Though not having them loaded is an incentive to get stuff in the
field, rather than just accumulate rep until you can by the full
weapon.
----- Original Message -----
From: Dakotah Rickard <dakotah.rick...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list <gamers@audyssey.org
Date sent: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:25:23 -0500
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Swamp: a couple of suggestions and
reports
There is actually a bit of luck wherever random chance is in
play, and
with the movements of more than fifteen people, plus whatever
algorithm controls the zombies when they're not chasing, it's as
near
to random as can be asked for. I've had runs to the east of the
bridge
where I literally run into ten zombies over the whole trip. Then
I've
had runs wherein I walk around a corner to find about thirty
waiting
for me. That is luck, the luck of the draw, and all the skill and
all
the guns won't help at all in that situation.
As for the concept of sim versus game, I know that, especially
lately,
it's running into a sort of overlap. Look at games for mainstream
audiences like Brink or the more popular Team Fortress 2. These
games
allow a very limited selection of weapons, usually a primary,
maybe a
secondary, and melee, all determined by character selection.
Since
Swamp isn't that type of game, we do run into a little bit of a
difficulty making it a simulation, and I have had a hard-won
victory
over my own realistic nature before this, as I make games and
I've had
to sacrifice realism for playability and fun.
I completely understand and agree with the gun thing, finding
more and
better guns because you don't carry around everything. It does
make
sense. The only thing that gets me about it is that you can't
really
adventure without at least three good firearms. I've gone out
happily
with pistol, shotgun of some type, and scoped hunting rifle, but
it's
really quite a challenge. It's easier with some sort of automatic
weapon, so I guess it's a matter of choice, but I have to wonder
if
some of those cases of 7.62 ammo I've picked up were spare m60s.
Finally, what about the idea of a gun coming from the safe zone
fully
loaded? It does kind of make sense.
SIgned:
Daktah Rickard
On 12/14/11, john <jpcarnemo...@comcast.net> wrote:
When I say luck, I'm referring to the massive groups of ten or
more zombies that I've come *very* close to running into, had it
not been for my scope. I was lucky enough to find one early on,
and if I hadn't, I would have died several times over.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Bartlett" <themusicalbre...@gmail.com
To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" <gamers@audyssey.org
Date sent: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:57:34 -0500
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Swamp: a couple of suggestions and
reports
John, I'm not sure if you're being funny here, or if that's a
serious
comment. But riffing on it for a moment, there really isn't
much
in the way
of luck in this game. There are skills, direct physical skills
aiming, and
tactical skills, knowing where I am, evaluating the risks of
current
opposition v. my position and weapons load, and situational
awareness,
maintaining enough awareness to know when it's time to fight,
which targets
to select and when to run like hell. These are all skills that
anyone can
develop, at least in this format.
That being the case, I find it strange when people complain the
game is too
hard, excepting actual limitations like hearing problems that I
understand
to place a genuine disadvantage on the player.
Chris Bartlett
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