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Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporter
Posted By: ipHDate: 1/17/05 7:14 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporter (Andrew Nagy)

: For some people, Marathon combat has more to do with making your enemies go
: berserk and kill each other. Not really all that plausible.

: In a future Marathon game, I'd like to see enemies that are smarter, but
: still occasionally fight each other, since it's a distinctive aspect of
: Marathon gameplay.

You're right about that; I forgot about the berserking.

: That's debatable. I'd say it more likely overcomplicates and perforates the
: plot. What are the pattern buffers supposed to do/normally used for, when
: not used with Jjaro Boxers? How could humans build devices (based on Jjaro
: tech) that were capable of time travel, and apparently not even know it?
: And so on.

It certainly is debatable, but for me, I'm a big fan of cutting a generous amount of slack when it comes to Sci-Fi. How plausable does it need to be?

: Also, just for gameplay reasons, it limits the player to only fighting in
: places with pattern buffers. Tempus Irae either ignored this or contrived
: some new technology to get around it; I don't remember exactly which.

: It's possible that Bungie meant it to tie into Infinity's plot. But my
: completely uninformed guess is that if Greg/Bungie made Marathon with what
: they know today, they'd leave out pattern buffers and use a save system
: more like Myth, Oni, and Halo.

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Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterMarble Legacy 1/13/05 1:52 p.m.
     Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterAdam Ashwell 1/13/05 2:19 p.m.
           Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterMalakite 1/13/05 3:12 p.m.
                 Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterukimalefu 1/13/05 4:08 p.m.
                       Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterMalakite 1/13/05 4:17 p.m.
                             Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterTyler 1/13/05 5:18 p.m.
                                   Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterCheerful 1/13/05 11:02 p.m.
                                         Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporteripH 1/14/05 2:31 a.m.
                                               LOL - Clever :^) *NM*Steve Levinson 1/14/05 6:17 a.m.
                                         Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterMarble Legacy 1/14/05 12:55 p.m.
                                               Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterCheerful 1/15/05 4:49 p.m.
     Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterRoguexcx 1/14/05 11:18 a.m.
           Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporteripH 1/14/05 5:13 p.m.
                 Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterAndromeda_5[Kilo] 1/15/05 5:42 p.m.
                       Wolf3D is our preferenceNraw of Clan Elyk 1/16/05 1:08 a.m.
                             Re: Wolf3D is our preferenceAndromeda_5[Kilo] 1/16/05 3:30 p.m.
                 Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterAndrew Nagy 1/16/05 7:27 p.m.
                       Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterAndromeda_5[Kilo] 1/17/05 7:14 a.m.
                             Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporteripH 1/17/05 7:20 a.m.
                             Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterTyler 1/17/05 2:52 p.m.
                                   Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporterAndrew Nagy 1/18/05 4:26 a.m.
                       Re: Doom sucks! Input from a Doom supporteripH 1/17/05 7:14 a.m.

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