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Is there anything worse than "Cinematic injured walk" in games?
- Thread starter Ebullientprism
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Yes that was an amazing use of it because you really didn't know if he would survive.
Two of the worst things I've ever played. The intro mission of MGSV is such wretched fucking shit I considered it to be some galaxy-brained parody until I remembered it was Kojima and completely serious.
Why do people keep saying this? There's nothing inherently bad about a style of combat that an entire game is built around.
Like what is the reasoning?
Just started replaying this on PC, and goddamn was it irritating.
In contrast though, the wheelchair intro of Wolf:TNC was amazing. Yeah it controlled sloppy but it's used a "prop" pretty effectively and doesn't outstay its welcome.
The worst part of that moment in Destiny 2 is that every new character you create has to get through that same mission again (unless they patched it out, haven't played for a while).
And you were forced to take the back seat to watch Ellie take care of everything, even though you get the illusion that you still can fight because the control was never taken away.
And I literally thought Joel died when Ellie was hunting alone.
Hard agree.
I remember thinking "aw, this shit in my new favorite game?" then Wei Shen gets the fuck over it and lets everybody around him know how over it he is, which made it all worth it.
Masterpiece.
Give me this over 'wacky' dream/hallucination sequence that usually utilizes platforming or something specific only to that sequence any day.
I want to play a game not give command and watch something happen. I want to be engrossed as the character Not feel like I'm coaching somebody else move by move. Responsive gameplay is fun for me.
My least favorite level in Max Payne 3 was the football stadium because of Max's slow walk at the beginning of the level because he's injured.
It took fucking forever. Though I understand that they wanted to show that max is hurt but then he is quickly patched up and rest of the level you can dive off stairs no problem.
It took fucking forever. Though I understand that they wanted to show that max is hurt but then he is quickly patched up and rest of the level you can dive off stairs no problem.
That's less of a one off mechanic like an injured walk and more like multiple genres of videogames that you personally don't enjoy.
My thumbs still hurt from impossibly trying to make slow af characters walk faster over the years by pressing the control sticks harder. I found RDR 2 literally unplayable because of this.
Geez my thumbs are hurting just thinking about it!
Geez my thumbs are hurting just thinking about it!
For me it was the thematics of it. After a long, long, LONG series and a long final game, and Snake being almost too old to finish his last mission...him crawling to the finish line and the inner mark in me that was like "C'MOOOON MOVE YOU'RE ALMOST THERE SNAKE" and being 100% into it worked really well. The fact that it was such a desperate crawl to the finish line made the inconvenience sync up with the narrative and I enjoyed it tons.
Less fun on replays, admittedly lol
They won't have to with New Light. For now, they definitely need to stick with it.
I just got to a part where this happens in Red Dead Redemption II. It wasn't so bad for the first minute, but then it kept going and going. And Arthur's already a slow-as-shit walker on a good day.
There is absolutely something worse than cinematic injured walk.
It's when ANOTHER CHARACTER has cinematic injured walk but you're free to walk at whatever pace you like, and if you so much as think about maybe moving slightly faster than that character, everyone else in the party immediately berates you for being a giant asshole to your friend and leaving him behind to die or whatever even though fuck you game you weren't even responsible for his injuries.
My brains having trouble remembering, what was the scare? I'm only thinking of the one section just before A2.
If I can legitimately ask "can I play the game I've paid for, please", then I feel that the developer is failing.
ok... but "turn based" itself is both vague and not a mechanic. Game mechanics can be turn based.
SRPGs, JRPGS, CRPGS, TCGs etc are all completely different mechanics. You can say you dont like anything turn based, but that seems a bit redundant in a thread about something so specific and actually contentious.
Yeah this one sticks in my head as particularly rough. Started fine but I honestly felt like just turning off the game and taking a break from it by the time the horse section finished let alone around the hiding in bodies part.
It's emotionally effective on the majority of people who played that game and that's the only way it would work to that extent, not a cutscene, so I'm sorry it didn't work for you.
You can make the game have engaging moments in a way that isn't necessarily "fun", but can result in amazing and impactful moments like this.
I feel like so many people here are either really impatient or just hate having story in games. "Why can't I skip cutscenes? Why do I have to walk around while people tell me the plot? Why do I have to do stealth suddenly? Why am I slow when I'm injured when I just want to run to whatever the next objective is?"
Maybe I'm getting old, but why would you play these games if you didn't care about what's going on in them, or that your character is reacting to injury or whatever? If the use of these tropes is bad, that doesn't mean that the trope itself is bad, just that it's badly written.
Maybe I'm getting old, but why would you play these games if you didn't care about what's going on in them, or that your character is reacting to injury or whatever? If the use of these tropes is bad, that doesn't mean that the trope itself is bad, just that it's badly written.
every time i think about replaying this game i remember the intro and just can't bring myself to do it
Follow me for ten minutes while I stroll at a brisk pace that is both faster then your walk and slower than your run.
Oh also: Go to other side of map to start quest. Go back to where you just were to finish it. This is especially annoying in worlds where things like phones exist, why tf you need to tell me this shit in person?
Oh also: Go to other side of map to start quest. Go back to where you just were to finish it. This is especially annoying in worlds where things like phones exist, why tf you need to tell me this shit in person?
I was about to say that I like injured cinematic walking and all that stuff . But you said it better than me.
I think I agree with this. It's just super irritating to me when like... in Gears they'll be talking on a hands-free radio but seemingly can't use it unless they walk slow and shove a finger in their ear.
If you are going to make me play as an injured character,do it like Wolfenstein......give me a wheelchair and a couple of shotguns,lol.
Because stealth section on games where stealth is not the focus (or designed with) is often miserable, especially if it's the instafail kind of stealth.
I don't have problem with stealth section in Dishonored or Metro or TLOU, I have problem with stealth in Wolfenstein or Final Fantasy XV.
I remember when the game was released everyone was praising it, it was so jarring.
Yes, there is something worse.
Like the intro to fucking New Colossus. Just sitting still, unmovable, EXCEPT for the camera. And 9 unskippable fucking minutes of exposition.
Makes Mein Leben grating and even more punishing. I am tired of suffering child abuse from my racist ass dad for 9 fucking minutes while just glancing around being the only thing I can do.
Rage.
Like the intro to fucking New Colossus. Just sitting still, unmovable, EXCEPT for the camera. And 9 unskippable fucking minutes of exposition.
Makes Mein Leben grating and even more punishing. I am tired of suffering child abuse from my racist ass dad for 9 fucking minutes while just glancing around being the only thing I can do.
Rage.
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I loathe this trope, you can count the times it actively adds to the gameplay on one hand that's short a few fingers.
I think the kicker is how balls to the wall action game metal gear rising finds time to do this shit.
I think the kicker is how balls to the wall action game metal gear rising finds time to do this shit.
It's certainly my least favourite, tedious and drawn out.
