I myself like the mini-games, and (depending on the character) I will either do the Speechcraft one or bribe the NPC with gold, sometimes both will happen. Some characters (like Kahreem of Weet and Luci Pheria) will even do a 'negative' Speechcraft, intentionally insulting an NPC, making them hate my character!
On the subject of gold: I don't always see "bribes" as bribes. "Bribe has sort of a negative connotation, as though something underhanded is happening, and this is not always the case. Depending on the situation there are times I see giving gold to an NPC as a tip (like with stablehands who watch over our horses), instead of an underhanded bribe.
My problem with Speechcraft is that it always gives us two negative comments and two positive ones during each turn. This is not how I would speak to somebody in real-life, and even though I sometimes put the Speechcraft game into my stories, I would prefer a little more realism here.
In Sims, it is possible to make an NPC like or dislike our character. You get them to like the character by only saying positive things (or only negative ones if you don't mind the NPC being a hater), which is how a real person would handle it. If there were a "Sims mod" for the Speechcraft game, I'd probably get that, unless it was horrible or something.
This post has been edited by Lady Saga: Feb 25 2013, 12:40 AM
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