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From: "David Kennerly" <kennerly@finegamedesign.com>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 20:36:12 -0700
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
cruise wrote:
> While, yes, in most games you can "pre-calculate" this grid (for
> this enemy use power-attack, this enemy use defensive, etc.)
> that's only because the enemies you fight don't respond and react.
Or the enemy is already using the best response there is and cannot
improve upon it. Some systems, the power-attack being an example,
are just too easy to optimize and moreover, have no excitement to
the function of error. If a little to the left or right of optimum
doesn't matter by more than 5%.
> Powerful blows don't "lower your defense", but take more time to
> execute, leaving time for the opponent to avoid/block/attack
> first. The "lower your defense" behaviour of D&D (say) is an
> attempt to reflect this, without requiring the twitch reactions of
> a beat 'em up.
This is a great example, and easy to implement. I like dramatic
pause in several genres. I personally like the cinema of the pause,
such as the sky darkening in SoulCalibur before an unblockable move,
or the heave of a cave troll before it smashes in The Two Towers. I
would like to see more of it in MMPs. Yet ... dramatic pause does
happen. For instance, the life mage that doubles over before
blowing up in a green mushroom cloud that hurts anyone nearby
Is dramatic pause less common in MMPs than in SPs (single-players)
and MPs (multiplayers)? I only guess it is from my limited personal
experience and research.
David
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