Technology Upgrades
January 17, 2019
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Starting the game with no/little advanced equipment and working up through technology levels.
for example
starting out with just basic guns, cars then later on getting speed cameras ,cctv, satellite imagery, road spikes , night vision ect.
At the same time criminals will be getting harder to catch due to them getting better equipment.
End game equipment would cost a lot but be highly advanced such as drones.
DLC could be released to expand on the upgrade tree
Wouldnt the limited funds in the start of the game do this?
The thing with funds is that some people might progress really quickly and be able to generate money easily whilst others might not find the game so easy so they would struggle to get the funds to get better items. A separate system would make the game more balanced; as people who find it easy will have to wait longer to get better equipment and use different tactics, while the people who find it hard would be able to unlock useful equipment which could help them.
Also the idea of advance items being difficult to get due to cost is unrealistic as, for example, Cars (which should be a starting item) cost around $25,000 per vehicle but drones cost $2,000 MAX.
we can probably both agree drones are more advanced, so being able to get a swarm of them( or any other high tech equipment) at the same price as one car early game would make the game easy and short.
Well, I think that being able to adjust the level of difficulty throughout a game can help making the game balanced. I still think that all types of equipment should be available from day one, partly because that it is more realistic, but also because it makes it easier to know, how you can put together your department, so it is able to deal with all types of crimes. I agree that a drone are/should be less expensive than a car, but without the car with officers in, you cant really catch anyone!
The patrolcar is the most basic “tool” you have. So if the game is made realisticly (which it seems), then it would make sense to have a department that looks like the ones you see in real life, and not 10 drones and 5 SWAT teams.