>it is now illegal to develop a video game that uses RNG in

>Your egg is hatching! Would you like to pay 0.99€ for it to be shiny? Y/N

>>31608980
>No RNG
Competitive Pokemon can finally be taken seriously

I remember some dead smogon pet mod that attempted to do that. Moves had adjusted powers based on their accuracy and critical hit rates. Moves with a chance to cause status gave you status points, and the status would be caused once you reached 100. Among other stuff.

>>31608980
I don't think you could make a compelling RPG without ever generating a random number somewhere in the code.

>>31609045
Well you could, it would just have to be heavily scripted.

Or you just bend the rules. Pseudorandom isn't really random and thus not really rng :^)

>>31609076
Rng is already pseudorandom.

>>31609076
if you think any game uses true randomness it's time for you to log off

>moves with secondary effects would have to be built up over time (for example, Poison Jab would have an "effect value" of 40, and once an effect reaches 100, the effect takes place, so if you use Poison Jab 3 times, the opposing Pokémon is guaranteed to be poisoned
>wild Pokémon are visible on the overworld
>Shinies no longer exist
>but IVs and natures don't exist either (or you have more control over them), so...yay?
>Metronome is kill
Or they could just replace the "RNG" with values based on obscure variables like how many steps you've taken, which Pokémon are in your party, which gender you are, etc. to the point that it isn't truly "random" but based on so many different little things that you'll never have complete control over it all.

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All the randumb numbers are generated slot-machine style. Tap on the screen as the numbers or whatever fly by to determine stats, hit or miss, etc.

I miss the slot machines.

>>31609315
That's already how RNG works, only more subtle. Go watch a pokemon TAS. Anything good that can happen to the player will happen.

>>31608980
>play online
>both send out Pokemon with the exact same speed stat
>game crashes because gamefreak didn't think this far ahead

>>31608980
Same shit but every pokemon has a neutral nature and perfect ivs and every item can be found in the pokemart

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>>31608980
Competitive Pokemon finally comes entirely down to skill. Battle Tower is removed. Overall, very nice.

>>31608980
Video games cease to exist, period.

>>31608994
>€0.99 for a shiny
You know it would be at least €9.99.

>>31608994

This.