faetal on 30/9/2016 at 18:15
Levelling is good if done well. If you have to choose between being stealth guy or tank guy, then levelling gives you a decent amount of control over character development.
Renault on 30/9/2016 at 18:46
I hate not being able to jump.
marbleman on 30/9/2016 at 19:00
Quote Posted by Brethren
I hate not being able to jump.
Oh yes! Also, after playing so much Thief I don't like not being able to climb too :) So often I think "Come on, it's very easy to climb this wall", but alas, the character can't do it.
Actually, I can add any kind of artificial restriction like this. Not being able to jump or not being able to fit into some gap, not being able to swim, basically any kind of invisible wall.
Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven is one of my all-time favorite games, but there are so many invisible walls there, that it's not even funny :)
Starker on 30/9/2016 at 19:24
Quote Posted by marbleman
TannisRootI consider backstabs and plunging attacks combos too. My input as a player doesn't change, but my character behaves differently. That's a mismatch between player and character I'm talking about.
Maybe I'm being too hard on the game, but the bottomline is - I didn't like the controls. Let's just leave it at that :)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combo_%28video_gaming%29)
marbleman on 30/9/2016 at 19:30
I might have use a wrong term, but I stand by my opinion.
TannisRoot on 30/9/2016 at 20:31
Quote Posted by marbleman
I might have use a wrong term, but I stand by my opinion.
OK I'll bite - why? That seems like such a bizarre and arbitrary restriction to self-impose.
I mean the backstab example: the only difference from a regular attack is you have a regular attack with a longer animation plus some I-frames. How does this ruin the game for you?
Pyrian on 30/9/2016 at 20:47
Quote Posted by Yakoob
Guilty here on Karaski ;p
You basically can't die, and even getting caught is generally just a few bucks penalty. Takes the bite out of it, I think.
marbleman on 30/9/2016 at 20:59
Quote Posted by TannisRoot
I mean the backstab example: the only difference from a regular attack is you have a regular attack with a longer animation plus some I-frames. How does this ruin the game for you?
Because I don't feel the character. I want total control over what I'm doing.
I'm not hating on the Souls series, on the contrary, I believe the games are quite good, with amazing boss fights, but ultimately not my cup of tea.
Quote Posted by TannisRoot
That seems like such a bizarre and arbitrary restriction to self-impose.
Why? People do it all the time when playing games. Take Thief for example. Some only play ironman, some - supreme ghost, others impose different rules on themselves. Why? Because it's fun for them and not fun otherwise.
Starker on 30/9/2016 at 21:10
That's fine, just don't call it a combo.
faetal on 30/9/2016 at 22:22
Here's another one which comes to mind as I'm playing through Deus Ex: HR - arbitrarily interactive objects. So I can pick up some barrels, some crates and some cardboard boxes, but not the ones which are just scenery. It jars.
