Stupidest game ideas that really exist

Post by **BoringSupreez** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:45 pm

J T wrote:Nothing helps me recover from a fist fight quite like eating a full sized ham that I punched out of a garbage can.

Green eggs and ham.

Post by **J T** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:47 pm

I think regenerating health would be fun if you had destructible cover and patches of open areas that focus on dodging slow projectiles.

Post by **Erik_Twice** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:57 pm

What was that, Sandvich? "Kill them all"? Good idea! HAHAHAHA!

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:09 pm

General_Norris wrote:What was that, Sandvich? "Kill them all"? Good idea! HAHAHAHA!

DOH DOH DOH DOH DOOOOOH COME SING VITH ME!

Post by **Erik_Twice** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:11 pm

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:DOH DOH DOH DOH DOOOOOH COME SING VITH ME!

IT'S GOOD DAY TO BE THREAD-DERAILING MAN!

Post by **dsheinem** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:18 pm

J T wrote:I think regenerating health would be fun if you had destructible cover and patches of open areas that focus on dodging slow projectiles.

And that's largely how the best of them do it. The best of them don't give you a ton of places to rest up and hide, they give you enemies that are smart about the environment and come after you, and provide conditions on regen (e.g. slower regen when sprinting, regen only to a certain level, etc.). Not all regenerative health games are like COD, just like not all health pack games are like Doom or Half-Life.

Post by **J T** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:42 pm

Even CoD throws grenades your way so you can't just safely wait it out in the middle of a fire fight.

Post by **BoneSnapDeez** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:30 pm

The Ys games would be annoying as hell without regenerating health.

Post by **BurningDoom** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:33 pm

Fine, you guys can all love your regenerating health then. Not gonna change my mind. It makes games FAR too easy nowadays.

Post by **dsheinem** » Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:00 pm

BurningDoom wrote:Fine, you guys can all love your regenerating health then. Not gonna change my mind. It makes games FAR too easy nowadays.

dogmatism FTW

no one is arguing that some games and genres aren't made easier with regenerating health and I'd bet most would agree even that there's a tendency towards developers creating easier gamelay, but to blindly claim that ALL regenerating health games are easy or easier than they'd be with health packs shows a complete ignorance of the ways that games use them or the nuances of game design.

and as Bone pointed out, regen health is not new - it's been around since at least the 8-bit days in a variety of genres and is even a staple in a tough series like Ys.

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