Georgeman said:
Jumplion said:
Georgeman said:
Yes you are right. It could turn out annoying indeed, but like I said, it's an idea. Whether an idea succeeds or not depends entirely on the execution. If the execution succeeds, it can become brilliant. If it fails, then it becomes annoying and pretentious.
And the motion tracker is an interesting way to implement this!
Just another random thought here, people complained about how predictible the enemies were and where they'd attack. So how about an enemy that comes in pairs? One hides in a vent that you briefly see and therefore are cautious approaching it. But then, the second one will bang on the inside of the wall next to you, making a huge bulge, distracting you thinking the enemy is coming through the wall. But then the first one comes out the vent and attacks.
A random thought, I don't claim it to be original, though I do say I felt quite smart when I thought of it ;P I recall a similar enemy detailed in the preview on GameInformer of DS2, it signals you with loud noises, but if you turn a wrong corner you get attacked by another one and if you're too close it explodes or something.
Hey, that's actually a very sneaky and evil idea...
but it doesn't look like it belongs on horror territory too much. More startling than scary. At least, that's how I see it. But who knows, perhaps they could make it scary if, for example, they decided to fuck around with you more by trying to confuse your hearing.
Oy, I could just imagine, dozens of bulges through the wall, smashing noises from all around, not knowing where the enemy will come from until suddenly BAM! is comes from behind and R.Y.N.O (Rips Ya a New One (Go Ratchet and Clank!))
What I did read in the article on DS2 is that they're working on the pacing now. Instead of the player constantly worried about what is going to be around the corner, there are going to be moment (or at least they claim there will be) where you're utterly helpless and a complete badass ripping more new ones off of Necromorphs. While that may sound very unsettling, replaying through Dead Space now makes me understand what exactly they're trying to accomplish with that thinking. Obviously, as a novice in the horror genre, I'm always expecting
something to happen even if nothing will. But with proper pacing of DS2, you could get just enough gasp of air here and there to keep you from turning off the game every 30 minutes (which is what I did originally).
I think the reason why the original quotee said that people would only play 30 minutes at a time was because there was always something going on, therefore making the player run out of breath and taking a break after a while. Originally, I played Dead Space about 30 or so minutes at a time, not because I was scared (sometimes...) but mainly because I needed to take a break from the the blunt consistency of the atmosphere and how it was like a jog through a hallway that always repeats. With better pacing in DS2 (or so I hope), you could play in much longer intervals as you will sometimes be walking and sometimes be sprinting for your life, but in a much better pace.
I hope I made sense, I think I may have jumbled over myself here.
EDIT: One thing Dead Space did excelent, though, was the sound design and atmosphere. As I said before, I thought the moments where you played in the vacuum of space with only your labored breath being heard was absolutely brilliant and really made you fear for what will come up behind you.
