Stupid game tricks

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"Xocyll" <Xocyll@kingston.net> wrote in message
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> Since things are a little slow, i'm curious as to how many idiotic
> things people have encountered in games that show the developers (story
> writers/level designers/etc) not thinking things out and adding
> something incredibly stupid.
>
> I'll start with 2
> 1. Jedi Outcast - the communication level that can only be traversed
> using force jump, even though the people who are using it normally are
> just normal people.
>
> 2. Freelancer - where you are told to change ships (just after getting
> to Bretonia space) because the bounty hunters will have a description of
> your ship.
> Indeed until you change ships you do get frequent spawns of bounty
> hunters attacking you.
> The thing is, while all of this is going on, you are constantly
> identifying yourself as "freelancer alpha 1-1" and this identifier is
> being sent by transponder since random people attacking you say they're
> attacking "freelancer alpha 1-1."
> What's the point of changing ships when you're still broadcasting who
> you are?
>
> Xocyll
> --
> I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of
> a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably,
> Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So
> FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr