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Dark Void Devs Wary Of Jetpack Neglect

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MrGhandi
05/13/09

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I and some others I have talked about this tend to hoard limited abilities and items for the "perfect" moment that never comes. I'm talking about things like the rocket launcher in RE4 or pretty much ALL of the weapons in Resistance: FOM besides the starting weapon. We're basically neglecting game features by doing this. It seems like some things developers put in games are just never useful or at least not so useful that you can't imagine that they wouldn't be more useful in a later encounter ... then the game ends. How can developers balance this better? No clue ... I think its just pack-rat psychology at work here.
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Jonn
05/13/09

@MrGhandi: [tvtropes.org]

I was scared of using the Sticky Shocker in Splinter Cell until I checked a FAQ and found that you could use the StickyCam to knock people out.
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MasterOmega
05/13/09

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well, here's a bit of real world ideal to add to the thought of "hovering out of cover whilst in a gunfight". It wouldnt happen. And why would your enemies, who are obviously fixated on you, the target, let you hover into the sky and shoot them in the back?
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Jonn
05/13/09

@MasterOmega: Who says they wouldn't be shooting at you the whole time?
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Boom-Chicka-Ah: Here to Create a Star Commenter Empire
05/13/09

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neglecting the jetpack is like neglecting the ability to shoot in this game.
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Curse lily
05/13/09

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Of course we will neglect some games abilities and options IS BECAUSE THEY ARE POINTLESS sure we can and will use them once or twice but if they are not interesting or we can do better without them then yes we will neglect them.
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Black-Dog-Howls
05/13/09

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This reminds me of people forgetting about right click in RTS.
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Vavaylah
05/13/09

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But jetpacks are so awesome,why would anyone neglect it. Its like neglecting newborn puppies. PUPPIES!
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n00b_pwner
05/13/09

@Vavaylah: Newborn puppies on jetpacks is the definition of epic!
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Vavaylah
05/13/09

@n00b_pwner: See, now why didnt Nintendogs include jetpacks? That would've made it a day 1 buy for me.
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Combine
05/13/09

@Vavaylah: Because if the newborn puppies had the jetpack, little kids would cry when they accidentally hit the "Death Button".
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Spiderbait
05/13/09

@Combine: Yes but then they'd open up to a new untapped (and much more horrifying) market! The puppy-killer demographic!
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exion
05/13/09

@Spiderbait: I'd buy that for a dollar!
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