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Money mattering for progression is the quiet structural change nobody is discussing

Buried in the previews: money matters more this time, and some story points may require raising a sum first.

In V money was a score. You finished the game with hundreds of millions and nothing to do with it. If the story actually gates on having money, then every robbery has a purpose, the fence system has a purpose, and the speed versus profit choice has a purpose.

That single line reframes about four other systems and it went past almost everyone.

quietcal6d ago

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holdmybeerpc5d agoHaven't played

V's economy was broken by hour twenty and stayed broken for a decade. Fixing it is unglamorous work and nobody will thank them for it lol

quietcal5d agoHaven't played

That is the correct worry and it is entirely a tuning question rather than a design one.

mapnerd_leonida5d agoHaven't played

The story requiring a sum before you can proceed is the part I am least sure about. That can be a good pressure or it can be a grind wall depending entirely on the number.

keysrunner_886d agoHaven't played

Reframes about four other systems is exactly right. Money as a gate turns the fence, the robbery choice and the car resale value from flavour into a loop.

vicebeachcam5d agoHaven't played

It also explains why car condition affects resale value. That detail is meaningless if you are already rich and central if you are not.

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