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Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:50 pm
by DJK
Sorry if this has been asked/answered before... does LoG sport vendors ? A place to sell unwanted items for some rewards ? I believe there is no form of currency in the game, so missing that, it would need to be in exhange of other goods/food/potions etc ...
Failing that, is there a place you can "dump" unwanted stuff without littering your dungen ? I recently re-played (for the 15th time or so) Eye 1 and my goal this run was to get every item ingame obtainable and have NOTHING touch the ground

Needless to say this caused a LOT of save/reloading on the latter levels as the drow drop swords, the kenku staffs... the mantis daggers etc... so had to do a battle, if it dropped something, reload etc
But I managed it!
Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:52 pm
by Crashbanito
You can leave your stuff in the various holes in the walls.
Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 10:53 pm
by Jack Dandy
There aren't any vendors in the game.
Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:01 pm
by Ihmemies
This game is pretty basic. A few monsters, one dungeon, not much of a plot, no dialogue etc. Hopefully someone will make a game like Lands of Lore one day. That had everything including vendors, spoken dialogue, cutscenes, lots of places to explore and so on

Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:03 pm
by Jack Dandy
I understand what you're saying- but sometimes having a minimalistic approach can be better, especially for this sort of a game setting.
I mean, would YOU open up shop in a god forsaken, demon haunted mountain dungeon?

Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:04 pm
by nianu
Jack Dandy wrote:I understand what you're saying- but sometimes having a minimalistic approach can be better, especially for this sort of a game setting.
I mean, would YOU open up shop in a god forsaken, demon haunted mountain dungeon?

phantasy star online springs to mind haha
Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:04 pm
by ozmiz
Could be a future implementation perhaps?? For example, a summoned merchant spell/device that some previous denizen dropped.
Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:05 pm
by Jack Dandy
Those crazy Japanese game vendors are hardcore.
Especially that dude from Resident Evil 4, who could apparently teleport anywhere he'd like...
EDIT: Anyway, I don't think vendors would do well to this sort of a setting- the entire "Resources are finite, you have to make do with what's available" approach is refreshing and even essential to this specific sort of game.
Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:07 pm
by Curunir
If you could trade with the inhabitants of the enemy's fortress/dungeon in Steve Jackson's gamebooks, I don't see why you couldn't in Grimrock. It's not an issue that there is no shop, it just might be cool if it's implemented in a mod or future DLC.
Re: Vendors
Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 11:09 pm
by petri
Ihmemies wrote:This game is pretty basic. A few monsters, one dungeon, not much of a plot, no dialogue etc. Hopefully someone will make a game like Lands of Lore one day. That had everything including vendors, spoken dialogue, cutscenes, lots of places to explore and so on

This is not the kind of game we had in mind when designing LoG. Sometimes what you leave out is as important as what goes in.