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Why do most henchpersons think they're the person who can take you on?
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It does. Want to say it happens when you're like over ten levels above them and they have a green outline when you sense them.
The only place you would really run into that is floors of mementos you should have long since passed though really.
It definitely also happens on the field.
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CDPR wanted to implement a system in Witcher 3 where the last one or two enemies from a bandit group that stayed alive would either flee from you or would surrender but after trying it out and playing with it for a while they said that it simply wasn't fun and even annoying at times
Shadow of Mordor's system is one of the few in straight action games where this makes sense, since you actually do die multiple times, and the one responsible for killing you gets a promotion. :P
Why can your character take damage or die in a game, when the obvious endgame has your character winning?
Should we ever feel tension when watching a James Bond movie? We know he will live and win in the end.
Should we ever feel tension when watching a James Bond movie? We know he will live and win in the end.
The Arkham games are still my favorite when it comes to this.
It's like how many times do you need to watch Batman fly around beating the shit out of dozens of faceless minions before you get the point?
I was hoping for this.
It's like how many times do you need to watch Batman fly around beating the shit out of dozens of faceless minions before you get the point?
I was hoping for this.
literally thought the OP would just be this video and no text, lol.
Isn't the idea that they're also more afraid of what will happen to them if they run away?
Like with Batman, they know they'll have multiple fractures and concusions and stuff, but it's still better than what the Joker will do to them?
Like with Batman, they know they'll have multiple fractures and concusions and stuff, but it's still better than what the Joker will do to them?
This didn't happen nearly enough though. I only recall the occasional goon out in the open world running and cowering in a box or in a corner a few times, but almost every main plot encounter had dudes jumping at you over their 2 dozen beaten friends no matter what.
Though I wish the there were more enemies in games in general that surrendered or fled depending on what you do
Halo does exactly this! If you kill the Elites or the Brutes they run away and break formations, or get suicidal with their plasma grenades.
I remember while playing infinite, while most grunts were running away, one of them activates his plasma grenades while doing their classic suicide charge and yells "I always knew it was up to me to kill the demon".
I can't find a clip on YouTube, but for me the most absurd example of this has to be in the Superman Animated Series, in the episode "Superman's Pal".
There's a part where some street punks are ganging up on Jimmy Olsen, and Superman shows up all Superman-like. The one guy with a baseball bat actually takes a swing at Superman, to which Supes literally says "you're kidding, right?" as he grabs the bat and flicks it into space.
The part that especially gets me is that the same guy still stands around for a few seconds after, as if actually thinking "Maybe I still have a chance" before running away.
Dude's balls must be made of the same stuff as Metallo.
There's a part where some street punks are ganging up on Jimmy Olsen, and Superman shows up all Superman-like. The one guy with a baseball bat actually takes a swing at Superman, to which Supes literally says "you're kidding, right?" as he grabs the bat and flicks it into space.
The part that especially gets me is that the same guy still stands around for a few seconds after, as if actually thinking "Maybe I still have a chance" before running away.
Dude's balls must be made of the same stuff as Metallo.
Only in a couple of games though. 5 definitely had the whole "fear causing them to flee" mechanic which much like many of 5's awesome combat ideas gets dropped because... reasons. Still cant believe that + the cellphone call for help stuff is ditched because mechanically they made so much sense to keep.
Though Yakuza does have an interesting in canon reason why Kiryu especially gets in so many random encounters (in Kamurocho at least) - the PSP games (I forget which one) reveal that for low run gang members/Yakuza, their initiation into the gang/family is basically - get into a fight with Kiryu and dont back down. I love this little nugget of info, it makes sense why so many hapless goons try and inevitably fail to fight Kiryu.
