BEAR on 7/9/2005 at 18:49
Quote:
There is optional techno music, but it's much better to play without it
Wha??
He failed to mention some things about the enviornment that I think are important. Like that even when the story is linear, you stop and go back to places youve been(all the way to the beginning!) and do things, and then run explore new areas, somthing very few games do.
Assidragon on 7/9/2005 at 19:50
The article means the music you can disable in the options menu, I think. :)
As for being able to go back, there is hardly any particular reason to do that other than enjoying the hunt or gathering chemicals I figure... I never felt a great urge to kill rumblers/midwives/cyborgs in engineering. :sweat:
TheNightTerror on 8/9/2005 at 02:32
Quote Posted by Drat
Of course, PSI teleportation would be okay, being seperately developed, and of course performed in a fundamentally different way.
Very true. Plus, the power doesn't come cheap. You have to be an alcohol free OSA spook with an armful of cyber modules before you can even think of getting it. The mechanic version that Shodan's mini-me had could be slapped on anyone.
Drat on 8/9/2005 at 11:33
Yes, but you start to get into the problem of mindless repetition. Who would want to search 50+ sleeping quarters on the same deck? Just look at SS1. The first Station Status Vidmail says that 98% of the escape pods had been jettisoned. You later find two. That implies 100 escape pods originally. Wouldn't that be fun to search (even if it was just the corridors leading to them all)?
Bluegrime on 8/9/2005 at 23:46
Oh boy! Imagine the fun of sifting through 59 desks, then finding the card you need in #60! I can't wait!
But does anyone really need levels that big? I enjoy realism, but theres a point where real dosen't mean fun. A realistically scaled VB would be fun, until you needed to find a card key or specific log to get somewhere. That and how long it would probably take to actaully get from point B to E without trams or anything.
Kolya on 9/9/2005 at 10:55
spix's circlet has a point here. Even if there was only one blue card you could get good hints on where to find it exacly. Other parts of the ship would be optional sidequests.
So you wouldn't have to search 50+ sleeping quarters - but you could! And that's the point where realism adds to the game and fun of playing it.
I think the main reason why games/SS aren't done like that is not because it would be no fun but because it would be a hell of a lot of work for developers.
EDIT: Which brings me to the question why nobody has made a sidequest for the existing levels yet. Adding a bulkhead in a level shouldn't be too hard - then starts the FM-part. That way a lot of the things that make FM authoring such a pain in the ass could be circumvented (eg necessary skill development, story background, etc.).
I proposed some time ago to make the Many's lair that you see in the camvator cutscene accessible and playable. You could remove the Many's brain there and make it a hideously infected part of the ship in no time.
All you would need would be a single log in the level with the new bulkhead (Eng?) saying how the crew sealed of this part of the ship because of the infestation. There.
Kolya
Lynx67 on 9/9/2005 at 19:12
How do you get SS2 to work with Windows XP? It tells me that it is incompatable with XP and I need an upgrade or something! Somebody please help me!!! Thanks very much in advance.
descenterace on 9/9/2005 at 19:14
ohferfucksake...
There's a list of stickies at the top of the damn topic list. Read them.
Or we'll set ZylonBane on you.
Is my sarc-o-meter broken? Or has someone other than a 'New Member' asked a really stupid question in total honesty?
ZylonBane on 9/9/2005 at 19:18
He's a taffer. Gotta cut those guys some extra slack.
descenterace on 9/9/2005 at 19:27
Anyone who's used a message board has no excuse for ignoring a damn great heading
at the top of the topic list saying:
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http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69958) Important: How To Run System Shock 2 on Windows XP/2000
There. I provided a link. Aren't I nice? :p
