ZaratanCho
Insider
That's what you can find in the FAQ on the site.
Thoughts and Ideas General
- Thread starter PipesOfMadness
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That's a good point.
You can't expect new players to know that they have to play this game differently. In any single other game, when you see a meaty, mindless undead slouching around, the response is "zombie : fight it until dead (again)". Here, it's actually a pretty bad strategy for a new player.
The idea that you can bypass them if you're careful, that they aren't necessarily aggressive or that you should run away and lock them behind doors, that simply won't come to the mind of most players. Decades of game, movie and other media experiences taught otherwise.
What would help a lot, here, would be to show that through the first gameplay.
For example, the first "zombie" you meet is put in such a way you are incited to ignore him.
Maybe it is in the starting room, in its corner, pacifist until you hit it. Most players won't try to attack it until they got weapons, so it will give them time to realize it is not aggressive.
And given the weapons you find at first, attacking it will kill or maim the ones trying it nonetheless, teaching that you shouldn't mess with them unless necessary - without too much of a cost, as you waste almost no progression.
The best tutorials are done that way: transparent, teaching through the game situation itself and how players react.
Some lore to tell how they don't like being watched, and other rules someone observed on their aggressiveness, would also help later.
This is a good idea, fits right into the game, and it will help new players.
Holy.Death
Insider
I've found it to be too dangerous to avoid enemies, because they happen to sneak up and attack me at the worst possible moment. It's far safer for me to kill off everything by taking enemies one by one, rather than letting them move around and risk reunion when I am already facing one enemy (I also found zombies to be really aggressive in general).
Orlacktherof
Member
Lock 'em in a room...
Nomad
Member
Haha yes. In the first dungeon there is a "puzzle area" And just this afternoon I was sorely missing that (also
)Having to move and drop a plank 3meters at a time along a long corridor is just a pain. Also that thing with moved object just "jumps" back t where you picked it up can get a bit irritating - minor complaint, but still...
Orlacktherof
Member
It's still extremley cumbersome, and sometimes, you might just end up dropping the item back where you started.
Nomad
Member
Didnt know that - I will try it
Murf
Moderator
Yeah that's going to be removed soon, Madoc knows about it, but thankfully he hasn't taken it out yet.
Nomad
Member
A small suggestion:
When playing this game; I find myself sitting very close to the monitor and sometimes straining my eyes (and neck and shoulders) to explore - looking for keys and such.
Could it possible to have the camera zoom in a bit more, and also angle it around more?
Sometimes I just want to look at my character.
In general, allow more camera movement.
And another thing, the character goes out of combat mode if you open the inventory - could that be changed so he doesn't? I would like to be able to pull out a shield without him just standing there and stop trying to parry - that doesn't sound unrealistic to me.
When playing this game; I find myself sitting very close to the monitor and sometimes straining my eyes (and neck and shoulders) to explore - looking for keys and such.
Could it possible to have the camera zoom in a bit more, and also angle it around more?
Sometimes I just want to look at my character.
In general, allow more camera movement.
And another thing, the character goes out of combat mode if you open the inventory - could that be changed so he doesn't? I would like to be able to pull out a shield without him just standing there and stop trying to parry - that doesn't sound unrealistic to me.
Orlacktherof
Member
Couldn't you just stack a box, or prop a corpse up on something in a safe place?
