not credit)
and a more credible trading system than in most game
example : a weapon seller wont buy medicine or more material than he needs

I loved how the trading system worked on drugs in GTA: Chinatown, fun as fuck.
anyone else remembers that?

>>388274617
Nice. Does it actually work?

>>388274349
no, but i'm sorry I messed up.

>>388267587
>make the money bullets into incendiary rounds in the sequel
Fucking why

>>388274264
You actually get extra money if you spare monsters I believe.

>>388269637
Name 13 games that do this

>>388274831
well it's a nice touch but you still get rich fast
not a bad thing if you craft tho

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>>388274264
but you get paid for sparing

Hellgate's palladium is pretty cool, since all that futuristic high-tech needs it it's a logical thing to have value, also in the game you need it both to buy gear and to craft or upgrade items, it never loses value and you always need more

Porno magazines.

>>388275424
Lisa, and Dark Savior as mentioned earlier. Any other games that do this?

>>388267587
I like energy and heavy isotopes backed currencies in futuristic settings

>>388275190
Lame.

>>388270448
I wonder why Fruitbat doesn't shill their stuff here, it seems like it'd be popular.

Metro's bullet currency is really great once you read the source literature. From the book:
>...And now we use cartridges for currency, how morbid is that?
>If you think about it, one bullet is somebody's life.
>A hundred grams of tea cost five lives.
>A sausage... a mere trifle, fifteen lives.
> A nice leather jacket? It's your lucky day, it's on sale.
>Not three hundred, but just two hundred and fifty human lives.
They're trading off lives for items, effectively.

>>388270049
>Hi I'd like to trade for that rare item you have
>I want 5000 chickens so I can grind cooking
>I don't have 5000 chickens but I do have 10000 logs which you could probably trade for 6000 chickens
>no deal
>ok I'll go grind chickens
>too late someone already offered me 5500 chickens
Currency is just better in every respect.

>>388275985
Shills are a conspiracy theory and nothing more, dude. It's autists that wanna discuss whatever the fuck they're currently playing. If there's any shilling at all, it's indie garbage.

>>388276175
>grinding cooking with chickens
bruh that's a lot, a lot, of XP waste

>>388275641
Name three (III) games.

>>388270290
Just because it hasn't yet doesn't mean it can't.

Bitcoin is worth more based on the number of people who want bitcoin. In less than 10 years it went from 10,000 BTC for one single pizza delivery to >$4000 for one single BTC and it's still going up.

>>388276309
Alpha Centauri, X series, Stellaris

>>388276352
I dislike it on principle because it's used in a magic invulnerable vending machine in a post apocalyptic world. Same reason I hate the vending machines in 7 Days to Die.

>>388276352
>think it's going to be just like casino chips
>they're actually matter cartridges, and the casino and its local area is littered with 3d matter printers

good stuff

The best currency was Apple Earbuds.

BROZOUF

>>388276695
What game?

>>388268719
>>388269057

It had to do with MGR being pre-apocalypse, manufactured to military standard in the old world.

Metro 'dirty' rounds were reloaded with inferior powder that's less powerful, causes more fouling, etc.

MGR's value comes from its scarcity, inability to be reproduced, and practical use as high-quality ammunition.

>>388276814
Group Effort Stronghold II

>>388276814
TF2. They were given to Mac players when they added Mac support, and people were selling them on Russian websites for $40+.

>>388269535
What tier is historically acurrute currency

Best: gil
worst: munny

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>>388270576
>Holy shit I didn't even know steel cases were a thing
How are you even alive right now?

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>>388267587
>worst
Bottle caps is a pretty fucking retarded one.
>best
Random knickknacks and bottles of water in Pathologic

>>388269428
It is 100% possible to reload steel cased and if in a post apocalyptic scenario it would be commonplace if cases were scarce.

>>388268719
>>388269057
the military grade ammo, that is the currency in metro, is steel case ammo.

>>388277018
WHAT THE FUCK'S MUNNY

WHAT GAME

RHYMES WITH CUNNY

>>388267587
gold
gold

>>388272751
>you can only use golden bullets as currency

He meant you can't use other types of ammunition as currency, anon, not that MGR can only be used as currency and not ammunition. Learn to contextualize statements before interpreting them.

>>388276062
I learned it the hard way on Metro, fucking dogs flying all over the place.

>>388277319
Kingdom Hearts. It's called Munny instead of Money similar to how Pooh's jars of honey say "hunny" on them.

>>388277507
Neat.

Best: blowjobs
worst: credits (read: zogbux)

>>388276062
can't they just make leather from 2-3 humans?

>>388277718
>Blowjobs.

Name six (VI) games.

>>388277083
I don't live in a gun filled shithole for one.

>>388268407
Great in concept. Only downside is ALL of them save one are randomization items. It's fucking infuriating to save up a bunch of chromatic orbs then waste them all not getting the colors you want

Macca

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>>388268719
It's used as currency because it's valuable as hell. The average bullet in the Metro is made out of scrap they rip from the walls and shit. It's less that there's a gold standard bullet and more that military grade bullets leave bigger holes.

>>388269276
credits are comfy

>>388278104
that's a very clever edit

>>388276924
But buds pretty much collapsed the TF2 economy

>>388267587
Blood echoes are the dumbest shit
>using blood to buy more blood

How the fuck does that even work?

>>388276062
No need to read the source literature, that piece of dialogue is literally in the game.

>>388276771
This and Neo-Shekels

>>388276248
There is legitimate shilling though, don't be naive.

>>388280013
I highly fucking doubt it. If there is, it's the odd indie gaylord shilling his own shit.

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THE BROKEN SHARDS OF A QUANTUM CRYSTAL RIPPED FROM A MAN-KILLING ROBOT'S BODY WILL NEVER BE BESTED AS AN IN-GAME CURRENCY HOLY FUCK

>>388278507
Game?

>>388272556
>You can only use the golden bullets as currency, though.

>>388272751
>He meant you can't use other types of ammunition as currency, anon, not that MGR can only be used as currency and not ammunition.

why would they be used as currency?

3 of the six ammo types in the game are de facto home-made, which makes them vulnerable inflation and virtually unusable as currency. pistol rounds are also relatively easier to manufacture. shotgun shells might be on the same level, but they're generally heavier than rifle rounds. not to mention they are more susceptible to quality fade.

>>388278507
Isn't it the echoes of power, experience, memory, and dreams held within the blood itself used as the currency? You're spending the concept more than the physical blood itself.

>>388280421
Bloodborne yo.

The best currency is IRL money because it feels like you're in da game.

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The best currency is tokkul from runescape
>scraps of dead lava creatures
>their souls and memories are still inside these scraps
>they are aware of every second of their torment
metal as fuck

>>388281029
gotta learn to be coldblooded.

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>>388267587
soj
soj

>>388277976

No you lived in a muslim filled one.

>>388281126
You don't know where I live.

>>388280239
That kind of shilling is confirmed to exist, also it costs close to nothing to spam an OP, they do it all over the internet, why not in here? They don't care about discussion, they just want a picture of their game in the site without having to pay 20 bucks.

>>388277148
Water isn't the currency in Pathologic. It's a somewhat valuable bartering item that you get cash for.

Not many games choose to have no money.
Like, a pot is worth so much to certain NPCs but a rare book would range from someone's life to a wizard but fuck all to a miner. Like you trade for favors or other items directly. Make bartering worth a shit too.

>>388276062
Then how do you pay for bullets with this system?

>>388269470
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but bottle caps on the west coast were backed by the hub's water merchants and the value of their water. Caps were chosen as a currency because the technology to make them was largely lost, and thus they were near impossible to reproduce.

East coast using bottle caps doesn't make much sense unless west coast water merchants have that much political influence.

Bottlecaps are stupid because they're bulky as fuck, how is a wealthy wastelander going to haul their fucking bulbuous sack of bottlecaps around.

>>388268407
yeeee boiiii

>>388281675
>Gold coins are stupid because they're bulky as fuck, how is a wealthy adventurer going to haul their fucking bulbuous sack of gold around.

>>388281941
Except you can rationalize that there are 100 value gold coins. A bottlecap is a bottlecap. 100 bottlecaps will always be physically 100 bottlecaps.
That's why they're dumb, and you too.

>>388282065
but gold is still lighter

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Best video game currency out there. You can't prove me wrong.

>>388282107
It still takes up physical space.

>>388282065
Value of a hunk of gold is determined by its weight, you don't just randomly assign a value for a coin. Stamping a 100 on a gold coin doesn't make it more valuable than stamping a 1 on the same coin. In fact it makes more sense to do that with a fiat currency like bottlecaps.

>>388281675
Only the vault dweller/chosen one can, most inferior beings just use pack brahmins.

>>388282107
>gold is lighter than steel

>>388282065
>are 100 value gold coins

do you understand how gold currency works anon

>>388282470
>>388282704
You fucking idiots! Every gold coin in the history of man has been gold PLATED! They are not 100% gold!
Read a book, fuck!

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Meat.

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>>388282912
>money that can rot

>>388283012
>caring about rot
you don't EAT meat, do you anon?

>>388281172
You live in a muslim nigger cuck country.

>>388283012
That's why you sell the meat while it's still alive

>>388278104
>nuclear power plant in random slum and covered in graffiti
Çyka blyat

>>388283192
so basically livestock? not a very unique idea

>>388283225
What if it's human livestock?

>>388269428
I know that's you Carlos

>>388283175
Not him but
>every noguns country is automatically a muslim cuck country
You're not very bright, are you
All it takes is not importing shitskin and you're fine

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neo-shekels

>>388283264
dubai has that

>>388268407
Now only if the trading system wasn't an actual horse's ass.

>>388283508
this

>>388283516
So you just trade humans for objects?

>>388282841
not sure if trolling or retarded

>>388283492
You're a muslim cuck. You suck five thousand pounds of muslim faggot cock in the low gutter streets every night. Muslims drove a rape truck into your weak cuck asshole and you liked it.

>>388283763
I will sodomize you and then break your jaw in order to force you to perform fellatio upon me.

>>388278104
The ending to that series was so fucking stupid, it made me regret reading the whole thing.
For a while it was Sandman-tier, too.

>>388284004
Muslims drove a truck in your country.

>>388267587
Worst: Bottlecaps

Best: Munnie

>>388282912
came here to post this

>>388284265
Explain how meat would function as a currency.

>>388277006
Copper or just favors
Only rich people used gold and silver was only really used by tradesmen
Peasants have no reason to go high

>>388280626
>inflation when using bullets makes money deflate
???

>>388276062
But then why does it take more than 1 bullet to kill people? This game is rigged.

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>>388267587
nails

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON-7v4qnHP8

>>388281558
In many games, you can get so rich, it seems out of place in the economy since you could effectively buy the whole kingdom, but no you gotta go into danger yourself.

>>388268407
It's not, people just use chaos as a standard or simple orbs for smaller trash items. There's no point in not just making one big currency item that's used for everything in smaller and large amounts.

Worst: Real life currency, but poorly scaled so a fucking candy bar costs $100.

>>388281571
Congrats. You played the first two Fallout games unlike the majority of the people who have experienced any portion of the series.

Though I will add collecting bottlecaps in general was a "thing" in Fallouts neo-1950s pre-war universe

>>388267587
The worst kind of videogame currency is when you buy something and it gets more and more expensive the next times you buy it. The best one are when it's just enough work to feel like the things you bought are worth the effort since the benefit you get are equal or greater than your investment.

>>388284870
It's more user friendly.

>>388278507
Because Blood Echoes isn't Blood. Not a terribly hard concept.

>>388284981
But does a $2 candy bar heal your health? Checkmate.

>>388284981
I would normally chalk that up to lazily localized Jap games where they just change the yen sign to a dollar sign.

>Gold coin is worth 100 silver coins
>Silver coin is worth 100 copper coins

>>388285276
>Platinum coin is worth 100 gold coins

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Festival coins are the worst.

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>>388285335
>Diamond coins are worth 100 Platinum coins

>>388285472
Cheat

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>>388273617
>not really a currency but the whole economy in underail is great
MY MAN

>>388278104
>>388284152
what is this from?

>>388285510
Wot's heavier? A kilogramme of steel or a kilogramme of diamond, the hardest metal?

>>388277083
I'm too patrician to have ever even heard about steel casing

I hit <1cm groupings at 200 yards and my main gunfu is custom as fuck and lemon-scented. You probably don't even know how to free-float a barrel

fuck you I'm going to /k/

>>388267587
game currencies are lazy shit in single player games
>item costs monies
>get monies by fighting random battles until you're bored
basically just means you're too lazy to come up with good exploration elements to hide your items in.

most currencies in online games are poorly thought out
>money is generated in infinite amounts from monsters
>currency inflation goes crazy
>people don't even want to deal currency and instead deal in goods
>devs have to constantly work in 'sinks' which usually mean either stuipdly huge prices on game QoL upgrades or constant fees like item repair
Path of Exile is one of the few games to get it right because there's actually no such thing as a currency in that game. It uses 'orbs' which are actually commodities used to try and generate new gear for players. Any time currency inflation would set in, players would just start using that form of currency more often to try and generate better gear and the problem solves itself.

>>388287934
Maplestory did that with white scrolls for a while, but then they became useless.

>>388267587
Worst: fiat money aka dollar aka jewlar

Best: gold standard

>>388285936
Played it back in early access , didn't like the stealth and /or melee enemies in the game.Did they fix it ? Is the game enjoyable now ?

>>388290931
Yes