Literally means nothing if they’re not characters you can otherwise have an interaction with.
Who the fuck cares some random mook has a name if their only interaction with you is trying to kill you if they see you?
What do you think of the enemy humanization in TLoU part 2?
Jace Sanders
Benjamin Barnes
>OK, but can they actually surrender this time or all they fakeouts like in the last game?
I wish I knew... So far it seems like they're really intent on killing you and most battles will be life or death, but I don't know for sure.
Ian Phillips
>enemies trying to kill you..
>BUT NOW THEY HAVE NAMES
wow, I can really feel the pretentious oscar wank. What next, can I loot them and find family photos and letters on their corpse? Ease drop on them talking about life back at home and how they can't wait to get back to their loving family? Have the game pull up a little biography about their non-existing life, family, hopes and dreams whenever you run into them?
Jordan Hill
That's an angle you can take... But in the end it's just more realistic. There are groups of people, friends.. they've trained their dogs...they're not soldiers. And I bet even soldiers show emotion in battle, it's just not what you're used to in games.
Cameron Morgan
If you kill the dog owner the dog will start to cry and start behaving differently.
Liam Powell
Na, games have done callouts in the past, to the point even Borderlands poked fun at it with the whole " NOOO! They've killed whats-his-name!" when you kill bandits.
It's not new, it's not special and you'll most likely tone it out cause you're trying to kill them while focusing on whatever objective the game wants you to do.
Connor Myers
I feel differently about it, for sure.
But it's going to ask some of you as the player as well. Like some empathy, investment.
I like trying to look at NPC as more than targets.
But you might be right.
David Morales
Most people here have low empathy, them having name change next to nothing, the only things that matter is if the game is fun.
Zachary Taylor
>shoot wehrmacht soldier in game
>NEIN, HANS! WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BUILD A CABIN IN ZE ALPS TOGETHER! DAMN ZE ENEMY SHOOTING YOU, I AM SAD NOW!
WOOOOOOOOOOOW it’s like I’m really fighting Germans in WWII and facing all these difficult decisions about shooting these innocent enemies that are just like you or me!
Brayden Wright
that is friggin hilarious dude
even killing cool doggos that start to cry if you kill their owner?