...I don't have much to add besides dredging up something that has already been looked at somewhat extensively. The bulletsponge/healing factor in shooters is the worst offender as far as I'm concerned.
As for the realism vs fun thing... well, I have yet to find one of those shooters that's fun for any reason besides over-the-top action/comedy (and leave it to a parody of the genre to invent the most plausible reason for the healing factor: Duke's ego working as a shield). No shooter that claims any sort of realism should have an instant healing option, be it regeneration or health packs.
emeraldrafael said:
Professor James said:
emeraldrafael said:
Professor James said:
emeraldrafael said:
How you can sponge up bullets in shooter games.
I know, this is the whole realism vs. fun argument, but still, Yahtzee touched on it in one of his shooter reviews where he said you should be injured and go home as a hero of war.
I dont know, it doesnt really bother me that much (though I think it creates a bad image on impressionable minds that are on the lower spectrum of intelligence) but it pisses off my uncle and grandfather (both war vets, the former a Marine in his 40s, the latter an Army Ranger in his 80s) cause they constantly tell me that I could never do that on the battlefield.
Maybe you should try playing some realistic shooters like Operation flashpoint or rainbow six
Do you get dropped after one bullet? Lie up somewhere bleeding and having to visit the doctor to remove and sticth you up?
No but you can't heal yourself so if you're hurt, you stay that way for the rest of the mission.
Its still fantasy. you dont just start running when you're shot,a nd your body isnt good as new. If anyhting you should be fatigued even after and have difficult using that limb, especially int he kinda combat they do.
Actually, in the original Rainbow Six and in America's Army, that's pretty much how it works.
Take a round to the arm? You're dropped. You
might get back up, but you won't have long, you'll be bleeding out. Take one to the leg? You're dropped, and you may be able to crawl for 30 seconds or so. Take one to the vest? You're staggered a moment, but you'll be fine. Take six to the vest? You're dropped. Head? Dropped.