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Something happened to me last night when I was driving home. I had a couple of miles to go. I looked up and saw a glowing orange object in the sky. It was moving irregularly. Suddenly, there was intense light all around. And when I came to, I was home.
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The ultimate anti-frustration mechanic is not saving everywhere or healing after battle
author=Feldschlacht IVI think when the merits of a game mechanic are being discussed, it should be a free assumption that egregiously poor implementations of it have little to do with the merits of the mechanic itself.
I'm not against saving everywhere as a mechanic, but I've saved myself into oblivion enough times in games of all genres to know that it's not objectively the end-be-all of save systems.
Nowadays, I just kind of avoid games which have save points, flat out. I tend to play games on the go and I don't have the luxury of being able to keep playing until the game designer has deemed I'm allowed to stop. More and more gaming is done on the go nowadays and not allowing players to save everywhere is a red flag that the developer is way out of touch with the needs of their players.
I've been considering ways to work in mid-battle saving for just that reason. If the random seed at the start of battle is saved with the game, then no amount of save-scumming will allow the player to just reload if they got an outcome they didn't like.
Gammak Protip: Don't force players to follow some slow-butt NPCs with a broken leg through a long windy cave with nothing in it to trigger a plot flag you didn't need to have.
author=Libertyauthor=SaileriusTo be fair, in a game like Witcher 3, where they're trying to make the world seem very realistic, it's not that bad to have characters that can't keep up with your speed. The fact that there's so much going on around you makes it easier to find them if you lose them, and they at least jog if you get close to them. Also, it's realistic that a Witcher, with their enhanced stamina and skills, would be faster than the average whore, dwarf or drug-addled lordling, so it makes sense in that aspect at least.
The Witcher 3 does this. Worse still, it's a stealth segment and if you get too close, you fail the quest, but your walk speed is 2-3x faster than the person you're following and there's no way to go slower. You just have to keep walking, then stop to let him get a lead on you again, rinse and repeat.
Yes, but what's not realistic is that Geralt doesn't know how to tiptoe or sneak or anything, given that he's a hunter. It's extremely annoying that they designed a mandatory quest that clashes with the game's mechanics.
Gammak Protip: Don't force players to follow some slow-butt NPCs with a broken leg through a long windy cave with nothing in it to trigger a plot flag you didn't need to have.
The Witcher 3 does this. Worse still, it's a stealth segment and if you get too close, you fail the quest, but your walk speed is 2-3x faster than the person you're following and there's no way to go slower. You just have to keep walking, then stop to let him get a lead on you again, rinse and repeat.
Square Enix just announced a remake of Final Fantasy XIII!
Can someone recommend some good ps vita/3DS games?
If you're into JRPGs, pretty much the best handheld game around is Persona 4: Golden. Freedom Wars is also a fun action RPG for Vita.
So I caved and opened a new tumblr account...
Well, I'm on sick leave for 2 days. Now what can I do? Hmm...
I'm so done with Firefox.
I got a new Nexus 9 and it is WONDERFUL. I never thought I'd buy a tablet... sigh.
Ah man, I got a Nexus 9 a while back and it is an amazing device. Chaos Rings II looks downright gorgeous on it.
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