Sometimes it's abandoned chests or lost nobles. On your travels you'll have a variety of random encounters. Trading isn't the only way to make money, though. So you're back looking for a workable transaction again. The prices look to be random, however, so you're left guessing until you stumble onto a profitable route by accident.Īnd after you've made a couple of money-making journeys, the supply and demand economic model flattens the prices. The game also slips you hints about certain places being good to buy or sell particular kinds of goods. You might imagine you could buy food and olive oil on the cheap in a village, and sell for a profit in the city. But the economic model seems somewhat arbitrary. You spend most of your time trudging from city to city, buying and selling from a large roster of goods. Because this is a very unforgiving game indeed. Whatever the reason, you want to check this box. I'm flummoxed by why the developer might have done something unrealistic to increase the difficulty. There's also a little box underneath saying "realistic trading model (easy mode)". There are various game modes, one with a plot to follow and the others free-form careers of varying lengths. Trading on its own is not only a bit dull, but an often precarious and difficult proposition. Its second is the same one that many other trading games have fallen foul of - what made Elite so enjoyable was the marriage of trading with real-time action. That's Merchants of Kaidan's first mistake.
Instead of piloting a gleaming spaceship, packed with technology you're pulling a rickety old cart. It transports the action from the cold dark of outer space to a rich and detailed fantasy land. The latest game to try and capture the magic is Merchants of Kaidan. Its perfectly balanced formula of exploration, unpredictability, upgrades and excitement has been elusive, however. Possibly the most transformative title in the history of gaming, Elite, was essentially a trading game.Įver since games have sought to follow in its hallowed footsteps.
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