plasmacutter and taser?

Major PayneMajor Payne Join Date: 2009-04-08 Member: 67096Members
<img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p202/omicron142/Untitled3234.png" border="0" class="linked-image" />

and

<img src="http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p202/omicron142/Untitled-4.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

possible weapons later?

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  • cmc5788cmc5788 Join Date: 2009-10-06 Member: 68959Members
    More like jokes about concepts that didn't make it to the final game ;)
  • Major PayneMajor Payne Join Date: 2009-04-08 Member: 67096Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1789696:date=Jul 30 2010, 03:54 PM:name=cmc5788)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cmc5788 @ Jul 30 2010, 03:54 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1789696"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->More like jokes about concepts that didn't make it to the final game ;)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    probaly, taser doesn't seem that useful, but a plasmacutter would be. I mean, have you played Dead Space? those things are BA
  • aeroripperaeroripper Join Date: 2005-02-25 Member: 42471NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation
  • Dank McShwaggerDank McShwagger Join Date: 2009-06-10 Member: 67784Members
    lol i remember the horrible feedback they got from the taser concept... it sounded interesting but the pistol is too clutch to be replaced.
  • c0kec0ke Join Date: 2004-07-02 Member: 29676Members
    taser lol
    was like
    hey lets just stun the aliens, maybe they are friendly

    but plasmacutter sounds interesting
  • KwilKwil Join Date: 2003-07-06 Member: 17963Members
    I'd love it if I could upgrade my pistol to a taser, personally.
  • cmc5788cmc5788 Join Date: 2009-10-06 Member: 68959Members
    edited July 2010
    <!--quoteo(post=1789745:date=Jul 30 2010, 05:07 PM:name=c0ke)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (c0ke @ Jul 30 2010, 05:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1789745"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->taser lol
    was like
    hey lets just stun the aliens, maybe they are friendly

    but plasmacutter sounds interesting<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Not to get into the whole taser thing again, but it's a bad idea because (especially alien) gameplay is so movement-oriented. If things stand still they die quickly because it's a fast-paced game. If you could stun something, even for a second or two, it would be as good as a death sentence. Just kind of undermines the whole gameplay pace.

    edit: Before you say anything about Onos stun, I know, but Onoses get a stun because they're meant to be overpowered. That's kind of their niche.
  • zexzex Join Date: 2009-10-07 Member: 68978Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1789746:date=Jul 30 2010, 10:07 PM:name=Kwil)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kwil @ Jul 30 2010, 10:07 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1789746"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'd love it if I could upgrade my pistol to a taser, personally.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    I'd love it if I could upgrade my hatchet to a pillow.
  • KwilKwil Join Date: 2003-07-06 Member: 17963Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1789756:date=Jul 30 2010, 04:16 PM:name=zex)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (zex @ Jul 30 2010, 04:16 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1789756"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'd love it if I could upgrade my hatchet to a pillow.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That is, if your pillow was coated in contact nerve-toxin.

    Everybody, both in the earlier debate, and now it seems, seemed to think that "Hurr hurr.. all a taser is gonna do is stun an alien.." which is part of why they came out against. It seemed very few people had enough imagination to consider a single, electrical based weapon that packed enough power to kill, could be used either as a distance or melee weapon, as well as used as a type of shield.

    Personally, I think we lost out quite a bit when the fanboys bellowed their ignorance.
  • zexzex Join Date: 2009-10-07 Member: 68978Members
    edited July 2010
    The first thing people think of when they see the word "taser" is ... a taser. Regardless of any imaginary definition of the word that you care to make up.

    btw it was a joke, chill out son.
  • AtoneAtone Join Date: 2009-09-21 Member: 68839Members
    At the risk of causing more taser-arguing, I still think the taser could have been a good idea. It's something that would have been pretty unique to the game and there are a lot of interesting possibilities for it's effects. But instead we get the boring old pistol + melee combination that's been standard for about as long as FPS games have existed. At least it's not a knife, right? :p
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I dunno why we're all talking about the boring old taser when that board clearly reveals an outdoor beach map, which is a first for NS.
  • FortuneFortune Join Date: 2009-04-27 Member: 67290Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1789787:date=Jul 31 2010, 12:17 AM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TychoCelchuuu @ Jul 31 2010, 12:17 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1789787"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I dunno why we're all talking about the boring old taser when that board clearly reveals an outdoor beach map, which is a first for NS.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Must be one hell of a boring map considering there's no Kharaa there.
  • GrapeVineGrapeVine Join Date: 2006-12-01 Member: 58803Members
    I was looking those posters as well and I just wanted to add that easter eggs and funny real life references are awesome in a game, they somehow add to the polished feel.
  • ComproxComprox *chortle* Canada Join Date: 2002-01-23 Member: 7Members, Super Administrators, Forum Admins, NS1 Playtester, NS2 Developer, Constellation, NS2 Playtester, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Silver, Subnautica Developer, Subnautica Playtester, Pistachionauts
    Glad you guys found some of the fun stuff already :)
  • Chris0132Chris0132 Join Date: 2009-07-25 Member: 68262Members
    edited July 2010
    Yeah I was going to make a post about the plasma cutter, pretty funny.

    Edit: As nobody seems to have pointed it out yet:

    <a href="http://thegamereviews.com/images/uploads/20080927_Dead_Space_02.jpg" target="_blank">http://thegamereviews.com/images/uploads/2...ad_Space_02.jpg</a>

    'Slightly used'.
  • BisclavretBisclavret Join Date: 2010-07-29 Member: 73344Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1789883:date=Jul 30 2010, 10:22 PM:name=Chris0132)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Chris0132 @ Jul 30 2010, 10:22 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1789883"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Yeah I was going to make a post about the plasma cutter, pretty funny.

    Edit: As nobody seems to have pointed it out yet:

    <a href="http://thegamereviews.com/images/uploads/20080927_Dead_Space_02.jpg" target="_blank">http://thegamereviews.com/images/uploads/2...ad_Space_02.jpg</a>

    'Slightly used'.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Yeah, the plasma cutter is an easter egg from the plasma cutter weapon from Dead Space.

    <img src="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090116142034/deadspace/images/9/9f/PlasmaCutterSchematic.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />

    Or for your more 3-dimensional needs, a nerf mod one:

    <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v15/MrDelish/100_6282.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
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