K.L.R.G.
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After completing the game and some comments from Madoc about the zombie behaviour I started experimenting around a bit with the Zombie AI ...
And at first I was impressed by the fact that the zombies in fact did not attack me if I only wielded a torch. Although I think it is very counter-intuitive to the "think realisticly about what you would do when you are in this situation ..."-approach ... because ... you know ... first thing I do after I wake up alone in a dungeon with an everburning torch is picking up the next best thing to defend me ... Which will make most Zombies very likely to attack you despite being peaceful ... That's excactly what happens to me very early which was why I came to the conclusion that all zombies must have been aggressive dicks that will attack you sooner or later ...
Another downside is that they will attack you on the slightest touch which can happen accidentally with the sometimes bumpy physics ...
And then there are these just aggressive guys who attack you ... And ... let's say you stayed calm and all the other zombies just ignore you even if you stand next to them ... And then you open a door and meet one of the instantly aggressive zombies ... you can't defend yourself because if you do all zombies in the room will dogpile you ... ... ...
And I really like the idea that there seems to be a system that allows the zombies to even build up trust ... But does it have any use in the current game yet?
For one it's counter-intuitive especially when some of the zombies will attack you anyway, no matter how peaceful you are ... And on the other hand it's much easier to just lock these guys with doors and finish them of one by one as soon as you feel confident enough in terms of equipment ... Especially with the perma-death that forces you to take as little risk as possible, if you want to have a chance to see the end of the dungeon ...
Am I missing something? Did you have any other experience or are there planned future features that are just not build in yet? Like I said ... I would love to be able to befriend the inhabitants of the dungeon, but I do not see any way to actually do it usefully ... So please tell me if you had any other experience with that?
And at first I was impressed by the fact that the zombies in fact did not attack me if I only wielded a torch. Although I think it is very counter-intuitive to the "think realisticly about what you would do when you are in this situation ..."-approach ... because ... you know ... first thing I do after I wake up alone in a dungeon with an everburning torch is picking up the next best thing to defend me ... Which will make most Zombies very likely to attack you despite being peaceful ... That's excactly what happens to me very early which was why I came to the conclusion that all zombies must have been aggressive dicks that will attack you sooner or later ...
Another downside is that they will attack you on the slightest touch which can happen accidentally with the sometimes bumpy physics ...
And then there are these just aggressive guys who attack you ... And ... let's say you stayed calm and all the other zombies just ignore you even if you stand next to them ... And then you open a door and meet one of the instantly aggressive zombies ... you can't defend yourself because if you do all zombies in the room will dogpile you ... ... ...
And I really like the idea that there seems to be a system that allows the zombies to even build up trust ... But does it have any use in the current game yet?
For one it's counter-intuitive especially when some of the zombies will attack you anyway, no matter how peaceful you are ... And on the other hand it's much easier to just lock these guys with doors and finish them of one by one as soon as you feel confident enough in terms of equipment ... Especially with the perma-death that forces you to take as little risk as possible, if you want to have a chance to see the end of the dungeon ...
Am I missing something? Did you have any other experience or are there planned future features that are just not build in yet? Like I said ... I would love to be able to befriend the inhabitants of the dungeon, but I do not see any way to actually do it usefully ... So please tell me if you had any other experience with that?