At that point it didn’t matter. Dutch had no weapons. It was just for cinematic effect and to make Dutch shot his pants.
Illfonics reasoning
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Yes , so I’ll be stomping a mud hole in you very shortly in sf2. I give this game 2-3 months and without an overhaul it will die and it’s unfortunate cuz I like the game and love the franchise
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Well ya the answer from that angle is purely to make the movie more entertaining.
But like strategically and logically makes no sense.
JH was fucking stupid.
He clearly was doing a bumrush tactic at that point cuz he thought he had a beat up and hobbled Dutch . He expected that shot into the log to be a dieing Dutch in which I think a opossum ran out or something. He really wasn’t aware Dutch had figured him out a little
Until the explosive arrow at the fire
Hubris. There is strategy. If Dutch shit his pants, pred could track him by smell 😂. Preds are very smart hunters.
Plus, the cloak was only temporarily disabled. Water did no harm overall. Perhaps just to show that there is a weakness to cloak.
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Lmfao
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Again. They hunt like all kinds of crazy shit.
Are way more advanced.
I like to think JH was a redneck version of the Yaujta race, and was drunk as hell and that’s why died lmao.
JH was just some trailer trash hunter xD.
@Anyt1m3 change my mind.
He messed up on Dutch, but for the most part he did well. He isolated and killed everyone else. Dutch got really really lucky. Basically he had to be on the exact position where he was to make the trap work. That’s a pretty big assumption to go by. He never was peed try to fight hand to hand, so why assume a situation like that would arise.
Yes, pred was caught in net trap and that’s why he may have not seen or understood this one. But then Dutch should have just sat there from the start and called out for pred to kill him. Similar to the net trap
Getting caught in the trap is not necessarily a dumb move on preds part. Simple things like that can work if opponent has not had experience with them. Still it was a very luck happenstances.
Illfonic’s reasoning:
- Take beloved IP
- Make a mess of a game
- Have a moderately effective excuse campaign
Net: profit
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While not having experience with something Is a good point, what about the fact that they themselves use traps?
Like their so highly advanced theres no way in hell they have no knowledge of traps like that.
Like we all know he got too cocky.
Which everything that happened was good for a movie.
But its just stupid and annoying that something or someone who clearly should win, losses purely cause they decided to be so reckless.
The only point I’m trying to make, or rather what I’m trying to say, is that I want to see that same scenario played out if JH wasnt fkn around.
Like wishful thinking on my part but I would love to see even sides fighting it out.
Perfect example is XCOM end game units.
Hell even early somewhat.
They could easily take out a pred.
Preds would be forced to use their actual arsenals and this would make for a more interesting fight.
Except for the psychic units in XCOM.
I dont see what the hell a pred could do vs that.
Idk. Like reaching this point in the conversation, ans since I dont know the full extent of pred tech, preds are looking so fucking weak compared to so many other series and media.
But ya, i want a game where it’s in the future, humans are more advanced and can kinda match preds tech wise, and throw in xenos that are now more intelligent and have greatly evolved to have a very deadly arsenal that cant match the tech of humans and preds.
I got a huge scale game in mind,that would work like planetside 2, where all 3 factions are fighting over control over an entire planet or a few planets.
Like both humans and preds are trying to stop xenomorphs from spreading, but now for whatever reason, humans have adapted the whole hunt/combat mentality of preds and fight against them in specific locations just to test each other out or whatever reason.
But it’s not a full blown war between humans and preds, like they don’t fight each other on their home planets.
Look I have no idea why I typed all this out.
Just an idea that came to me.
But god would it be amazing.
Pvp on planet wide scale.
500v300v900
Even more if they can make servers to handle it.
Like those arent the limit of numbers, just an idea of the scale.
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This sounds awesome 👏.
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I think any way you slice it, it will suck for pred to die. There’s no way a human should win that fight normally. It has to be a trick.
Why pay for IPs to make games like you describe where tech and mechanics can do that for less cost? Stealth is not a pred only think. Plasma weapons either. Xeno is just another alien that has minor intelligence with superior instincts. Very complex game mechanics are a pain in the culo for devs. Too many bug possibilities.
- Overpay for multiple IPs
- Get @Fire to direct game idea and mechanics
- …
Net: AAA bankrupt
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Remember in predators the dead soldier had built traps but the predators got through all of them and killed him with a caster shot to the chest . When the jungle hunter was focused he clearly beat up Dutch’s team and Dutch . I think I’m he trap thing was an arrogant slip up on his part , I still believe he tried to drop in and take Dutch out in front of his team but he tripped the trap by accident . Furthermore if he jungle hunter getting killed at the end was pure luck , simple as that
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The game with traps that i really liked back in a day was mgs: snake eater. It’s jungle setting where you can use stealth. You can use sound to get enemy soldiers to investigate stuff. There are parts where jungle has mud to drown them in, spiked tree traps to set off, C4 + chaff traps. There’s also sling traps that snake gets caught in but nothing happens to enemy when the step into it. You can electrocute the enemy, starve them, jump down on them for instant knock down, shoot out their radios, shoot their arm so they can’t use radio or weapon, shoot leg so the hobble. Shoot both arms or both legs and they die, lol. Very good mechanics for your inner sadist.
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Yeah and remember that sniper game and or socom original , if you won’t stealthy you couldn’t even go farther . The pred stealth aspects were what was really messed up in this game from the beginning in my opinion. This did have a lot of potential
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It’s a tough gig to balance. Where premades excel, potatoes burn. That’s why you have ranked matches, but that didn’t fly.
Even in Evil dead the humans are kinda too strong and dint have to play as a team much. Not too much pushback so far.
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You know, you’re right a out it not having to be these IP’s. But it would make it a bit cooler.
But on the scale I just mentioned, the mechanics wouldnt be super advanced, this one is more focused on bigger scale gameplay.
Planetside 2 is a good game, just ppl lost interest.
However if we go with a smaller scale game, ya you could have way more advanced combat.
So theres multiple approaches to this.
I just wanna see a whole continent on a planet overrun by xenomorphs and having to clear it out.
And not normal xenos but way more powerful ones who have evolved biological defenses against their enemies tech.
Tho their not fully fleshed out ideas, quite a few of mine would be extremely fun to play. And keep people playing for a long time.
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Yeah, i want cool stuff too, but it could be a risky undertaking for a developer. The only solution is that China can do it. Cheap but good quality labor, no respect for IPs. Chinomorph vs Chautja 😂. I’m cracking myself up
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I’m talking about a low percentage, like 10% for 3 seconds after taking a hit, while also getting rid of the Spotter slowing effect entirely.
Although, I also had an idea a while back to increase Predator health by a lot, like double. Then add an accumulating 3 second slow down from hits taken to the front of the body, maxed out at 30%. This would be paired with 20% reduced damage while sprinting, like Dante and Scout, but all predators would have this. Now it would be very intimidating to have the predator chasing you, but the “game” would be to shoot and get a few hits, then run to survive, rinse and repeat. This might result in some fun chases, but, ultimately, if you try to just stand and out DPS this version, you will almost always lose.
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The game needs a lot more things.
You play evil dead yet?
Stuff like that is what this games needs.
Multiple ways for pred to effectively engage ft.