Quote: These suggestions would be great, but NOT for Co-op, instead having NPC
followers in the game, that you could help or hinder, moral choices and
consequences, a trust/loyalty system!

Quote: But if anyone knows the game Journey on the playstation then perhaps
something could be learned from it's construction. I have long thought
the idea of multiplayer anonymity and limited communication could be
very valuable and has been slowly emerging in recent games.

(07-02-2012, 11:36 PM)Link01000 Wrote: -You can betray your friend to save yourself: survival is human instinct, and sometimes when we get desperate, we do things we would never even think of doing to save ourselves.
-You can bait your friend so that a monster would attack them before you. Whether this would be done by
sneaking meat into their pocket, or making them smell a certain way by dumping bile on them, I don't know.
-You can push your friend to make them stumble, and possibly fall.
-You can lock the door behind you with them in the room if you don't want to risk a monster getting you.

Quote:I believe The Thing game had something like that, but I haven't actually played it so I don't know how/if it worked.

(07-03-2012, 09:12 AM)Mehis Wrote: And when there is somebody yelling on the mic, it's going to be even more horrible.

Quote: Able to kill your friend is a horrible idea. I don't see anything immersive or realistic aspect on it. It would be more like Trollnesia where you troll your co-op buddy just to kill him.

(07-03-2012, 03:44 PM)Hirnwirbel Wrote: Ummm...I'm...not so sure about that. I can't remember a single game where NPC followers weren't a constant source of annoyance and ragequits for me. Mostly due to their bad AI. I mean the monster AI was already bad enough in Amnesia and while that didn't hurt gameplay - do you really need an NPC follower that gets stuck on ledges, annoys you with constantly repeated lines of monologue, misinterprets your commands and makes you lose the game every time he obliviously stumbles into the arms of some Lovecraftian monstrosity?

(07-03-2012, 06:04 PM)Kreekakon Wrote: I've played the thing, and I have to tell you although the system is there, it doesn't really impact gameplay that much. You're much better off milking every NPC's "support fire" as much you can, than using a blood test on them to expose them. If you expose them, you have to kill them, and you lose a gunner, as opposed to just letting them come with you, and continue helping you until the very last second when the thing decides to try to transform, and jump you.

Also, the system is also a bit flawed in the fact that EVERYONE eventually will become a thing.

(07-04-2012, 06:40 AM)Hunter of Shadows Wrote: Oh boy one of these threads again, and then everyone jumps on it again and discusses why they do or don't like the idea

(07-03-2012, 10:35 PM)Link01000 Wrote: Anyways, I was thinking about it last night before I went to bed, and I think having a friend could add to the feeling of despair and loneliness in the end. Imagine having that friend with you, and then getting separated, or them dying. You would feel even more alone than you would have if they hadn't been then in the first place.