Controversial gameplay changes to a game whose playerbase is decreasing... not good.. - by lost_soul
lost_soul on 25/2/2010 at 07:22
Anyone else play Tremulous? I've been playing it for years, and the long-awaited 1.2 is almost here. Some of the changes are less than stellar though. I love the addition of VOIP, but the aliens' health has been decreased, as has their regeneration speed! Other benefits have also been removed, like the ability to trample and claw a human player simultaneously ):. (one of my favorites!)
Are these types of changes ever good for an online game? I would have loved to see some new features like the ability to possess a human player and use them to attack their buddies, but that sort of thing doesn't seem on the radar.
june gloom on 25/2/2010 at 07:44
You ask if those types of changes are ever good for MP games and your answer will always and forever be: who fucking knows? Practically every multiplayer game ever is a special case all its own; Counterstrike players flipped their shit over the most trivial of changes while the TF2 playerbase is a bit more levelheaded.