Comments on: Man Tanks and Power Armour https://criticalgamer.co.uk/2009/12/07/man-tanks-and-power-armour/ Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:09:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rhys https://criticalgamer.co.uk/2009/12/07/man-tanks-and-power-armour/comment-page-1/#comment-883 Rhys Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:58:24 +0000 https://criticalgamer.co.uk/?p=4737#comment-883 Maybe its just meant to be funny guys... Maybe its just meant to be funny guys…

]]> By: Al https://criticalgamer.co.uk/2009/12/07/man-tanks-and-power-armour/comment-page-1/#comment-882 Al Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:40:34 +0000 https://criticalgamer.co.uk/?p=4737#comment-882 Space combat is mostly about flying your space ship over the other guys planet and dropping nukes on it. While amusingly genocidal this doesn't make for as good a game as stomping about in Space armour. Space combat is mostly about flying your space ship over the other guys planet and dropping nukes on it. While amusingly genocidal this doesn’t make for as good a game as stomping about in Space armour.

]]> By: Bo https://criticalgamer.co.uk/2009/12/07/man-tanks-and-power-armour/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Bo Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:32:51 +0000 https://criticalgamer.co.uk/?p=4737#comment-879 "there definitely isn't enough in the practical uses argument to warrant the trend to continue." What exactly are you suggesting? I'm pretty sure you play video games because they let you do things you can't do in normal life, like blow things up. Would you prefer it if Halo had never existed, and Bungie had made a stealth game? Or one where you piloted a drone and guided missiles to pixelated targets? Did you like Gears of War because of how cool you felt, or do you wish it had conformed to reality? And did you enjoy Starcraft? Look at the marines and their armor. Think about what you're suggesting. FANTASY IN GAMES IS WHY WE PLAY THEM. But I still don't understand your concluding statement. Trends can start out unrealistically, but they must decline rapidly for to be okay? Are you saying that any video game trend that does not have realistically practical arguments for it should decline? Hmm... Ya know what Mario, you needed to stop jumping on guys a loooong time ago. Realistically, that's totally implausible. If you wanna get through each level with the highest possible chance of survival, you should just bring a gun. Cap all those Goombas from fifty yards away. Why are you getting so close?? Come on. Please people, no more jumping on enemies in platform games. Can we please just give all our video game heroes high caliber rifles and be done with it? “there definitely isn’t enough in the practical uses argument to warrant the trend to continue.”

What exactly are you suggesting?

I’m pretty sure you play video games because they let you do things you can’t do in normal life, like blow things up. Would you prefer it if Halo had never existed, and Bungie had made a stealth game? Or one where you piloted a drone and guided missiles to pixelated targets? Did you like Gears of War because of how cool you felt, or do you wish it had conformed to reality? And did you enjoy Starcraft? Look at the marines and their armor. Think about what you’re suggesting. FANTASY IN GAMES IS WHY WE PLAY THEM.

But I still don’t understand your concluding statement. Trends can start out unrealistically, but they must decline rapidly for to be okay? Are you saying that any video game trend that does not have realistically practical arguments for it should decline? Hmm… Ya know what Mario, you needed to stop jumping on guys a loooong time ago. Realistically, that’s totally implausible. If you wanna get through each level with the highest possible chance of survival, you should just bring a gun. Cap all those Goombas from fifty yards away. Why are you getting so close?? Come on. Please people, no more jumping on enemies in platform games. Can we please just give all our video game heroes high caliber rifles and be done with it?

]]> By: DuelistVash https://criticalgamer.co.uk/2009/12/07/man-tanks-and-power-armour/comment-page-1/#comment-871 DuelistVash Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:48:15 +0000 https://criticalgamer.co.uk/?p=4737#comment-871 Wow, where to start on how stupid this article is. The bit where you mention running FROM something is almost always the case, I think you are playing games incorrectly, you have the armour so you can run TOWARDS the enemy. In Warhammer 40,000 and HALO the guy in the big armour is genetically modified to be able to be able to use the armour effectively. In Section 8 the armour is massive as they drop you out of a ship, and in most cases you need at least a helmet to breath as you never know what enviroment you'll enter. The guys in Gears don't even have that large a suit of armour, it's more like a modernised version of tactical gear that the army or SWAT would have. In the end power armour looks cool and will always have a place in sci-fi games, I for one wouldn't want to be stuck on an alien planet in the stuff we wear now. Wow, where to start on how stupid this article is. The bit where you mention running FROM something is almost always the case, I think you are playing games incorrectly, you have the armour so you can run TOWARDS the enemy.

In Warhammer 40,000 and HALO the guy in the big armour is genetically modified to be able to be able to use the armour effectively.

In Section 8 the armour is massive as they drop you out of a ship, and in most cases you need at least a helmet to breath as you never know what enviroment you’ll enter.

The guys in Gears don’t even have that large a suit of armour, it’s more like a modernised version of tactical gear that the army or SWAT would have.

In the end power armour looks cool and will always have a place in sci-fi games, I for one wouldn’t want to be stuck on an alien planet in the stuff we wear now.

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