<Detective Gumshoe's ID Card crumpled up and thrown away.>
Gumshoe: "Hey! Why'd you do that? I still need it!".
Pheonix Wright had the right way of going about key items. Remove them from the inventory when no longer relevant: New set of items each case, and if a case goes long, erase them mid-case. Even if doing so from a realism perspective is dumb or mean, just lampshade it and move on.
I don't like quest items that are only usable for the quest, generally speaking. If I get the Achilles Sword in SF2, I can use it to recruit a character, kill a boss, or just... use it as a sword. Flash in Pokemon lights up the caves, but it's also a pretty good battle move. Don't make the items useless.
<Detective Gumshoe's ID Card crumpled up and thrown away.>
Gumshoe: "Hey! Why'd you do that? I still need it!".
Pheonix Wright had the right way of going about key items. Remove them from the inventory when no longer relevant: New set of items each case, and if a case goes long, erase them mid-case. Even if doing so from a realism perspective is dumb or mean, just lampshade it and move on.
I don't like quest items that are only usable for the quest, generally speaking. If I get the Achilles Sword in SF2, I can use it to recruit a character, kill a boss, or just... use it as a sword. Flash in Pokemon lights up the caves, but it's also a pretty good battle move. Don't make the items useless.