![]() On one hand, currencies rooted in history are a form of worldbuilding. You get an object shaped like a coin and it's called 1 Gold and you should be happy with that. Gold what? Just Gold, don't worry about it. ![]() In this fantasy video game, our currency is Gold. Manage cookie settings Yes, I did use cheats to beat on baby baddies with the railgun, and I'm not remotely sorry Watch on YouTube The currency 'Gold'įorget your Florins, Orens, Crowns, Sovereigns, Guilder, Gil, Gilberts, Dollars, Dinars, and Daves. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Hoping back into Quake 2 this morning to capture a wee video for this post, I then spent another 20 minutes running around going PIOHW! PIOHW! The modern Dooms channelled the railgun's spirit into their Gauss Cannon and Ballista but no, they're not what I want either. Other Quakes have railguns but none is nearly as magical. To nail them with a weapon which had neither splash damage nor spread was skill (or luck, but no, it always skill for me). Without dialup connections and no modern lag-compensating technologies, you needed to predict your enemy's movement and aim where they would be in 100-200 milliseconds. Sure, other players make deadly foes than AI, but the real enemy was lag. It felt even better to master the railgun in online multiplayer. And the slug pierces every enemy in its path. It has a speed and efficiency which feels so powerful. Miss, and you'll need to dodge until it's ready to go again. ![]() Hit, and anything that doesn't burst will be mighty wounded. Quake 2's railgun occupies that pleasant spot on the risk/reward spectrum with great power but a notable pause between shots. That rail spiral is still maybe my favourite video game weapon special effect. Then you click and PIOHW! The railgun spits a spiral of blue particles with a white trail running through the middle, and whatever stood in its way has likely now been replaced with a bloody shower gibs. It's a simple sci-fi design, a tube with a bit of bendy pipe and a exposed tech panel which glows red with painted-on light. I gasped the first time I fired Quake 2's railgun, laughed the second, and still feel warm every time since. What's better: Quake 2's railgun or the currency 'Gold'? Quake 2's railgun As we continue the mission, this week I ask you to choose between the evils of violence and money. I wholeheartedly agree with you, but needed to check because the number of video game funicular fights compared to real-world funicular fights did suggest they might be wildly popular. Last time, you decided that elaborate corridor architecture is better than funicular fights. With your help, I'm trying to answer the biggest question: what's the best thing in video games? With a new wholly sensical face-off each week, we'll surely soon discover the single absolute best thing.
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