Stolen Pixels #130: For Great Justice

[Shamus Young]

Stolen Pixels #130: For Great Justice

You can't arrest a corpse.

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[MorteSphere]

I see this a whole lot in games. Too much.

 

[Dragon_of_red]

Ahaha, so true.

Its also very stupid, happens way to often in games.

 

[Woem]

I don't want to think about that too much

 

[Andronicus]

Hmmm. You know what? I never even really thought about stuff like this. Now that you mention it though, it really doesn't make much sense. Hehe. Donut filling...

 

[AboveUp]

Games get away with this quite often. I never really gave it any thought until you pointed it out just now.

Great work as always, Shamus!

 

[ssgt splatter]

So you didn't want them beaten to death? HA! OOPS! Oh, I needed that today. Thanks Shamus.

 

[Distorted Stu]

haha th epolice should give clearer instructions!

 

[wolfy098]

"Donut filling" tastes nice

 

[Irridium]

I thought I was the only one who noticed this.
Not in Champions Online, but other games.

Anyway, at least now I know what to expect when I get the game.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

As a good friend of mine is renowned for saying.

"We investigated them...TO DEATH!"

 

[oppp7]

Wow. Champions online sounds fun but has too many plot holes.

 

[ninja steve]

Wow. Champions online sounds fun but has too many plot holes.

and costs something

EDIT: that is you have to keep paying for it

 

[For Science]

True, thanks for not waking me want the game more this time.

 

[Trivun]

Heh. Vampire Donuts...

Seriously though, you do see this in plenty of games. Especially those with superheroes and/or vigilantes. Hell, is there any point to the police actually investigating? Easiest thing to do would be to lie and say there's a huge investigation going on then sent Pants Man or whoever in to get the 'evidence'. Meanwhile, you spend the police budget from the 'investigation' on expensive holidays and cars and second homes in Mauritius. Then everyone's happy! Except the dead guys...

 

[Gongon]

Yeah, this is the one of the reasons I can't play themepark mmos anymore...

 

[pfloriani]

In City of Heroes, you didn't kill your targets, you *defeated* them. After they were down for the count, teleporters would (eventually) automatically take them to jail.

Of course, some heroes defeated their targets by sticking swords and claws RIGHT THROUGH THEM, or shooting them with assault rifles, but those bad guys are tough, they can take it.

I guess that they didn't feel like bothering with a similar concept for CO.

 

[The Werebear]

Y'know, this happens in a lot of games that aren't MMO's too.. Your boss sends you on a mission for "evidence" and everyone who you have evidence on is a smoking corpse by the time you have it. You kind of have to wonder if they sent you on an assassination mission, and told you to pick up justification.

 

[dracoslayer16]

Guilty! That's my solution for every mission.

"Go here" "OK" I then kill everything in sight and if that doesn't complete the mission and they don't drop anything THEN I actually read the mission for further details "ooohhh I was supposed to escort them not kill them, lol"

As they say, shoot first, ask questions later.