Cosmetic features suggestions

[Dan]

Since talking about gameplay mechanics and balance all day can get exhausting, this thread should serve as a nice break.

Suggest purely cosmetic features that don't affect gameplay, but would be cool to have.

#1. Film grain filter.

[Weedwacker]

DK mode from goldeneye.

[Antagonist]

I think we should have a fuckton of player models. Even if this would likely be achieved by having multiple skins for the same model, I think it would be badass as fuck if we could have different enough guys that are in diverse styles but not in so diverse styles that it looks like jaykin bacon source.

[Wish]

Agreed on player models. For example, a guy in a suit - tan suit, navy suit, charcoal suit, black suit - bam, four options with minimal work. Minor facial differences maybe. Variety and opportunity for individuality don't have to come at a high labor cost.

[Shogi]

Film grain may be unecessary or detrimental since we're looking at more of a Killer7 art style, but I like it.

As for player models, I agree. As I suggested in the other thread, a player customizer like UT3 would be nice, and probably fairly simple. We/I could model tac vests, gun belts etc that could be added to some base models, and yeah, recolors are easy peasy.

It would also be pretty cool to be able to choose gun colors. silver slides for pistols, camo for rifles, etc.

A cinematic death cam would be pretty great too when you die. It would make dying suck less, feel more like a movie, and make respawn times (if there is any) pass faster.

[Dan]

Cinema death cam would be great. It would show you ragdolling to the ground in slow motion, then when you hit the ground it zooms in real quick and makes the DUNNNNN sound from Hard Boiled.

Although the DUNNNNN would get old mighty quick.

Also, persistent bullet wounds on player models. Is that possible? It'd be cool to survive a firefight and be covered in blood and bullet holes.

[Antagonist]

Cinema death cam would be great. It would show you ragdolling to the ground in slow motion, then when you hit the ground it zooms in real quick and makes the DUNNNNN sound from Hard Boiled.

Although the DUNNNNN would get old mighty quick.

I like the BRRRRRRRRM sound from Inception better.

I think we should have a bunch of verbose kill and killing spree messages like in TS. What I would love is specific ones, such as "Sprayer is a Karate Kommando" for triple melee kills (however unlikely that would be).

Also, I think that something motivating like "Too bad, better luck next time" message for when you die would go a long way in making people rage less. There's been a study that shows that this kind of thing can actually impact the mood of a game. Maybe we could gear the game into a fun competitive mood instead of a constantly raged and trolling competitive mood.

Also also, I think that you should be able to customize your guy and guns A LOT. We should have fucking ID cards you can customize like in BLOPS too. Like, you could put your forum signature there. Just make it so that every guy who has a forum account can input it and he'd get his ID card from the signature. That way, any sig that is offensive would be removed by forum admins.

[Dan]

Also, I think that something motivating like "Too bad, better luck next time" message for when you die would go a long way in making people rage less. There's been a study that shows that this kind of thing can actually impact the mood of a game. Maybe we could gear the game into a fun competitive mood instead of a constantly raged and trolling competitive mood.

Are there any movie quotes that we could shoehorn in? The only one I can think of is "You ain't got time to bleed."

Also I think there should be a little "weapons room" in the main menu when you create your loadouts, like Rainbow Six Vegas 2 had. It shows your character up close as well as a wall or table of weapons, you rotate the camera around, etc. Gotta have the action movie staples like the cigarette on the ashtray and stacks of cash in the corner or whatever.

[Antagonist]

Also I think there should be a little "weapons room" in the main menu when you create your loadouts, like Rainbow Six Vegas 2 had. It shows your character up close as well as a wall or table of weapons, you rotate the camera around, etc. Gotta have the action movie staples like the cigarette on the ashtray and stacks of cash in the corner or whatever.

That would be cool as fuck, maybe even necessary to give the game the correct feeling.

[Sif]

Also I think there should be a little "weapons room" in the main menu when you create your loadouts, like Rainbow Six Vegas 2 had. It shows your character up close as well as a wall or table of weapons, you rotate the camera around, etc. Gotta have the action movie staples like the cigarette on the ashtray and stacks of cash in the corner or whatever.

That would be cool as fuck, maybe even necessary to give the game the correct feeling.

[mangaas]

I think this was something that was suggested with the TS but wasn't possible or just too difficult to do in HL1

How about having the guns you have show up on the player? They don't have to be EACH specific gun, but if they have a pistol or two, or 3, they have that many hoslters on them. And obviously the bigger weapons like rifles and shotguns would have a specific model for each. Katana across the back one way, rifle across the other way, or shotgun etc etc.

The game really didn't let you hodl that many rifles shotguns at the same time, so I think it might be possible.

You'd just have to design the characters models with this in mind.

And if having too many specific weapons on the model is too difficult, then at least show a holster if a character has a back up hand gun, or a katana (are they only for the hip?) or sword across his back as a nice visual touch.

[Wish]

I like the idea, but then we'd all just use the trench coat guy because he'd conceal more stuff.

And that stuff would look weird on someone in a suit.

But I'm down with showing a rifle slung across the back if somebody's carrying one.

[Antagonist]

I think that all the larger weapons should have slings, like a real killer would use if he's in open combat.





No other game has this.

[Wish]

This would be fantastic for rifles and SMGs.

[Tilaron]

can there be a pool minigame too?