1eyedking said:Goddamit men, it's pretty simple: stealth is all about remaining undetected by the enemy (it's what thieves in D&D do, what prowling vampires in Masquerade do, and what Garrett in Thief does).
Usually it requires the player to remain unheard, unseen...unfelt: completely avoiding the other being's senses.
If a Xenomorph can smell you, and can see in the dark, it's pretty much obvious you can't be stealthy around the little fuckers (unless the creative fellows at Obsidian gave us a Pheromone Inhibitor Invisibility Suit™ or made Xenomorphs blind or some other shit.).
So basically they fucked up.
As usual.
Rosh said:1eyedking: Or they were hoping for some product placement like I mentioned before.
"They track by sense of smell! Quick, flood the compartments with Axe Deodorant!"
MLMarkland said:You should stick to hyperbole. Your hyperbole is much more entertaining than your humor.
Rosh said:MLMarkland said:You should stick to hyperbole. Your hyperbole is much more entertaining than your humor.
Your defense of the bastardization of established gameplay concepts still reads like shit.
MLMarkland said:Ha, thanks for the advice.
I'm watching a movie for work research while I type responses.
MLMarkland said:Yeah, but my sonnets are the fucking bomb.
I'm going to the "what is stealth in an rpg" thread to talk about things that actually matter, like gameplay, rather than the definition of words.
"But wait, they can also see in the dark! Everyone turn on your Stealth Boys*!"Rosh said:1eyedking: Or they were hoping for some product placement like I mentioned before.
"They track by sense of smell! Quick, flood the compartments with Axe Deodorant!"
Great, so we would be playing with stealth bombers. Fly around doing nothing but dropping bombs. Fucking stealthy indeed.MLMarkland said:What you are mistaken about is that this non-detection needs to occur at close proximity. A stealth bomber is stealthy, in part, because it is very far away from the observers it is attempting to remain undetected by.
1eyedking said:So there would be no sneaking involved? As in hiding in shadows? Watching patrol movements? Avoiding enemy line-of-sight? OK, then, let's reinvent the wheel!
*: see what I did there?
bat_boro said:MLMarkland said:Ha, thanks for the advice.
I'm watching a movie for work research while I type responses.
Some research on that new super secret mr. Markland?
And which movie would that be?
MLMarkland said:If you are referencing the super secret Obsidian project no.
I'm at another studio now.
bat_boro said:MLMarkland said:If you are referencing the super secret Obsidian project no.
I'm at another studio now.
Oh, I just woke up and forgot about it. BTW, the time I went to sleep was 12.30 AM, now I wake up at 9 AM and what do I see - you're still arguing about stealth. That's something
Mr. Markland, have you had any developing experience with that new Obsidian project? What are your general thoughts on it, since I guess you couldn't go into specifics.
Edit: Yeah, I had to try my luck, thanks for the answer.
Which studio are you working now anyway?
Something RPG related, maybe?
Hümmelgümpf said:What sophistry is this? Three pages of arguing about the freaking name of a game system? The hell, Codex? Who cares what name they decided to use, as long as the end result would be fun to play?
Chefe said:Well, we've always wondered who skyway was an alt of. Now we know.
Rosh said:Chefe said:Well, we've always wondered who skyway was an alt of. Now we know.
Not really, but I do occasionally egg on a developer to see some of their reasoning or depth of thought put behind their design decisions.
Stealth against xenomorphs. Who woulda thunk it? Obsidian is just that good!
MLMarkland said:Wait... would you rather it be all shooting?
Rosh said:Chefe said:Well, we've always wondered who skyway was an alt of. Now we know.
Not really, but I do occasionally egg on a developer to see some of their reasoning or depth of thought put behind their design decisions.
Chefe said:So, he resorts to spam and you resort to "It was all a test"?
Like it was in Aliens? I wouldn't mind.MLMarkland said:Wait... would you rather it be all shooting?