frajaq posted:

Oh christ not this poo poo again please

Mordaedil posted:

I wasn't planning to engage the troll, don't you worry.

Crabtree posted:

You can goad people to post better than that, you're not even trying now.

poptart_fairy posted:

The last person to give examples of reused assets ended up proving the complete opposite, as the example they showed was all new stuff. I dunno man it's pretty weird to get angry about that sort of thing then suddenly pretend everyone else is the petty one when they ask you to elaborate.

poptart_fairy posted:

If anything I'd say making completely new, original assets for such a minor part of the game shows the opposite problem in that they clearly have too much time to burn on asset creation rather than core systems.

Cream-of-Plenty posted:

T. Howard posted:

"We acknowledged that [Fallout] 3's hacking mini-game wasn't very popular with the community. A lot of people were like, 'what are all of these numbers and words? I don't know the first thing about hacking!' It was redundant and felt like a chore. What we needed was a system that was broader in scope...that felt more like a game within a game'--an 'internal adventure", as it were. So we thought, how about--instead of hacking a computer like you would in real life--the player downloads himself into the computer? And this digital world would be inhabited by little machine-people shaped like ones and zeros, and in order to 'hack' the computer, he'd have to defeat a personified virus named Gigabyte (voiced by Kelsey Grammer). The cool thing about this approach is that the player will develop a reputation with the inhabitants of the digital world, and Gigabyte will be sort of a secondary antagonist--especially for science/intelligence-focused players."

KiddieGrinder posted:

I started reading this thinking "oh good they did in fact change hacking" then got to "download yourself into a computer" and checked the username.

Cream-of-Plenty posted:

Nuebot posted:

At first I fell for it but now I'm just sad because ReBoot was fun and it ended on a cliff hanger.

Mordaedil posted:

Cream-of-Plenty is what makes this thread worth reading, tbqh.

JackBadass posted:

I thought I heard something a little while back about them making more episodes or a movie or something.

JackBadass posted:

I thought I heard something a little while back about them making more episodes or a movie or something.

NofrikinfuN posted:

They could do one of those circuit logic puzzles where you have to rearrange circuit paths to make a connection. (This game is sometimes skinned as pipes or train tracks, not sure what the archetype is called.)

From a gameplay standpoint it would be a little more varied and from a story perspective, not any further from hacking than a word puzzle.

Failing that, Mastermind would be a neat puzzle to represent hacking. Hell, throw in a whole subset of logic puzzle games and make up a backstory about RobCo developing a security program based on logic puzzles.

Nuebot posted:

There's been stuff off and on every so often but most of it looked really bad, and the voice of Megabyte died, and I honestly can't imagine anyone else playing him.

2house2fly posted:

Heh, they're, uh, rebooting it you say?

NofrikinfuN posted:

They could do one of those circuit logic puzzles where you have to rearrange circuit paths to make a connection. (This game is sometimes skinned as pipes or train tracks, not sure what the archetype is called.)

From a gameplay standpoint it would be a little more varied and from a story perspective, not any further from hacking than a word puzzle.

Failing that, Mastermind would be a neat puzzle to represent hacking. Hell, throw in a whole subset of logic puzzle games and make up a backstory about RobCo developing a security program based on logic puzzles.

JackBadass posted:

Or they could, you know, not do a minigame.

JackBadass posted:

Replace all computers in the game more locks.

KiddieGrinder posted:

quote:

I started reading this thinking "oh good they did in fact change hacking" then got to "download yourself into a computer" and checked the username.

NofrikinfuN posted:

That would make it too much like Skyrim. I say replace all locks with computer terminals.

Then change the hacking minigame to the lockpicking minigame, rendered on the PipBoy.

FutonForensic posted:

Hacking now depends on Speech skill as players write phishing emails for private information

JackBadass posted:

Replace all computers in the game more locks.

KiddieGrinder posted:

A good hacking game I did enjoy; Alien Isolation. Their version of hacking was fun, quick, and not tedious and boring. I guess since it's not a RPG that's why it was actually fun?

Cream-of-Plenty posted:

Apply the "lock bash" feature (that has existed as a mod in literally every Bethesda game) to both conventional and computer "locks". Strength is the determining factor in breaching both types of lock. Smash a safe open; punch a computer until it does what you want. Pistol-whip a door until it snaps open; headbutt a retinal scanner until it suddenly recognizes you.

TontoCorazon posted:

I do wish they had something new for the hacking game but I do like that the game just has your character kind of walk up to the screen instead of just having the screen come on your screen weirdly.

KiddieGrinder posted:

A good hacking game I did enjoy; Alien Isolation. Their version of hacking was fun, quick, and not tedious and boring. I guess since it's not a RPG that's why it was actually fun?