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Before anyone speaks up in defense of the way things are, let me just throw one word out there: Casey. Someone we were already kinda considering adding (back) into the story. Perhaps a side story with him might allow us to flesh out Konoko's human side a little more. It's a tricky thing to contemplate, but I don't think that it shouldn't be brought up just because it's tricky. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

:I can't comment on this much. Adding in BGI without screwing up the story is tricky enough as it is. [[User:Gumby|Gumby]]

==Gameplay==

Of course, this feature is only as "underused" as the player underuses it, but the point I took away from this was that it is rarely useful/smart to use stealth. It's too easy to be spotted with the way the enemy walks and turns around from time to time, and the benefit seems pretty negligible to taking someone out stealthily, so I think that's why we don't take the time to sneak around more often. It seems to me that fixing this might require moving some obstacles around in levels, and editing patrol paths, and possibly finding some way to make stealth a rewarding approach that can be used in place of charging in every time. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

:Agreed. One thing at a time though, I can't do all the scripting here. -_- [[User:Gumby|Gumby]]

Another reviewer coins a term for this: "samey". He laments that a game with so much action could feel repetitive. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

:I'd like some more things like with Warehouse (have to save an AI who can open the doors, etc...if your AI dies, you are SOL and lose...like in Loser's mod) [[User:Gumby|Gumby]]

{{pullquote|color=red|inset=5%|There’s some promise shown early on with disabling the Deadly Brain even though it’s a modified jumping puzzle but it’s not found anywhere else. More innovation would have been welcomed.}}

:I don't like gimmicky things like this, but to each his own. [[User:Gumby|Gumby]]

{{pullquote|color=red|inset=5%|Despite the wonderfully crafted training tutorial stage for players to get accustomed to the complex controls, the minute the actual in-game mission started, I still found myself ill-prepared and dying and restarting quite frequently.}}

There's nothing wrong with a learning curve, of course. But wouldn't we all, as newbies, have welcomed a return to the training level, to practice moves that you had newly obtained? This is more practical, story-wise, if the room is indeed in virtual space, as there is some indication. --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

:There are a few spots in the game where there is an empty level slot...but remember there is a point in the game where you can't go back to the nice training room. :)

This statement actually feels overly generous to me. <u>Are</u> there really multiple paths to each goal? Certainly in some places, but I don't feel that Oni is consistent in this; surely with such large levels, we can find some way to make things a bit more non-linear? --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

:More scripting :( [[User:Gumby|Gumby]]

I know we have third-party tools for doing this, and the startup dialog box (that's currently broken for both OS X and Windows), but doesn't it seem like there should be some way to make this part of the interface? --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

:No matter what geyser says, I cannot find any key binding dialog box. However, someone (me? :<) could write up a utility called up at start (either through a .bat or the Daodan) to edit the keys. [[User:Gumby|Gumby]]

It seems that since the level scripting is based around the current, fixed savepoints, we can't just give the player the ability to save anytime, anywhere. We ''can'' add more savepoints, though, which is sort of on the long-term To-Do list already. Any other ideas on this subject? --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

:My view is that if you can't beat an SP, change your strategy. :) Indeed, we can't change the SP system. [[User:Gumby|Gumby]]

I know we are going to turn off Konoko's auto-dash hack in future AE releases, right? I do feel that's a good idea, but it will also reintroduce the above problem. So, what about a "dash" key? Is that possible? A separate key from the normal run key, or else using a modifier in conjunction with that key? --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

{{pullquote|color=red|inset=5%|The game itself exhibits many “clipping” problems in which characters can pass through walls, hang off ledges and pass through solid objects in such a way that one is jarringly reminded that you are playing a computer game. It is very common to enter a room, look back and find the foot or head of your just-vanquished foe sticking through the wall or protruding through the closed door; in several places in the game you can even fight an opponent through the closed door they are guarding, while being totally immune to gunfire.}}

This is sure to be a controversial point, as I think most of us are fine with the JelloCam, but I've put it here anyway for discussion, not because I necessarily agree with it. I need to go back and play Rune and FAKK² before I form an opinion, myself (can't remember how the cameras worked). --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

{{pullquote|color=red|inset=5%|[...] the Mercury Bow, a scopeless pseudo-sniper rifle}}

"Scopeless", eh? Well, now, I believe we might be able to do something about that ;-) --[[User:Iritscen|iritscen]] 04:36, 9 December 2008 (CET)

{{pullquote|color=red|inset=5%|The levels are very large at times too, but not always terribly well designed, with some rather shoddy texture work in areas. Japanese minimalism may be popular, but untextured areas don't really achieve this!}}

{{pullquote|color=red|inset=5%|[...] a general emptiness of detail which would leave even a Bauhaus architect screaming for a potted plant or a water cooler to break up the monotony.}}