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Posted By: Mark Evans | Date: 9/12/05 4:13 a.m. | |
In Response To: Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! (ukimalefu) : quote: "all the other crazy stuff came from that. Nowadays, games can do
: But off course! WE would! :^D Depends on how well they're written. Doom 3 for example, all of its terminals say the same thing essentially: "Delta Labs are drawing lots of power lately" "There are rumours about Delta Labs" "The people from Delta are starting to look funny" (gee, maybe they look like zombies!) "I don't trust anyone here, something funny is going on at Delta Labs so I stashed some supplies in a locker in Med, code 384." They are boring and repetitive. They're written as if you're actually trying to avoid reading them, so if you read only one or two you can still get the plot. They do reward you occasionally with access codes, but in Doom 3 it seems more like a chore to read (or listen to) log entries just to get access codes. Marathon's terminals have a much better style (i.e. they have style) and make the reader work to get the clues, yet still make the game better even if you don't bother deciphering all the hex code and whatnot. They add replay value, like any good novel you understand more of the terminals the more you reread them, which makes you want to reread them more. In Doom, there is no reward to rereading the logs, or memorizing the characters' names or anything. |
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Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Bob-B-Q | 9/10/05 6:23 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Adam Ashwell | 9/10/05 8:00 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | ukimalefu | 9/10/05 11:56 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | kyjel | 9/10/05 12:25 p.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Mark Evans | 9/12/05 4:13 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | kyjel | 9/12/05 9:10 a.m. | |
Doom terminals | Narcogen | 10/3/05 2:31 a.m. | |
Doom terminals | Narcogen | 10/3/05 2:32 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Hamish Sinclair | 9/12/05 11:30 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Bob-B-Q | 9/12/05 3:06 p.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Andromeda_5[Kilo] | 9/13/05 3:52 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Forrest of B.org | 9/13/05 4:39 p.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Steve Levinson | 9/13/05 5:26 p.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | ukimalefu | 9/13/05 5:45 p.m. | |
Acknowledged *NM* | Steve Levinson | 9/13/05 6:03 p.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Mark Evans | 9/15/05 6:31 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Speaker-To-Animals | 10/1/05 7:54 a.m. | |
Re: Greg Kirkpatrick sighted! | Reiginko | 10/1/05 8:33 a.m. |
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