I've played Penumbra Tech Demo now about four five times...
I'd like to ask you guys, what do you think, does Penumbra need guns, or not?
I'm 100% against guns in this game! How about you?
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well it's up to the developer's on this one.
but in my own unprofessional opinion
It would make sense to have guns since in demo there are piles of empty ammo boxes lying about
but i just think it will turn it in to another ordinary FPS unless they make the ammo very rare so it can help only in very tricky situations and avoiding the common 1 man army I'm so use to.
so to sum it all up i prefer no guns or very little use of it. The one thing that drawn me to this game the unconventional approach to beating the AI.
some improvised guns or so would be cool (shoot the wolf with a flare gun in the face would be nice XD)
I'm against the guns. I like penumbra because it forces player to adapt to the environment and use it to survive and not some super-mega-ultra-cool-freaking-imba-blasta-masta (like gravity gun in the end of hl2) =D
So I say no to guns.
But something like flare gun could be allowed since it'd have more uses in creating some light and it doesn't kill the wolf if you'd shoot it with something like that. It would be nice to shoot the wolf in the eye with a flare and make it blind for some time =D
I vote YES !!! For a gun with one bullet found in the middle of the game. It would be implemented for those who are to scared or tired to go on in this nightmare :D
Overall, a big NO for guns. Flare Gun would bee nice. I think it would be nice to implement some ammo in the game :P with no gun to use it. Imagine, you found about 40 rounds and you can't find a darn gun to use them :D
That would definetly state that this game is no ordynary FPS.
Hmm...
The flare gun does sound very good. I'm new by the way. It reminds me the Classic game Blood. It would be really cool if there were some humanoid zombie mutants in the second episode and when you fire the flare gun they would be set ablaze and scream in agony; just like the evil priests did in Blood or the zombie guys in HL2 did when they burned.
As for guns in general, I am a big FPS fan, however I don't want to ruin the survival horror/adventure feel to the game. Melee weapons are fine with me. But the flare gun addition would be really nice; and ammo should be a little scarce, that way, player wouldn't have to depend on it for combat. It's better for a last resort or stragetic use.
I say no to guns. It is one of the biggest fearfactors that you cannot defend
yourself with guns, and that forces player to improvise, which is really cool.
PS. My first post here,hello there
I say just a gun with few ammo. It would be nice to use objects like metal rods to hit monsters.
You mean something like Gravity Gun?