CRV10 wrote:
Hey guys, I forgot to mention that I loved the "Tells City Wives", a term I borrowed from the title of that movie "The Stepford Wives" which was about this town where all the women (wives) were robotic replacements of the actual wives of the men living there.
That one house where those four women were BS'ing you guys were funny
Glad to hear that approach worked, and we certainly appreciate the feedback. Normally, we put our little "stamp" on an English game by finding four or five merry fellows sitting in a bar somewhere, and we have them pop off a bit, weaving our personalities into the game plot structure of the affected strings (i. e.
Lennus-II and
Feda). In
Slayers, however, we had many contributors we hoped to acknowledge, plus, our dedication did not fit into the introduction of this particular game, as I would have preferred. So, we tried this new approach - basically having a group of women gossip about everyone.
I am also happy that we had a bonus game for working in this feature. In
Mystic Ark, the only place we could find for a mini-skit similar to this was at the end of the final confrontation with Darkness. This bothered Remilia Scarlet a lot, because he became so absorbed with that villain's persona, he preferred no distractions. After a lengthy discussion, R.S. finally conceded that we had no other logical location.
The main theme of the
Tells City Wives scene was to alert players to shop for bargains, so we kept that message intact.
BTW, speaking of bargains and tight money, a Garuda Lamp is hidden in a chest somewhere in
Slayers. I never bought or used that lamp, so players can sell the found lamp and have plenty of money for a while.
On a similar note regarding the scarcity of funds, I believe the earlier Thieves Dens reset after a certain progression of game play. I seem to recall going back to countries I visited earlier and re-collecting the items in the chests, as well as the 50 gold pieces from each of the three rooms containing robbers walking around. Heh, those Thieves' Dens script lines may get old in a hurry, but new money is always helpful!