Would You Play a Realisitc War Game?

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TimeLord

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Isn't what OP is describing what Operation flashpoint was supposed to be like? Or am I thinking of something else

OT: Yes I would play it
 

SyphonX

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A realistic "war game" only requires one method of approach. Really, it only requires one thing from you and it's creators:

Patience

The evidence is clear in this thread alone, that none of you have it, therefore no one is going to make a game for you. The only reason games like Armed Assault and Operation Flashpoint (original, not new) exist is because the US military contracts branches of these people to facilitate virtual training platforms. That sort of trickled down into the civilian entertainment sector, but the end product is shaky, albeit very rewarding with *patience* (emphasis on the patience).

Anticipation and strategy is exciting, teamwork is exciting. Running around the same Call of Duty map, on the same path, with the same weapons over and over and doing it really fast, is not exciting. It's just acting like a lizard, with a fucking lizard brain. Some truth in that, considering each human mind has a similar "reptilian" part of the brain that operates on pure instinct and mindless ritual. Lucky for Infinity Ward...
 

lodo_bear

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David Wong [http://www.cracked.com/members/David+Wong] of Cracked has some thoughts on this subject:
http://www.cracked.com/article_15660_the-ultimate-war-simulation-game.html
David Wong said:
5. I want that Public Support Meter to rise and fall according to Troops Lost, Length of Conflict, Innocents Killed and Whether or Not There is Anything Else On TV That Week. I want to lose 200 public-support points because, in a war where 8,000 units have been lost, one of my Mutalisks happened to be caught on video accidentally eating one clergyman. Then, later, my destruction of an entire enemy city will go unnoticed because the Nude Zero-Gravity Futureball championship went into overtime.
 

Eggsnham

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thepopeofatheism said:
Eggsnham said:
Pyromaniac1337 said:
Eggsnham said:
Emphasis on the realism. I mean 1 shot = 1 kill and getting shot in certain areas will do more or less damage than others etc. Not just "Get shot in the torso 6 times? Just take cover for five seconds, you'll be fine." And no dual wielding shotguns! You could also bleed to death and be incapacitated from being shot in your kevlar vest. I'm talking full on realism, would you?
... Nothing is ever 1 shot, 1 kill unless it's a head or heart shot, and even then they might survive a headshot. As for realistic injuries, no thank you.

I like my CoD4 the way it is thank you very much.
Getting shot in the arm, you bleed to death, shot in the leg; you bleed to death. The suvival rate of being shot in the head is something like 2%. Being shot in the chest and abdomen is particularly deadly, because if you don't have any organs or important bodily functions damaged; you still bleed to death. Think about the intricacies of the human machine before saying that a single bullet can't kill you.
You may want to research modern battlefield medicine before making claims like that.

They make things like tourniquets and quik-clot for a reason. ;)
Ah, excuse my ignorance. You're still incapacitated if you get shot for the most part, right?
 

thepopeofatheism

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Eggsnham said:
thepopeofatheism said:
Eggsnham said:
Pyromaniac1337 said:
Eggsnham said:
Emphasis on the realism. I mean 1 shot = 1 kill and getting shot in certain areas will do more or less damage than others etc. Not just "Get shot in the torso 6 times? Just take cover for five seconds, you'll be fine." And no dual wielding shotguns! You could also bleed to death and be incapacitated from being shot in your kevlar vest. I'm talking full on realism, would you?
... Nothing is ever 1 shot, 1 kill unless it's a head or heart shot, and even then they might survive a headshot. As for realistic injuries, no thank you.

I like my CoD4 the way it is thank you very much.
Getting shot in the arm, you bleed to death, shot in the leg; you bleed to death. The suvival rate of being shot in the head is something like 2%. Being shot in the chest and abdomen is particularly deadly, because if you don't have any organs or important bodily functions damaged; you still bleed to death. Think about the intricacies of the human machine before saying that a single bullet can't kill you.
You may want to research modern battlefield medicine before making claims like that.

They make things like tourniquets and quik-clot for a reason. ;)
Ah, excuse my ignorance. You're still incapacitated if you get shot for the most part, right?

Well, adrenaline works wonders but for the most part, yes.