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Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself
Posted By: FyreWulff <mkidder@gmail.com>	Date: 1/3/12 4:04 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself (Leisandir) : Videogames are unique in that they are an interactive medium. A lot of : developers use thinking developed by experience in film when making : cutscenes - this is not how you do it. One of the prime rules of cutscenes : is that you never, ever want to show a character doing something that : can't be done in gameplay. The example of the character in Uncharted : behaving differently at gunpoint in cutscene and gameplay is a very good : one. The same rules go for killing characters. : You don't want to have NPCs who can shrug off artillery rounds get taken out : by a single hit from small-arms fire. The solution isn't to have had Kat : blasted by a Covenant cruiser, the solution is to find a way that depicts : the S-IIIs in gameplay differently. Have them be more agile and stealthy - : with the possible exception of George, none of them should behave like : juggernauts. When their shields do down, don't have them crouch and : complain about taking fire, have them dive for cover, hide until their : shields regenerate or they self-inject some biofoam, and then rejoin the : fight. Treating Noble Team like a squadron of Sgt. Johnsons from Halo 3 : was not the right approach. For years, we've been bitching about how silly : the Marine AI is, and when we're finally given the opportunity to play : with other Spartans, they're just invincible Marines with armor-lock. : They're not more accurate (they actually do less damage than the player, : which is a GREAT way to make the player feel like s/he's surrounded by : morons), they're not smarter, they're not faster. Mostly, they just get in : the way. According to one of the AI designers the Spartans in Reach have the Elite AI but they make decisions more slowly to make them appear more thoughtful about what they're doing. Also: :One of the prime rules of cutscenes is that you never, ever want to show a character doing something that can't be done in gameplay I don't remember this being a rule anyway, and if so ALL the Halo games spend quite a bit of time breaking it.

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As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	Seraph XXVII	1/3/12 4:55 a.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	FyreWulff	1/3/12 5:08 a.m.
^like face book we need a dislike button. :)	Bryan Newman	1/3/12 5:55 a.m.
Re: ^like face book we need a dislike button. :)	FyreWulff	1/3/12 10:08 a.m.
Re: ^like face book we need a dislike button. :)	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 2:31 p.m.
Re: ^like face book we need a dislike button. :)	FyreWulff	1/3/12 3:01 p.m.
Re: ^like face book we need a dislike button. :)	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 4:08 p.m.
I know the answer *img*	Revenant1988	1/3/12 4:11 p.m.
Re: I know the answer *img*	LostSpartan987	1/3/12 5:45 p.m.
Trololol *NM*	stabbim	1/3/12 9:04 p.m.
Re: ^like face book we need a dislike button. :)	FyreWulff	1/3/12 5:32 p.m.
Re: ^like face book we need a dislike button. :)	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 7:14 p.m.
Re: didn't like the post title, oddly enough	General Vagueness	1/3/12 5:10 p.m.
Re: didn't like the post title, oddly enough	FyreWulff	1/3/12 5:25 p.m.
Re: didn't like the post title, oddly enough	General Vagueness	1/3/12 6:53 p.m.
Re: didn't like the post title, oddly enough	davidfuchs	1/3/12 7:41 p.m.
Re: didn't like the post title, oddly enough	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 8:01 p.m.
Re: didn't like the post title, oddly enough	Quirel	1/3/12 10:06 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	Gravemind	1/3/12 7:22 a.m.
Re: As much as I enjoy HBO . . .	Hedgemony	1/3/12 9:27 a.m.
Re: As much as I enjoy HBO . . .	DEEP NNN	1/3/12 12:25 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoy HBO . . .	FyreWulff	1/3/12 12:31 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoy HBO . . .	DEEP NNN	1/3/12 12:59 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	FyreWulff	1/3/12 10:03 a.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	FyreWulff	1/3/12 10:07 a.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	davidfuchs	1/3/12 1:42 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	General Vagueness	1/3/12 4:15 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	pete_the_duck	1/3/12 5:25 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	Gravemind	1/3/12 7:50 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	pete_the_duck	1/3/12 9:57 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	FyreWulff	1/4/12 12:58 a.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	Gravemind	1/3/12 7:58 p.m.
Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	Jillybean	1/3/12 6:52 p.m.
Re: Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	General Vagueness	1/3/12 7:17 p.m.
Re: Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	uberfoop	1/3/12 7:25 p.m.
Re: Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	General Vagueness	1/3/12 7:52 p.m.
Re: Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	Vandle Valsher	1/3/12 7:57 p.m.
Re: Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	uberfoop	1/3/12 8:23 p.m.
Re: Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	Quirel	1/3/12 10:12 p.m.
Re: Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	uberfoop	1/3/12 11:01 p.m.
Oh, unless...	uberfoop	1/3/12 11:09 p.m.
Re: Yes! This is how I've always felt! ^	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 7:26 p.m.
My two Cents	crzymnky069	1/4/12 5:43 a.m.
Re: My two Cents	Devil Mingy	1/4/12 6:24 a.m.
Re: My two Cents	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/4/12 11:44 a.m.
Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Gravemind	1/4/12 10:11 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/4/12 10:21 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Quirel	1/4/12 11:10 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 12:03 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Gravemind	1/4/12 11:16 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Quirel	1/4/12 11:47 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 12:11 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Gravemind	1/5/12 12:24 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 2:19 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	DHalo	1/5/12 2:36 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 2:45 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Quirel	1/5/12 4:18 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 12:29 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Gravemind	1/5/12 4:07 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 12:42 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	DHalo	1/5/12 11:08 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	DEEP NNN	1/5/12 2:41 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 2:50 a.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	General Vagueness	1/5/12 5:02 a.m.
Except for Douglas Adams *NM*	scarab	1/4/12 11:10 p.m.
Well, yes, obviously. :) *NM*	Gravemind	1/4/12 11:46 p.m.
Re: Sci-fi writers have no sense of scale.	General Vagueness	1/5/12 4:43 a.m.
Re: In this economy?	Hedgemony	1/4/12 10:25 a.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	kanbo	1/3/12 5:25 a.m.
Agreed	Flynn J Taggart	1/3/12 9:21 a.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	DEEP NNN	1/3/12 12:22 p.m.
Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/3/12 1:49 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 2:28 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/3/12 3:13 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	FyreWulff	1/3/12 3:22 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Beckx	1/3/12 3:23 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	stabbim	1/3/12 9:53 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Revenant1988	1/3/12 3:25 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Leisandir	1/3/12 3:34 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	FyreWulff	1/3/12 4:04 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Leisandir	1/3/12 4:25 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	NsU Soldier	1/4/12 12:04 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	General Vagueness	1/3/12 6:20 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	General Vagueness	1/3/12 6:11 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	stabbim	1/3/12 10:48 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/3/12 11:15 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Beckx	1/3/12 11:28 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/4/12 12:03 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	FyreWulff	1/3/12 3:11 p.m.
No, and yes.	Revenant1988	1/3/12 3:20 p.m.
Re: No, and yes.	General Vagueness	1/3/12 6:07 p.m.
Re: No, and yes.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 7:18 p.m.
Re: No, and yes.	General Vagueness	1/3/12 7:42 p.m.
Re: No, and yes.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 8:03 p.m.
What happened to Carter.	NsU Soldier	1/4/12 12:46 a.m.
Re: What happened to Carter.	stabbim	1/4/12 7:28 a.m.
Also...	stabbim	1/4/12 7:29 a.m.
Re: No, and yes.	General Vagueness	1/4/12 6:01 a.m.
Re: No, and yes.	GrimBrother IV	1/3/12 8:28 p.m.
Re: No, and yes.	General Vagueness	1/4/12 6:29 a.m.
Re: No, and yes.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/4/12 11:47 a.m.
Re: No, and yes.	stabbim	1/4/12 4:16 p.m.
Re: No, and yes.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/4/12 5:03 p.m.
Re: No, and yes.	Leisandir	1/4/12 10:16 p.m.
Re: No, and yes.	General Vagueness	1/5/12 4:05 a.m.
Re: No, and yes.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 12:38 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	General Vagueness	1/3/12 5:29 p.m.
Rightish, and wrong.	Quirel	1/3/12 5:50 p.m.
Re: Rightish, and wrong.	7he grunt w/a plasma pistol	1/3/12 6:04 p.m.
Re: Rightish, and wrong.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 7:16 p.m.
Re: Rightish, and wrong.	Quirel	1/3/12 10:06 p.m.
Re: Rightish, and wrong.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 11:28 p.m.
What about Harvest?	BlueNinja	1/6/12 10:09 a.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/6/12 11:47 a.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	BlueNinja	1/6/12 12:04 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	The Loot	1/6/12 1:55 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/6/12 3:47 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	Leviathan	1/6/12 6:54 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/6/12 7:06 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	Bry	1/6/12 11:36 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	General Vagueness	1/6/12 6:58 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/6/12 7:07 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	Urban Reflex	1/6/12 2:19 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	7he grunt w/a plasma pistol	1/6/12 2:26 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	SonofMacPhisto	1/6/12 4:25 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	davidfuchs	1/6/12 5:38 p.m.
Re: What about Harvest?	Beckx	1/6/12 5:55 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Revenant1988	1/3/12 3:15 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 4:19 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Flynn J Taggart	1/4/12 12:11 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/4/12 12:41 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Flynn J Taggart	1/4/12 1:01 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Quirel	1/4/12 2:35 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Flynn J Taggart	1/4/12 4:39 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	General Vagueness	1/3/12 6:04 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	General Vagueness	1/3/12 4:27 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/3/12 8:23 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	GrimBrother IV	1/3/12 8:21 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/3/12 8:25 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	GrimBrother IV	1/3/12 8:33 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/3/12 9:27 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	GrimBrother IV	1/3/12 9:41 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	uberfoop	1/3/12 9:43 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Beckx	1/3/12 9:51 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/3/12 10:03 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 11:24 p.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	davidfuchs	1/4/12 12:18 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/4/12 12:43 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	General Vagueness	1/5/12 3:32 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/5/12 12:33 p.m.
Also agreed and a note on Spartan deaths	Flynn J Taggart	1/4/12 12:52 a.m.
Re: Forget canon, what about the story itself	General Vagueness	1/4/12 6:24 a.m.
Suspension of Disbelief: Why Canon is Important.	Leviathan	1/3/12 9:04 p.m.
Hear Hear	davidfuchs	1/3/12 9:30 p.m.
Re: Suspension of Disbelief: Why Canon is Importan	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/3/12 11:20 p.m.
Re: Suspension of Disbelief: Why Canon is Importan	uberfoop	1/4/12 12:29 a.m.
Re: Suspension of Disbelief: Why Canon is Importan	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/4/12 12:45 a.m.
Re: Suspension of Disbelief: Why Canon is Importan	davidfuchs	1/4/12 1:03 a.m.
Re: Suspension of Disbelief: Why Canon is Importan	uberfoop	1/4/12 1:23 a.m.
Re: Suspension of Disbelief: Why Canon is Importan	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/4/12 2:16 a.m.
Coincidentally	Beckx	1/4/12 11:20 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	Beckx	1/3/12 3:20 p.m.
Re: As much as I enjoyed Reach . . .	SonofMacPhisto	1/5/12 6:35 p.m.
I like Reach.	Postmortem	1/3/12 5:24 p.m.
Re: I like Reach.	General Vagueness	1/3/12 6:49 p.m.
Re: I like Reach.	stabbim	1/3/12 8:59 p.m.
Just gonna leave this here:	Dervish	1/4/12 12:32 a.m.
Re: Just gonna leave this here:	JDQuackers	1/5/12 4:39 p.m.
Re: Just gonna leave this here:	Dervish	1/6/12 3:50 a.m.
Re: Just gonna leave this here:	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/6/12 3:59 a.m.
Re: Just gonna leave this here:	JDQuackers	1/6/12 1:38 p.m.
Re: Just gonna leave this here:	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/6/12 3:54 p.m.
Hmmm I guess Glasslands *Spoilers*	JDQuackers	1/6/12 4:04 p.m.
I concur	Revenant1988	1/6/12 4:20 p.m.
Re: Hmmm I guess Glasslands *Spoilers*	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	1/6/12 4:49 p.m.
Re: Hmmm I guess Glasslands *Spoilers*	JDQuackers	1/6/12 6:31 p.m.
Re: Hmmm I guess Glasslands *Spoilers*	Bry	1/6/12 11:49 p.m.
Re: Just gonna leave this here:	Dervish	1/6/12 4:39 p.m.
Regardless of canonity	C.W. Miller	1/4/12 7:04 a.m.
Re: Regardless of canonity	DEEP NNN	1/4/12 12:22 p.m.
Re: Regardless of canonity	C.W. Miller	1/4/12 3:24 p.m.