Anonymous
6/29/2025, 1:43:22 PM No.713975047
is there any way to make the "play as anyone" mechanic work
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 1:44:06 PM No.713975083
>>713975047 (OP)
Yeah it's called Hitman
Yeah it's called Hitman
Anonymous
6/29/2025, 1:48:12 PM No.713975308
>>713975047 (OP)
Is this worth it if I only liked WD1, I could never get into 2
Is this worth it if I only liked WD1, I could never get into 2
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Anonymous
6/29/2025, 1:49:36 PM No.713975389
>>713975308
its a fun novelty but mostly kind of shit. the play as everything is fun. i'd buy it on sale if its like 10 dollars
its a fun novelty but mostly kind of shit. the play as everything is fun. i'd buy it on sale if its like 10 dollars
Anonymous
6/29/2025, 1:57:44 PM No.713975867
>>713975047 (OP)
I think it could work if they used AI for voices and making up stuff about the NPC.
I think it could work if they used AI for voices and making up stuff about the NPC.
Anonymous
6/29/2025, 2:16:23 PM No.713976894
>>713975308
no, it's vastly worse than 2 and I say that as someone who disliked 2 and only liked 1. do not bother with Legion, it's fucking awful.
no, it's vastly worse than 2 and I say that as someone who disliked 2 and only liked 1. do not bother with Legion, it's fucking awful.
Anonymous
6/29/2025, 2:25:28 PM No.713977393
>>713975047 (OP)
Yes.
Ironically, Legion sorta does it with Mina.
Which is a DLC unique character which specifically has mind control as an ability so the "play as anyone mechanic" shines better because you can actually control anyone at any moment.
The issue is that even she's fucking dogshit because the radius you can walk away from your body is tiny, you can't do most actions including character abilities you'd probably want to control someone for a bit to use them like call in their car or whatever and worst of all, you can't do it in combat and the cooldown is fuckhuge.
Like, it could be a good mechanic when you're weak and fragile yourself so you just mind control others during combat to protect yourself, during stealth to do something without arousing suspicion, switching between bodies specifically to use their tools against them.
It could be fun if you had this body snatching as a core mechanic that builds the game around it where combat isn't about surviving in the body you're currently in but actively serving as a meat shield for your real body, mind controlling someone behind enemy lines would give you some opportunities to backstab them but obviously leave you unprotected. Then you could also tweak AI so shit enemies will just mindlessly shoot at whoever shoots them but for example late stage enemies actually dashing for YOU when they see that you are mind controlling someone away from your own body etc.
And Mina COULD make Legion interesting if she wasn't severely limited to being a silly gimmick because I guess devs hate fun.
>>713975308
Legion is genuinely not worth playing even for free, there's nothing of quality in it.
1 and 2 are extremely rough and flawed but they have some unique elements, Legion doesn't even feel like Watch Dogs game when the hacking is practically non-existent anyway.
Yes.
Ironically, Legion sorta does it with Mina.
Which is a DLC unique character which specifically has mind control as an ability so the "play as anyone mechanic" shines better because you can actually control anyone at any moment.
The issue is that even she's fucking dogshit because the radius you can walk away from your body is tiny, you can't do most actions including character abilities you'd probably want to control someone for a bit to use them like call in their car or whatever and worst of all, you can't do it in combat and the cooldown is fuckhuge.
Like, it could be a good mechanic when you're weak and fragile yourself so you just mind control others during combat to protect yourself, during stealth to do something without arousing suspicion, switching between bodies specifically to use their tools against them.
It could be fun if you had this body snatching as a core mechanic that builds the game around it where combat isn't about surviving in the body you're currently in but actively serving as a meat shield for your real body, mind controlling someone behind enemy lines would give you some opportunities to backstab them but obviously leave you unprotected. Then you could also tweak AI so shit enemies will just mindlessly shoot at whoever shoots them but for example late stage enemies actually dashing for YOU when they see that you are mind controlling someone away from your own body etc.
And Mina COULD make Legion interesting if she wasn't severely limited to being a silly gimmick because I guess devs hate fun.
>>713975308
Legion is genuinely not worth playing even for free, there's nothing of quality in it.
1 and 2 are extremely rough and flawed but they have some unique elements, Legion doesn't even feel like Watch Dogs game when the hacking is practically non-existent anyway.
Anonymous
6/29/2025, 2:52:59 PM No.713978956
>>713975047 (OP)
I can't come up with any vidya examples but for TTRPGs the concept was truly knocked out of the park around Y2K:
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>HtR - The (good) oldschool World of Darkness with iconic monstrosities like werewolves, VtM: Bloodlines vampire clans and other even weirder things out there... That the PCs don't know shit about because they're soccer moms, Joe Averages and homeless people that have a revelation that they have to start fight back against these threats for the sake of humanity's survival...
>Orpheus - A game independent from the World of Darkness setting: No shapeshifters, leeches, leprechauns, eskimos nor other fairy tale supernatural shit. Just our ol' regular world, where a small weird cryotechnology firm wants to hire the normie PCs because they had a close call with a car accident or their heart surgery...
Orpheus might be my favorite TTRPG of all time because Wraith: the Oblivion had such a fantastic setting but was nigh-on unplayable due to the weird milieu and drama mechanics. Orpheus rather turns that amazing setting into normies trying to X-Files their way out of haunted mansions and spooky ghost hunting (the game is excellent if you want to roleplay it up in or put a spin on a scenario of those shitty tv shows). The game also had a neat "seasonal" metaplot that turned into something quite epic...
And yet noone's even heard of it due to a limited release at the end of White Wolf's life span. Grim.
I can't come up with any vidya examples but for TTRPGs the concept was truly knocked out of the park around Y2K:
mega[DOOT]nz/folder/j1dz2CiZ#1YznNUnL4IK4ZsyqAQCriw
mega[DOOT]nz/folder/P9E2WQhZ#98D5UFzD_gpj1ta9M3ZJ7Q
>HtR - The (good) oldschool World of Darkness with iconic monstrosities like werewolves, VtM: Bloodlines vampire clans and other even weirder things out there... That the PCs don't know shit about because they're soccer moms, Joe Averages and homeless people that have a revelation that they have to start fight back against these threats for the sake of humanity's survival...
>Orpheus - A game independent from the World of Darkness setting: No shapeshifters, leeches, leprechauns, eskimos nor other fairy tale supernatural shit. Just our ol' regular world, where a small weird cryotechnology firm wants to hire the normie PCs because they had a close call with a car accident or their heart surgery...
Orpheus might be my favorite TTRPG of all time because Wraith: the Oblivion had such a fantastic setting but was nigh-on unplayable due to the weird milieu and drama mechanics. Orpheus rather turns that amazing setting into normies trying to X-Files their way out of haunted mansions and spooky ghost hunting (the game is excellent if you want to roleplay it up in or put a spin on a scenario of those shitty tv shows). The game also had a neat "seasonal" metaplot that turned into something quite epic...
And yet noone's even heard of it due to a limited release at the end of White Wolf's life span. Grim.