Playing dead works quite well in games with prone and death messages off. Only at a distance though =).
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Scenario: One player is defending an objective with his team. He has an automatic weapon. All his teammates are killed, so he decides to play dead instead. The enemy team goes by and as soon as they have their backs to him, the player gets up and sprays down 10 people. These 10 people take the idea and use it in other matches they play
Now Fast-Forward about 2 months: Because everyone now uses this technique, players start shooting every 'dead' enemy they see, just in case
Now Fast-Forward another 2 months: Tripwire renames the game from Red Orchestra: Heroes of Stalingrad to Red Orchestra: Corpse Shooter
Besides, how pissed would you be if you thought you cleared a room to just have one of the people get back up and unload a PPSH on you?
But when a person can kill you with no effort on their part by using such underhanded tricks, it really lessens the experience.
Except we already have a game where it's possible to feign death and it isn't abused there: UT3.Already been discussed, to quote myself from the last fake death thread...
Well I can see why it would be a stupid Idea, I respect your opinions!
Thank you all!
It's not a thespian death-scene. The player just succumbs to rag-doll physics and collapses. Little bit as if it was shot minus the impact and minus the perfect timing.But a "dead" animation would just be retarded, no offense.
The functionality is already there.Also, waste of resources. I'd rather get my halftrack, PZIII and T-70 sooner.
I'd be quite gratified, actually. I love servers in Ostfront without death messages, the ability to feign death would make it even more intense. I love the doubt - never knowing if you really popped someone or if they're just waiting for you to show yourself.
They're called tactics, and more possibilities and techniques are always welcome in a realistic shooter. At least in my book. The brain is the most deadly weapon - war has been all about underhanded tricks since they stopped marching at each other in formations until one side ran out of men.
Well if the corpses in the game look really like corpses, it wouldnt even be that hard to see who is playing dead and who is really dead.