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by Mischief Maker 02/13/2013, 7:13pm PST |
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Jerry Whorebach wrote:
All this does is provide a mechanical consequence for hiding while you catch your breath that doesn't involve some kind of fucking stamina bar, and prevents the autosave from catching you in a situation where you'll die from a single drop of acid; it doesn't eliminate resource management or even make what resource management there is any less tedious. If this minimal amount of regeneration is enough to spoil the suspense of being a marine who goes from sprinting around at full speed, crouch-leaping and circle-strafing and running backwards for hours on end at 1% health, to FUCKING DEAD at 0% health, I'm sorry but I don't know what to say to you.
This wasn't a problem in AvP 2000 because it had no in-mission saves. Each mission was a self-contained 5-10 minute funhouse ride. There was a huge amount of outrage from the quicksavers community over this feature, even though the game was virtually plotless. It was not until the developers caved and patched in a limited in-mission save feature that your 1% health nightmare scenario became a reality.
If you can just push the alien off, it's not scary. If an Alien game isn't scary, what's the point? (I guess if you're making an Alien Resurrection game that IS the point.) |
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Anyone picking up Aliens: Colonial Marines at launch? by fabio 01/23/2013, 12:46am PST
I'm strongly considering it by Horrible Gelatinous Blob 01/23/2013, 2:57pm PST
Go Hudson or go home by WITTGENSTEIN 01/23/2013, 9:09pm PST
6 days! NT by fabio 02/06/2013, 9:44am PST
Apparently it sucks beyond belief. by Fullofkittens 02/12/2013, 10:33am PST
=( by fabio 02/12/2013, 10:48am PST
Re: =( by Mischief Maker 02/12/2013, 10:53am PST
That was in this game's trailer too! by fabio 02/12/2013, 11:07am PST
I actually agree with Fabio on this NT by Cannibal Dave 02/12/2013, 11:42am PST
Not for an Aliens game by Mischief Maker 02/12/2013, 8:28pm PST
Come to think of it... by Mischief Maker 02/12/2013, 8:37pm PST
Re: Not for an Aliens game by fabio 02/12/2013, 9:45pm PST
AvP 2000 is a scarier Quake, SS2 was a broken Thief. Have you played it? NT by Apples and Oranges Comparer 02/12/2013, 9:50pm PST
FPS games should never have innovated beyond Quake. NT by fabio 02/13/2013, 6:37am PST
Sounds like you really hate the version of this game that exists in your mind. by Jerry Whorebach 02/13/2013, 6:29pm PST
I do! by Mischief Maker 02/13/2013, 7:13pm PST
No one is saying Rebellion's sophomore AVP isn't the pinnacle of Aliens games. by Jerry Whorebach 02/14/2013, 2:43am PST
If it was tryly Gary Gygax-style, Armor Points would be replace with THAC0 NT by Mischief Maker 02/14/2013, 7:16am PST
I just beat Halo for the first time, and the health system was my favourite part by Jerry Whorebach 02/12/2013, 12:37pm PST
The official Bungie standard for difficulty is "Heroic". NT by Gutsby 02/13/2013, 10:32am PST
Which disgustingly corrupt reviewer didn't get the memo? by Fullofkittens 02/12/2013, 1:33pm PST
"Gearbox knocked it out like a cranky Queen on the wrong side of an airlock" by laudablepuss 02/13/2013, 12:49pm PST
The Alien (and Predator) franchise is dead. by Eurotrash 02/13/2013, 3:42am PST
That is an awesome .gif NT by WITTGENSTEIN 02/13/2013, 7:30pm PST
$5!!!! NT by fabio 08/30/2013, 3:06pm PDT
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