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Weapons (please read and discuss)
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RE: Weapons (please read and discuss)

I must disagree with street boat. In Penumbra:Overture, the player was given "tools" that functioned as weapons. Frictional Games made sure the combat was clunky so they would be used as a last resort; but inevitably, many players found ways around it and were able to easily kill all enemies, thus greatly reducing the horror experience. At that point, it turned into a "hack-and-slash" ordeal.

tl;dr no matter how bad/clunky you make combat, it doesn't even remotely compare to no combat at all because people can find a way to make it easy/not scary.


The planets must be aligned, because I just agreed with CrankyOldMan :O

I rate it 3 memes.
06-05-2012, 07:26 AM
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Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Solus - 01-22-2011, 06:16 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by kailip - 01-22-2011, 06:25 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Solus - 01-22-2011, 06:34 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by kailip - 01-22-2011, 06:38 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Tottel - 01-23-2011, 06:24 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Sel - 01-23-2011, 06:58 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by kailip - 01-24-2011, 03:50 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by house - 01-24-2011, 01:04 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Tottel - 01-25-2011, 01:00 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by esten1 - 03-02-2011, 10:31 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by TEJR - 03-02-2011, 11:47 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Selyp - 03-03-2011, 12:46 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by house - 03-03-2011, 01:59 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by GrAVit - 06-02-2012, 08:31 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by GrAVit - 06-03-2012, 11:50 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Nice - 06-04-2012, 05:57 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Kman - 06-05-2012, 06:37 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Adny - 06-05-2012, 07:26 AM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by ZodiaC - 10-31-2012, 09:38 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by ZodiaC - 11-01-2012, 04:13 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Kman - 12-24-2012, 11:08 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Statyk - 12-25-2012, 06:35 PM
RE: Weapons (please read and discuss) - by Plank - 06-22-2013, 04:52 PM



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