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in one of yer rants... errr, posts from... (ok well, I just noticed it's been some time since you posted that, but what can I say, I explored your site a bit after the headfirst encounter on The Escapist - kudos btw for Zero Punctuation, can't wait for the next one)... ok from a while back, you mentioned the fundamental flaws in damage models in FPS's.
It's almost eerily coincidental that just these past few days I've been playing Call of Cthulhu - Dark Corners of the Earth, which - in terms of the playing character, at least - accurately depicts what you were describing, right down to the blood loss, body parts etc. Granted, it's not your typical FPS, but it's not something terribly different either; and yes, it has its bad parts (loads of them) but also has a creepy atmosphere I can't seem to shake off, hence the eeriness aforementioned. Well, now that I think about it, it's something like a first-person Resident Evil (the early ones, not the new crappy one(s)), at least up to the point I managed to reach so far (car chase and drive-by shoot-out?!...
) but with you (the player character) going mad and being able to see your arm and leg bones through open fractures. Erm... and praying your last pint of blood will not splurt out through your wounds faster than you can suture them.Aaaanyway... I should learn to shut up once in a while, this has been way more long-winded than what I had in mind.
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