I Shouldn't Bring Real Life Logic Into This, Does So Anyway
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This especially annoys me if your character is the only one who has this magical power. Like in Watchdogs whenZhukov said:
Your female hacker friend dies from two freaking bullet wounds to the shoulders
This, especially vs lightly armoured (or not armoured) enemies who apparently take five headshots to kill. I get that things like zombies probably don't feel pain or bleed out, but 2-3 shots center-of-mass will kill a normal person. Why do I need to empty a whole pistol clip on a guy with no kevlar?Zhukov said:
Game isn't even out yet, but apparently the outfits worn by the protagonists in Final Fantasy 15 are military uniforms. [http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2015/3989.html] I hope to god they aren't battle stations (but of course the main characters are going to be fighting giant monsters in this clothing anyway).
My god that looks like a boyband album cover, not a military unit. Le sigh.Eclipse Dragon said:Game isn't even out yet, but apparently the outfits worn by the protagonists in Final Fantasy 15 are military uniforms. [http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2015/3989.html] I hope to god they aren't battle stations (but of course the main characters are going to be fighting giant monsters in this clothing anyway).
Modern kevlar and old-timey plate armour work differently.Fappy said:
A properly shaped set of plate armour was designed to deflect blows, so most of the incoming force, or at least a good share of it, wouldn't be transmitted into the squishy person inside. Of course it also simply puts a layer of metal between you and the sharp things, but it's the deflective properties, or rather the lack thereof, that are relevant when discussing the ol' boob armour. (Personally I don't gripe over boob armour. I figure it's a step up from the battle bikinis of old. Baby steps, right?)
Kevlar works differently. It absorbs the concentrated impact from a bullet by spreading it out over a much larger surface area. As far as I'm aware, the shape of the kevlar isn't all that important. So making it a comfy shape doesn't compromise protection. I actually remember reading somewhere that law enforcement organisations have found that comfy modern body armour actually works better simply because officers are more likely to wear it. If it's a pain to wear then there's a chance officers will start leaving it behind because hey, what are the chances of today being the day they end up in a firefight?
Did it happen in a cutscene?Happyninja42 said:
Because cutscene bullets do like 300% damage. Double that if it's a major character doing the shooting.
Like when Nathan Drake spends half a game eating bullets to the face with nary a complaint, but then gets shot once in the gut by a main villain during a cutscene and suddenly shit is real.
This may seem like I'm contradicting myself, but it is possible for people to not only survive major bullet wounds, but even keep moving and fighting for a good few minutes after taking an eventually fatal shot.Sable Gear said:
I once saw a police dashcam video of a traffic stop gone bad. Man took a bullet that would eventually cause him to die an hour or so later, but he was still moving a shooting like he was fine. Was able to get several shots off, run back to his car and drive away without any apparent difficulty.
Yes it was, and I'm familiar with the overpowering damage output of cutscene weaponry. xD I still find it annoying when I have to sit through it.Zhukov said:
I can't help but think you have to hate RPGs. Since your character/party will carry around every weapon and piece of armor they own at all times. Because of course Cloud can carry 14 50-110 pound swords at all times. They're just in his pocket. Along with Aerith's staves, Yuffie's throwing stars, Cid's spears, and whatever the Hell Barret's gun-arms count as.Zhukov said:
Now when I go back to Tales of Zestria, I'm just gonna look at the hundred or so pieces of equipment in my inventory and wonder how they carry it all.
They have actually developed female specific armor for the US MilitaryZhukov said:
http://www.army.mil/article/87464/
http://www.army.mil/article/95468/Army_surgeon_general_dons_new_female_body_armor/
I don't know if it specifically protects better, as it seems mainly designed for additional comfort, but comfort is extremely important considering you're wearing your armor on patrols that can last anywhere from 4-12 hours.
I got out of the Army in 2013, so I have no idea if this stuff ever got full approval and is now standard issue.
"I'm a great old one, I have lived for billions of years, I've have destroyed countless worlds and now I have come to destroy your world, nothing can stop me, noth......[HEADING=1]Oh shit that guy has a handgun!"[/HEADING]
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Any time a all powerful being is killed by a normal human with normal weapons. It just seems a bit silly to me.
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Any time a all powerful being is killed by a normal human with normal weapons. It just seems a bit silly to me.
You know I'll admit that I've never minded the overall design of the characters, I've shrugged off a lot of the things people have found annoying, and I still intending on buying the game. However, the idea that these are the official military uniforms for their stations is one of those little things that actually does bother me. It strikes me as looking as if they don't know what military uniforms are.Eclipse Dragon said:Game isn't even out yet, but apparently the outfits worn by the protagonists in Final Fantasy 15 are military uniforms. [http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2015/3989.html] I hope to god they aren't battle stations (but of course the main characters are going to be fighting giant monsters in this clothing anyway).
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Again, it's a fairly small thing and it's a JRPG so I'm not going to get too worked up over it but I'm thinking that hiring this particular fashion designer to design the characters' clothing was probably not the best decision since it seems they cared more about what was currently fashionable than what fit the world.
OT: I'm probably going to say when I can't jump over a knee-high barrier. Come on, at least give me a vault mechanic! It's a barrier that anyone could easily get past but you can't because it's a couple of inches higher than your allotted jump height.
Extra special mention goes to 300 for that, because of this scene:Fox12 said:
Let's recap. The movie draws special attention to the Spartans using the walls to bottleneck the Persian forces and limit their numerical advantage, to the fact that they were in a defensible position where only a hidden route could result in them being flanked, and to the importance of maintaining a single formation so that their shields in Phalanx formation protects their comrades...and then when the fighting actually comes, you get this:
They actually employ those tactics for just long enough to body block the Persians, and then 3:45 happens...guess which part is more representative of the tactics employed for the rest of the film? Wouldn't have been nearly so frustrating if it weren't for the first scene.
The backstreet boys are an important part of their cultural heritage, and they choose to honor them by wearing black jackets over a bare chest.Eclipse Dragon said:Game isn't even out yet, but apparently the outfits worn by the protagonists in Final Fantasy 15 are military uniforms. [http://www.rpgfan.com/news/2015/3989.html] I hope to god they aren't battle stations (but of course the main characters are going to be fighting giant monsters in this clothing anyway).
This may or may not be the reason they lost the war, as their enemies seem to be coated in several layers of armor.
Irunno, the last time I was put of from a game because of something like that it was Pillars of Eternity.
I held off on doing the quest where you go and usurp the throne of a baron for a long time because I thought to myself, "... could the character I have in my mind realisticly do something like this? With like FOUR other people?"
I mean you are litterary infilitrating a castle, pretty much killing everyone carrying anything resembling a weapon and then end up liberating an entire barony.
When I eventualy did the quest because what the hell lets give it a shot, I only had a feeling that "Well, my character went and became a superhero."
It just wasn't the same whenever I had a conversation with possible enemies afterwards. I mean dude, you know who you are talking to? I just overthrew an entire damn barony singlehandedly. Come at me.
My imersion was completely broken.
Did anyone else react the same way? Or do I take my roleplaying too seriously.
I held off on doing the quest where you go and usurp the throne of a baron for a long time because I thought to myself, "... could the character I have in my mind realisticly do something like this? With like FOUR other people?"
I mean you are litterary infilitrating a castle, pretty much killing everyone carrying anything resembling a weapon and then end up liberating an entire barony.
When I eventualy did the quest because what the hell lets give it a shot, I only had a feeling that "Well, my character went and became a superhero."
It just wasn't the same whenever I had a conversation with possible enemies afterwards. I mean dude, you know who you are talking to? I just overthrew an entire damn barony singlehandedly. Come at me.
My imersion was completely broken.
Did anyone else react the same way? Or do I take my roleplaying too seriously.
When a mage shoots fire from his hands, how does said mage avoid the severe burns that convection states he should be feeling? It should hurt like hell, right?
And let's not even get started on the "Enemy Badguy defeats/kills good guy cuz it's a cutscene" business, Of which the worst offender is easily Persona 3. It happens at least three different times in story, and each time it gets more and more ludicrous until you reach the point where you just want to forget why you're playing the game in the firs place when the sequel is virtually better in every way.
And let's not even get started on the "Enemy Badguy defeats/kills good guy cuz it's a cutscene" business, Of which the worst offender is easily Persona 3. It happens at least three different times in story, and each time it gets more and more ludicrous until you reach the point where you just want to forget why you're playing the game in the firs place when the sequel is virtually better in every way.
My personal favourite is in the 2 recent Fallout games.
"Enemies head has been crippled" yet they just keep on truckin'.
"Enemies head has been crippled" yet they just keep on truckin'.
In games, in particular dark souls part of the reason I dodge more than block is that if an enemy is swinging something bigger than my character my natural reaction is to get out of the way not to think you could block without getting flattened. Of course in most cases you can just block and I know the mechanics work that way but if just feels weird.
When you get told to go collect something from an enemy that you should be able to get every time but it's on a drop chance. Wow there are a lot of toothless wolves around the place.
For some reason carrying a ton of things is fine to me but if you pick up a single massive thing and put it in your inventory it annoys the hell out of me. Of course forcing you to go get a cart and donkey would be bad for the flow of a game.
Thieves/assassins that dress in a conspicuous way. Looking like a normal person is going to help you more than being decked out in black leather most of the time. It much worse in assassins creed where you do crowd blending. You go through the trouble of having a hidden retractable blade only to walk around in a distinctive uniform with weapons strapped everywhere.
So our protagonists are are infiltrating somewhere and need to get past some dudes but their the morally upstanding sort and won't kill them. No problem! they can just knock them out and doing so is easy, quick, won't cause any damage to them and will keep them out of commission for as long as you need.
In a big battle where the main bad guy gets taken out and everyone else automatically knows this so the battle ends immediately. I get why this happens in stories but it's still annoying.
When you get told to go collect something from an enemy that you should be able to get every time but it's on a drop chance. Wow there are a lot of toothless wolves around the place.
For some reason carrying a ton of things is fine to me but if you pick up a single massive thing and put it in your inventory it annoys the hell out of me. Of course forcing you to go get a cart and donkey would be bad for the flow of a game.
Thieves/assassins that dress in a conspicuous way. Looking like a normal person is going to help you more than being decked out in black leather most of the time. It much worse in assassins creed where you do crowd blending. You go through the trouble of having a hidden retractable blade only to walk around in a distinctive uniform with weapons strapped everywhere.
So our protagonists are are infiltrating somewhere and need to get past some dudes but their the morally upstanding sort and won't kill them. No problem! they can just knock them out and doing so is easy, quick, won't cause any damage to them and will keep them out of commission for as long as you need.
In a big battle where the main bad guy gets taken out and everyone else automatically knows this so the battle ends immediately. I get why this happens in stories but it's still annoying.