Restricted Sprint?

[Diz]

Restricted sprinting? If done right, sure. I do not think having an invisible sprint meter would be too beneficial. It worked nicely in The Dark Descent, I feel. It lets you not potentially think about a game mechanic limiting you, which did increase immersion for me, and one does not always think about or feel fatigue if terrified, which you might very well be throughout all of the game. =)

The Dark Descent did have some limitations for sprinting. First of all, in the start of the game, "sprinting" would almost make no difference than walking due to your condition. Whenever there is a monster in the near, sprinting will make noise, and, if one is in the near, quite often have a gatherer notice your presence or at the very least go into a more thorough and intensive search mode. This is why I actually was very careful with the sprinting function, and I very rarely used it in scary or new places. Finally, I am pretty sure that being hurt in the game would, at least occasionally, temporarily slow you down or temporarily weaken your ability to sprint. There may have been some sort of sanity thing too, but it has been a while since I played the game.

In A Machine For Pigs, I do not mind if the sprinting function was paralyzed for a few seconds when quickly spotting or staring at a monster, as long as the monster itself is slow. As in you freezing up in fear and barely being able to move. I could dig that. However, when I think about it, something like that would not be needed as I am pretty sure I will freeze up and do little to nothing on my own, then insinctively bursting off as fast as I can, placing as many continents as possible between us.