Utterly Mad

On a side note I finally tried out Misery. I was not prepared for the amount of new items or the fucking cost of everything.

It's your first time with MISERY? Yep, everything is very expensive. The next update will ease up on weapon repair costs a bit with some of it's features. Also prepare to get your lungs ventilated by the first bandit group to roll up on you with pistols. Or even the zombies at the start of the game if you pick "black road" scenario. It starts you with nothing more than a flashlight and a knife in the middle of the night at the sawmill.

I want to mention, thievery in games. The only games I can think of that get the whole "sneak in and rob the joint" feel right were the thief series and dishonored. I might be missing one or two others, but that's really it. I was playing oblivion and got to thinking, what is the point of building a thief in oblivion or skyrim? Those classes are little more than "stealth with bow" while assassin is "stealth with sword" and spellsword is "stealth with spells." Trying to actually role play a thief is meaningless as NPC's don't carry a worth while amount of gold and the crap they do carry is nearly valueless. Especially in oblivion. Pick pocketing keys? Who gives a shit, their houses are barren of valuables to pilfer. The only places worth tossing were the jewelers in the market district, and artifact collectors place. I got a mod that adds a county vault to each of the county halls, and that was fun until I cleaned them out. Without mods though, what is the point? Lockpicking? I can do it with any character. RP? Unless I am trying to RP an incredibly disappointed and impoverished thief, then whats the point in that? Why should I case a house to find out where the homeowners valuables are stored if the valuables consist of eleven gold coins, a silver fork, a scroll of water walking, and a sack cloth shirt? I liked skyrim because it gave you a visual indication of your likelihood of success, but otherwise it was just as meaningless to try and RP a thief. And don't say "well, you can be the thief robbing bandits or the ancient tombs!" So? I can be the warrior or the wizard robbing the bandits or the ancient tombs as well. Plus you can't even do anything with the stolen goods unless you are a member of the thieves guild, and in skyrim the fences had such a limited amount of gold, even if you managed to get a good haul you couldn't actually sell it all off. This seems to be a trend in newer games.