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Prez wrote on Nov 7, 2012, 23:44:
Like I said, it's a personal preference thing; I as a long time gamer have still come to prefer the health systems in newer games. I particularly like how Borderlands 2. With the right relic your shields AND health regenerate (SACRILEGE!) and you never have to die because of the brilliant second wind system. Easier, harder... I don't care. It makes the game far more enjoyable to me. Enough said.
I thought Borderlands (both games) had a terrible health/shield system, the only way they can really make you feel endangered is to knock both off so quickly that you end up frustrated and hang out behind cover to snipe or relying on special abilities. The second wind system is another thing I didn't like, it wasn't terribly well implemented and removes a lot of consequence from play when it did work. Sure I guess it's no different than having lives in a Mario game but you didn't have the benefits of constant check pointing, game saves and so on. There are already a ton of convenience features for modern gamers, I'm not sure gaming could be any easier or more time efficient than it is without people just watching others do it.
I guess I just don't get the "time" thing. I don't like my time wasted either but I don't view learning the game or being forced to deal with the consequences of my choices as a waste of time. Regenerating health, overused cover and similar systems seem to reinforce the rush rush rush gameplay mentality that seems to permeate gaming culture today, as if the world will end if we don't hurry up and finish the game in the most efficient way possible to move onto the next one. Games are way more fun when you're challenged IMHO.
Anyways getting back to health systems, I've rarely seen regenerating health well implemented. I'd much prefer out of combat healing if people want to go the regenerating health route. It removes some strategic planning in terms of using your resources over an entire level but at least if health items are dropped sparingly then it retains some combat tension. I have no sense of urgency in games with regenerating health, it's more like a theme park ride because I know I can just find the abundantly placed waist high cover for a few seconds.
Halo was probably the first to bring a truly cinematic experience intertwined with tactical gameplay in a way that was leaps and bounds over anything else that preceded it.
If you only look at consoles maybe but Half-Life was really the big game changer in the FPS space.
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