Stolen Pixels #184: Dead Faction
You know what lowers morale? Stupidity, that's what.
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You know what lowers morale? Stupidity, that's what.
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Stolen Pixels #184: Dead Faction
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I know how you feel. Heck some arrived in a car and proceeded to ram me off the bridge with it.
Just before they got out and jumped off the bridge to follow me >.< .
Just before they got out and jumped off the bridge to follow me >.< .
Sadly, they are actually effective in a gunfight. But annoying at all other times.
Anyway...there's an in-game cheat that keeps morale maxed permanently. You have to unlock it, though.
Anyway...there's an in-game cheat that keeps morale maxed permanently. You have to unlock it, though.
The ones when I play always run right in front of the vehicle I'm driving, thinking they can use it for cover.
My first playthrough was on Casual, then I got about a quarter way through on Normal before saying "I'm feeling masochistic." So I jacked it up to insane and experienced what I believe the developers intended me to. Frustration, and gratification.
When you play on casual it's all simple enough, have fun blowing everything up and watching things crumble. However on insane you are FORCED to use hit and run tactics. Simply put if you don't fight like a real Guerrilla you won't last for more than 10 seconds. However it is also insanely annoying because the allies on insane are still retarded and think that in front of your sledgehammer is a great place to hide. However I never pay attention to my allies anyways, because usually I stick around to blow up one building and then I get the fuck outta dodge because the EDF is merciless.
In the end I agree, the friendly AI is retarded, and to some extent so is the enemy AI (but there are so many of them that you never notice). However the friendlies being stupid is better than them doing all the work for you (in my opinion), because if they were competent then all you'd have to do is focus on taking down the buildings. Which is fun but if that was all you had to do there would be no challenge whatsoever.
When you play on casual it's all simple enough, have fun blowing everything up and watching things crumble. However on insane you are FORCED to use hit and run tactics. Simply put if you don't fight like a real Guerrilla you won't last for more than 10 seconds. However it is also insanely annoying because the allies on insane are still retarded and think that in front of your sledgehammer is a great place to hide. However I never pay attention to my allies anyways, because usually I stick around to blow up one building and then I get the fuck outta dodge because the EDF is merciless.
In the end I agree, the friendly AI is retarded, and to some extent so is the enemy AI (but there are so many of them that you never notice). However the friendlies being stupid is better than them doing all the work for you (in my opinion), because if they were competent then all you'd have to do is focus on taking down the buildings. Which is fun but if that was all you had to do there would be no challenge whatsoever.
interesting how you didnt go 'thru' the route of least resistance, aka sledgehammer the guys face and move along
granted the comic wouldnt have been as funny hehe
granted the comic wouldnt have been as funny hehe
It's odd, but the friendly AI in my game hasn't ever really done, well, any of those things - true, sometimes they decide to start the revolution when I wasn't actually planning on doing that, but I rarely get tagalongs during demolition work and they've never gotten in my way.
I suppose part of that might be how I tend to blow up buildings from the outside rather than going inside them - if it's marked red on the map, I don't even need to know what's in it, just that it has to come down. Plus those black hole bombs aren't nearly as potent as they should be from the description.
As for the demoralization, it's so laughably easy to raise it that I have to wonder why they even bother penalizing you when Faction members die - all it takes is a quick kill streak and you've got that morale right back.
I suppose part of that might be how I tend to blow up buildings from the outside rather than going inside them - if it's marked red on the map, I don't even need to know what's in it, just that it has to come down. Plus those black hole bombs aren't nearly as potent as they should be from the description.
As for the demoralization, it's so laughably easy to raise it that I have to wonder why they even bother penalizing you when Faction members die - all it takes is a quick kill streak and you've got that morale right back.
The bad guys in Red Faction aren't all that bad. Their goal is to destroy all game designers who make games that blame you for NPC fuck-ups.
Well sure, but have you ever played Armed and Dangerous? That game had a black hole bomb (in a convenient cardboard box container!) with some punch - you set one of those babies off and all the nearby objects, enemies, you name it would be sucked into a singularity. It was, needless to say, awesome. Plus the game had a land shark gun (it fires sharks that then swim under the surface of the terrain and rise up to swallow enemies whole).wildpeaks said:If they were as potent as their name suggest, it would not only destroy the whole building, but also the planet and the game would be a lot shorter.Gildan Bladeborn said:
The one in Red Faction Guerrilla was just underwhelming - the thermobaric rockets on the other hand...
Who wouden't want to join the EDF? I mean, sure there evil, but at least they have there shit together.
Totally agree. The AI in Red Faction pissed me the hell off. The only thing the friendly AI was good for was distracting the EDF when I blew up one too many buildings of theirs.
I endorse that plan.Irridium said:
But it should be noted that AI should always remain stupid. Doomsday Arcade, Terminator, the Matrix all point to what happens when AI wises up.
