Suggestion for Alternative victory to death/blacking out.

[Snoopbear]

What if there was an amount of damage that would make opponents fall to the ground grabbing their wounds, screaming, possibly bleeding out. Or when in a fist fight there would be a chance they wouldn't get knocked out, but grab their faces while rolling from side to side.

The first Assassin's Creed had a similar thing.
It would make for a satisfying victory I think, plus you get a chance to "finish them off".

What do you guys think?

 

[CharliePow]

I think it's a great idea, I imagine in SG it would be a good thing to spare the lives of NPC's you've defeated.

 

[Snoopbear]

I think it's a great idea, I imagine in SG it would be a good thing to spare the lives of NPC's you've defeated.

Oh I didn't even think about that!

Edit: Could work great with a reputation system!

 

[Syllabear3]

What if there was an amount of damage that would make opponents fall to the ground grabbing their wounds, screaming, possibly bleeding out. Or when in a fist fight there would be a chance they wouldn't get knocked out, but grab their faces while rolling from side to side.

The first Assassin's Creed had a similar thing.
It would make for a satisfying victory I think, plus you get a chance to "finish them off".

What do you guys think?

Thats pretty sick and sadist. And i like it ;D

 

[MrApophos]

Almost essential. No cut is going to result in instant death, all wounds should cause a reduction in ability to fight until the character can no longer even stay on their feet due to weakness, and eventually, death. Please bring this in. For blunt hits to the head, fine, knockouts happen, but many small slashes and stabs.... yeah they need to fall to the ground writhing.

 

[Snoopbear]

So how do we get Madoc to notice this thread?
How do we get the developers to consider this?

 

[Syllabear3]

So how do we get Madoc to notice this thread?
How do we get the developers to consider this?

Cry a lot.

 

[MrApophos]

Blood sacrifice?

 

[Hastur]

Great idea, and to push it a little bit further, why not make some NPCs that you spared come back and thank you/try to kill you, but maybe with better equipment and/or more buddies this time? Would make for interesting encounters imo.

 

[gumshoe]

Great idea, and to push it a little bit further, why not make some NPCs that you spared come back and thank you/try to kill you, but maybe with better equipment and/or more buddies this time? Would make for interesting encounters imo.

Or NPCs that feign death only to have their buddies ambush you as they jump up

 

[Snoopbear]

Or NPCs that feign death only to have their buddies ambush you as they jump up

YES! Omg this is just getting better and better!

 

[Snoopbear]

Holy shit guys! My first thread is a success!

 

[Stekkmen]

Maybe not screaming or rolling around, but I think just falling on their back/stomach propped on their elbows or knees, something like that, would work.

 

[Roryn]

The first Assassin's Creed had a similar thing.

I was actually pretty devastated when they left out that feature in AC2 and beyond. I even remember devs claiming that "real combat was brutal"... well not so much post-Crusades apparently.

I mean, it was horrible but grittily realistic in AC1. Of course, I avoided it as much as possible and always ended it quickly if it happened, but they shouldn't have taken that out.

The irony is that they added a brutal and horrific-sounding neck-snap when fighting unarmed, after which the person would slowly fall to the ground and go limp for a moment before groaning and holding their knee or sth.

 

[Snoopbear]

I mean, it was horrible but grittily realistic in AC1. Of course, I avoided it as much as possible and always ended it quickly if it happened, but they shouldn't have taken that out.

I agree.

 

[Snoopbear]

Maybe not screaming or rolling around, but I think just falling on their back/stomach propped on their elbows or knees, something like that, would work.

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