Super Predator Mechanics : Striders

#1

I gave some thought this morning after my usual cup of coffee and said to myself:
The super predator mechanics, what would there be apart from the weapons?

Striding:
Strides instead of running.Equally found in other games where hitting the button rushes your character in one single dash with some kind of mach blast trailing behind you.

Lets just say to compensate, the standard jog speed would be placed at the run speed with this predator.

The dash would only allow for this pred to travel a several meters quickly in one single stride (how far that would be would need to be worked out as it simply wouldn’t work unless you could perfectly execute the stride while facing an opponent) . You could then do tricks like stride strikes using melee weapons.

Our standard predators running mechanic only offers little help and is currently mearly a way to get from point A to point B slightly more quicker. There isnt any other technique available to it. I think currently the jog/run system is only a way to navigate through tough craves since often times you can get stuck in a hard to navigate area of the jungle or just trying to jump up on rooftops or narrow staircases. Maybe it all requires a sensitivity change or a gravity change if speeds are increased.

Another option would be for jog/run would not change and Striding/Dashing would be a whole new button combination.

Tree Take-downs (ala Arkham’s batman).:
In the trees you’ll encounter victims below you. A take down prompt would show up and perhaps it would be like the Slam but it would be more controlled.
You won’t actually kill the FT but you’ll SLAM directly on top of him rather than pityfully trying to aim the damn slam mechanic.

That said, if slamming from the trees is easy to do, this could be slightly more easier but with a cool animation. Variety is all I ask because Super Predators should visually do something cooler than the predecessor.

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#2

Now all you have to do is work out the issue of the vast majority of doorways/buildings that the Super Preds won’t be able to fit into without crouching.

If the Preds from ‘Predators’ come to the game I suspect they’ll just end up being exactly the same size as the ones we currently have in order to avoid issues with game mechanics, animations, and map design.

The whole idea of ‘bigger, badder’ Super Preds was always stupid anyway - just a lazy and contrived plot device.

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#3

well we already have a problem with some predators (i think Valkyrie) being a bit too tall to fit through doors.
If super predators are at least a head size taller than the rest, it would plainly be known that you’d have to crouch to get to places.
I still think they should be taller. But really if it doesnt matter, then it doesnt matter gameplay wise. Making them bigger may just complicate matters.

#4

I totally agree. And the “super”/bad blood predators weren’t really noticeably bigger anyway.

I think they should simply be skins and/or armor variations, or class with their own strengths and weaknesses.

#5

Lore Wise? Super Preds weren’t a terrible addition, fleshed out the world of Preds in a way that only enhanced it.

Gameplay wise? Just give Super Pred/Mr.Black benefits for playing like a dickhead. I can see him having Assassin as for how many times he attacked from out of nowhere in the movie.

#6

super preds arnt op as ghost wiped them out with ez… the lore behind it doesn’t justify this game in anyway shape or form.

#7

A gapcloser?

just a reason to make FT dps even higher

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#8

Ghost is an exception, not the rule.

Super Preds aren’t that vastly different when it comes to physical strength and stuff like that, but enough when it’s shown that they can legit goon on Normal Preds during skirmishes or rigged situations. AvP: Evolution shows that they were kind of a hassle.

#9

the only super pred is mr black and he was a joke.

#10

Yea, goon on him for getting killed by Adrian Brody but he’s still rather competent when it comes to being a Pred. Unlike a certain somebody who shares their name with a canine.

Also I’m pretty sure Tracker and Falconer have been confirmed Super Preds.

#11

super preds are not super… lets get over that

#12

LOL, i thought about this one: What if they only release the super pred skin for people who pre-ordered? Haha, thats going to set people off! or its a PS exclusive, OMG. balance the hate!

#13

Super Predators are the Canon name lmao.

At least they’re not the trans Hish that can change gender at will and legit get into hormonal rages. Thank God Alpha Rectonned that to hell.

#14

Did it?

Other than them not mentioning the jurassic park frog DNA and rage genes?

#15

Well, it was the first time in legit ages that the “Hish” name or “Hish-Qu-Ten” name by extension was used instead of Yautja in a In-Universe thing. Judge Dredd and Mortal Kombat don’t count.

Alpha’s story depicted this Hish as the primordial ancestors of Yautja, so while not explicitly said, it’s rather safe to assume so since the Hish from before were active into the futuristic era.

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