Totally Ignorant Pseudo Science Continued.
<div class="IPBDescription">No flames.</div> I don't quite see the logic in closing a discussion just because there were a few flames. Perhaps you could have just deleted the flame posts. Anyway, unless you have a problem with freedom of speech, we will continue the discussion here, with no flames.
Why the hell is there so much pseudo-scientific crap in natural-selection? The name of the game its self makes the game seem childish and ignorant from the start. 'Natural selection' is the natural selection of genetic traits by nature to help animals survive, so what does that have to do with the game? The only logical thing I can think of that 'natural selection' is supposed to mean as the title of this game, is the idea someone who has a poor knowledge of science thinking that natural selection is when nature selects the strongest of 2 battling species. It sounds to me like the creators of the mod just wanted it to sound scientific and they chose the first scientific term that they came across, pretty sad really. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
And another thing, the 'primal scream' attack that the Onos has, is another implication of the scientific ignorance of the creators of this game. 'Primal scream' is a type of psychological therapy. Once again, it looks like the creators of the mod just used any old 'scientific sounding' phrase to name one of their attacks.
There are countless other things like this in the game, which unfortunately, make a well designed game with good gameplay, look like the brainchild of an 8 year old kid who just watched the Aliens movies and decided to come up with his own Alien story, flipping through the pages of his daddy's science book to find the terms which sound the most intelligent.
Why the hell is there so much pseudo-scientific crap in natural-selection? The name of the game its self makes the game seem childish and ignorant from the start. 'Natural selection' is the natural selection of genetic traits by nature to help animals survive, so what does that have to do with the game? The only logical thing I can think of that 'natural selection' is supposed to mean as the title of this game, is the idea someone who has a poor knowledge of science thinking that natural selection is when nature selects the strongest of 2 battling species. It sounds to me like the creators of the mod just wanted it to sound scientific and they chose the first scientific term that they came across, pretty sad really. <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
And another thing, the 'primal scream' attack that the Onos has, is another implication of the scientific ignorance of the creators of this game. 'Primal scream' is a type of psychological therapy. Once again, it looks like the creators of the mod just used any old 'scientific sounding' phrase to name one of their attacks.
There are countless other things like this in the game, which unfortunately, make a well designed game with good gameplay, look like the brainchild of an 8 year old kid who just watched the Aliens movies and decided to come up with his own Alien story, flipping through the pages of his daddy's science book to find the terms which sound the most intelligent.
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