this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2025
876 points (99.7% liked)

Comic Strips

17845 readers
1765 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] azertyfun@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like it's often bad game design from developers who think they need to put in consumables without understanding their gameplay value.

In too many games using up all your consumables is just A Thing That Happens. So the game is balanced to allow you to survive anyway. But then the corollary is that if it works for a bit then you can finish the game without using any of the consumables. The consumables are just a way to make already achievable portions of the game easier, which is just sloppy game design IMO. Bethesda games for instance are very guilty of that.

[โ€“] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

At least when I'm playing Bethesda games, potions are a way for me to clear achievable portions that I've made unnecessarily difficult for myself.