Bullshit in games

>>379364607
Paid reviews and most people not actually caring about details

>>379364607
my peenus weenus

>>379364607
Reminds me of the sniper sections in Half-Life, except they were shooting range targets hidden behind a camouflage net and could actually be killed.

>>379364607
I got mad at this too when I played it, I don't get why this ended up being in the game
There's no way playtesters didn't complain about this unless they were braindead mongoloids, that kind of shit is not fun at all

>>379365536
But playtesters are mongoloids
Remember that guy working for valve?

>>379365642
Explain?

>>379365536
> "Play testers... ... Brain dead mongoloids"

Yeah.. uh.. are you new to video games?

>>379364607
Are you certain there isn't just a character model that moves away when you aim in that general direction?

>>379365686
For HL2 they changed a part of a maze level because one player kept taking the same path that lead right back to the start. Not once did the player think to pick a different path.

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>>379365686

It's art.

>>379365642
Oh yeah
Well, case closed

>>379365795
Also didn't the playtester give a reply to this sometime later on like redit?

This really reeks of both Half-life games. It kinda made sense there: the point - like with so many concepts of HL games - was to teach players new sets of mechanics and break up the potential boredom and repetition otherwise common to non-arcade-y shooters.
In a game that attempts so hard to focus on a sense of believable settings it feels much more off though. It's like:
>"yeah, so we thought those sniper segments in both HL games were cool and we wanted to introduce them here, what do you think?"
>"But it does not make sense in the context of previous gameplay or the tone of the game!" >"You are fired."

>>379365782
>>379365795
Valve over-playtests. Sometimes it's for the benefit of the game, sometimes not. The problem with this particular level was not the complexity itself (they kept a very similar level design in On The Rails of the first HL games), but rather the fact that this section required the player to act under stress, as the whole segment was part of a chase sequence. The argument was that if it's possible to get looped, the chase sequence can potentially become endless, which really takes out the damn thrill of it. They really weren't actually wrong on this call: unlike many other similar decisions they have made later in Portal 2.
They still did keep in the dead end junction where just choosing the wrong direction leads to your death. Having a looped path in a chase sequence really isn't a smart decision.

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>>379365742
I'm certain. I tried to get an angle on the "enemy sniper" from multiple different buildings and elevations. I had the hunting rifle with the scope upgrade, and later on when you get up in the house and there's a QUICKTIME EVENT WHERE YOU MASH A BUTTON TO STAB THE ENEMY SNIPER WOW you later get on his sniper rifle and find he has the exact same scope as you. It's just pure laziness.