The Ultimate SOMA Discussion Thread

[Kein]

I agree with your initial statement of having a separate thread for the engine 'HPL3' itself. That being said, there's still a large difference between cryengine and HPL3. SOMA is and will be the only game developed on HPL3 (unless sequels), whereas crysis isn't the only game developed on cryengine; the engine is sold as a separate entity.

there's still a large difference between cryengine and HPL3

We already had similar discussion before, not sure mods want another one.

That being said, the HPL3 engine update in question didn't contain a single bit of info related of the game itself, but to engine (editor) and its features. Editor may be part of the package but not essential part of the game.

My original point stands. Now back to the game:

Encounters with hostile beings are handled in the same way. A creature will never attack you without good reason; they never do it out of pure gameplay necessity. We want every encounter to feel like a bit of storytelling is happening. To get this working properly, almost every single creature has unique AI.

This is from here btw:
http://frictionalgames.blogspot.ru/2013/...rs-of.html

Sounds rather intriguing to me and I'm having a bit of sandboxy vibe regarding exploration. Also, I'm curious what will happen if you try to gather two different monsters types together? Will they ignore each other as well? Will they fight? Will any of the monsters attack you upon physical contact? It is possible to block him and his patch using physical objects?