Gamers see an inventory screen and lose it?
I guess I understand why one would have a negative reaction to damage numbers popping up on the screen, it's visual clutter. But also those can be helpful to understand how different builds work in-game.
I haven't played many games that came out in the last few years, can someone help me understand? I want to understand the psychology of the :soypoint-2: .
I mean sure, but even then I have an expectation. Like did Joel spend time doing hobbyist bomb making before everything went to shit? Does he have a copy of the anarchist cookbook lying around? Like I get it, rummaging around for things in a survival horror games makes sense. Sure I need shotgun shells, but packing a tampon with ball bearings and calling that ammo is kinda lame. Especially when I could just rummage for shotgun shells directly. Why the extra step?
Yes I realize I’m being pedantic.
Very easy elements to add to a survival horror story. Joel finding recipes to different craftable items that he can use to solve problems without just gunning down a bunch of zombies is a good way to give players alternative modes of play.
For one thing, cotton swabs might be an ingredient for makeshift shotgun shells OR medkit equipment. So you're given the choice between ammo and HP in a crafting system.
For another, cotton swabs are just more prolific than shotgun shells. So as you rummage through debris - be it a collapsed office building or an old ranch house - the cotton swab is a "common" find while real ammo is something you need to kill or trade for or get particularly lucky to find.
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