Last time, you decided thatelaborate corridor architecture is better than funicular fights.
What’s better:Quake2’s railgun or the currency ‘Gold’?
Then you click and PIOHW!
That rail spiral is still maybe my favourite video game weapon special effect.
Hit, and anything that doesn’t burst will be mighty wounded.
Miss, and you’ll need to dodge until it’s ready to go again.
It’s not a huge cooldown, mind.
It has a speed and efficiency which feels so powerful.
Point, click, delete.
Point, click, delete.
And the slug pierces every enemy in its path.
It felt even better to master the railgun in online multiplayer.
Sure, other players make deadly foes than AI, but the real enemy was lag.
Other Quakes have railguns but none is nearly as magical.
In this fantasy video game, our currency is Gold.
Just Gold, don’t worry about it.
On one hand, currencies rooted in history are a form of worldbuilding.
I like how brazenly video game-y it is, too.
Maybe Gold Pieces, if we’re feeling extravagant.
But mostly just Gold.
One standard unit of gold.
But which is better?
But what do you think, reader dear?
