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Missing cutscene and carnivorous flood
Posted By: Narcogen <narcogen@rampancy.net>Date: 9/7/06 6:22 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do? (Simpsons Rule)

: Maybe the second time around, after we've met the Flood, we choose to shoot
: him to spare him from the Flood fate he almost certainly would encounter,
: or simply as gamers we kill him for his ammo, but the first time playing
: the game, being overwhelmed by the story of it all, I feel as though this
: is what we were meant to do, if not close to what most of us actually did.

Maybe it's just the kind of thing that "other games" would do, but I wouldn't have minded seeing a short cutscene at some point, showing what happens to him. Either being Flood-infected, if you left him alive, or having the Flood pass up his corpse if you killed him. That at least would give you a clear indication of what you SHOULD have done (if there is such a thing). Or maybe it wouldn't.

Actually, it's still unclear to me exactly how "dead" you have to be before the Flood don't get you. The games themselves are unclear on this, especially Cortana's quote in T&R where she refers to the Flood "gathering bodies" when all there is there is corpses. Are they being gathered for infection/reanimation? For food? When Cortana refers to stopping the Flood by killing their "food" does she mean hosts for infection, or flesh to be eaten as sustenance? And if the latter, how does that help, as many carnivores eat dead or cooked flesh?

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Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Ross Mills [subnova] 9/6/06 6:19 a.m.
     Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Ciarán 9/6/06 6:43 a.m.
           Lob a Plasma Grenade on him :P *NM*Bluestone 9/6/06 6:45 a.m.
           Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Ross Mills [subnova] 9/6/06 7:10 a.m.
                 Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Hawaiian Pig 9/6/06 7:30 a.m.
                       Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Grantix 9/6/06 7:37 a.m.
                             Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Speedhuntr 9/6/06 8:09 a.m.
                                   Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Count Zero 9/6/06 9:51 a.m.
                                         Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?vlad3163 9/6/06 10:13 a.m.
                                         Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Vironex 9/7/06 12:43 a.m.
                                               ESRB does rate games.Narcogen 9/7/06 6:14 a.m.
                                   Shotgun to the face?Narcogen 9/7/06 6:12 a.m.
                                         Re: Shotgun to the face?Louis Wu 9/7/06 6:37 a.m.
                                               Re: Shotgun to the face?Narcogen 9/7/06 7:38 a.m.
                       Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?jester_343 9/8/06 10:14 a.m.
     Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?serpx 9/6/06 8:09 a.m.
           Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Rox 9/6/06 8:37 a.m.
     Choice defines a person.Peptuck 9/6/06 9:25 a.m.
           I just shoot him. And I like it :)Captain Spark 9/6/06 9:58 a.m.
                 Re: I just shoot him. And I like it :)KoCKynVainn 9/6/06 10:16 a.m.
           Re: Choice defines a person.Narcogen 9/7/06 6:16 a.m.
                 Re: Choice defines a person.Bodie 9/7/06 6:22 a.m.
                 Re: Choice defines a person.Peptuck 9/7/06 8:45 a.m.
                       Re: Choice defines a person.scarab 9/8/06 4:04 p.m.
                             Re: Choice defines a person.Peptuck 9/8/06 4:13 p.m.
                                   Re: Choice defines a person.scarab 9/8/06 4:53 p.m.
     Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Simpsons Rule 9/6/06 10:47 a.m.
           Missing cutscene and carnivorous floodNarcogen 9/7/06 6:22 a.m.
                 Re: Missing cutscene and carnivorous floodShortRoundMcfly 9/8/06 1:44 p.m.
     Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?KP 9/6/06 12:36 p.m.
           Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Raigns 9/6/06 2:49 p.m.
     The first time I played it...jester_343 9/6/06 2:49 p.m.
     I never shot him :(Jillybean 9/6/06 2:57 p.m.
           You could mercifully...Blackstar 9/6/06 4:22 p.m.
                 Re: You could mercifully...Jillybean 9/6/06 5:30 p.m.
                       Re: You could mercifully...jdogmoney 9/6/06 5:33 p.m.
                             Re: You could mercifully...LoneRanger 2.5 9/6/06 9:48 p.m.
                                   Re: You could mercifully...Jillybean 9/7/06 6:35 a.m.
                                         Re: You could mercifully...Bodie 9/7/06 6:46 a.m.
     According to Jaime...Marty the Elder 9/6/06 8:53 p.m.
           Re: According to Jaime...vlad3163 9/6/06 10:31 p.m.
     Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?The Freeloader 9/6/06 10:31 p.m.
     Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?Narcogen 9/7/06 6:07 a.m.
           Re: Game Design - What were we MEANT to do?vlad3163 9/7/06 11:24 a.m.



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