(Of course, the Monster Hunter series does this right: you collect the stuff and there's a master artisan who actually handles turning it into arms and armor. You manage basic field maintenance (sharpening) but not production or major upgrades. That stuff is done by a specialist.) - ThreadSky

bretdevereaux.bsky.social • 111 days ago

(Of course, the Monster Hunter series does this right: you collect the stuff and there's a master artisan who actually handles turning it into arms and armor. You manage basic field maintenance (sharpening) but not production or major upgrades. That stuff is done by a specialist.)

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jedstuart.bsky.social•110 days ago

Absolutely true, but I do love crafting sometimes. A game called Underrail did it well, and sometimes a maintainence mechanic works well, as long as it's not constant.

Maybe crafting mechanics can be refined so that it only goes so far as visual customisation, or poorer imitations of consumables.

hazelthewitch.bsky.social•111 days ago

I was literally just about to mention Monster Hunter as an exception to this. Though, the game does still have you do crafting to make your various tools and supplies, like traps, tranquilizers, bombs, pickaxes, etc, so not completely reliant on artisans for your tools.

saintcetacean.bsky.social•111 days ago

Yes, but I also feel like sprt of the conceit for the crafting of tranqs/snares etc is that you as the hunter ARE said specialist in the tools and gadgets related to hunting, but you're not a full on weaponsmith

femkultra.bsky.social•109 days ago

the witcher does this pretty well, you can make potions and decoctions because you’re an alchemist, but you need to find a weaponsmith or an armorer to craft anything else, and the highest level gear requires an extremely talented artisan that requires a quest to access

aversatrix.bsky.social•111 days ago

Final Fantasy 16 does this as well! you can find gear, or buy it, but anything actually good is made by the blacksmith at your hideout.

sukoxtuto.blackwhitedog.com•111 days ago

I love the cooking aspect of it too; you can manage basic rations (and sometimes do it poorly), but again, the actual full meals are done by a chef back at the camp and they have a full supply train that follows them around

contezero.bsky.social•111 days ago

This mechanic was added to give the player more stuff to loot around, search around, thinkering.
It's not true, and it's not true that an adventurer act solo (knights and adventurers had at least one esquire to manage the inventory, mantain weapons and armor... and to procure food, services).

contezero.bsky.social•111 days ago

Last time I saw something resembling "truth" was in Ultima online, where you had to choose what to do: you might be a man at arms or some kind of worker, not both... because you can't do everything alone.
For this exact reason back in the day people had two or more playing characters.

contezero.bsky.social•111 days ago

One was devoted to fight and stuff and the rest worked to pump him... like mining ore, refining, casting stuff etc.

jdoda.ca•111 days ago

A recent game that handles this really well is Eternal Strands. Your character is very much one part of a team. You're the part that goes out into the world to do video game protagonist stuff (enact violence, take anything that's not nailed down) and the rest of the team are various specialists...

jdoda.ca•111 days ago

... who craft your gear, handle logistics, do research, etc, and the narrative treats your other team members and their skills as integral to your success

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