A lost but fun feature in games: Playing Dead

[imported_Chael]

In Interstate '76 you could shut off your engine and hold on the horn to create the appearance of death. Guess that's about as close as I've come.

Good topic; good idea.

[BPCrusher01]

One of Novalogic's games, Joint Ops:Typhoon Rising, I think, had a "feign death" button.

[Stemnin]

In bf2 it would be pointless as corpses disappear in 10-12 seconds. In UT it ain't that great, because most corpses are in pieces, in the UT3 demo I shot at every intact corpse I saw and most of the time they were feigners.

[Leopardi]

I remember one Battlefield 1942 mod where you could build bunkers etc. And play dead. It was a fun feature.

[Kayback]

Standard SAS policy, doubl tap any corpse you come across. This is one reason one of the boddies they removed from the Iranian embassy had over 30 entry holes in it. Sounds like a good idea and something i'd do. Double tap a target and look for the wound indicators

[waaah_wah]

^^Use to do that those rare times im in a chopter

[*ayebaybay*]

it doesnt really work in BF2. you are usually facing the sky on your back when u die, but you are on your belly with your head up when prone.
but that could always be a feature of realism in other games

[Gen.Vlade]

It wouldn't work, people would go around shooting the corps the whole time.

[Shask]

It wouldn't work, people would go around shooting the corps the whole time.

EXACTLY!

Reading this thread many people seem to be put off by the idea that this would be "overpowered" and "lame".

All the time I'm thinking, overpowered? You see a corpse (which is not very often), you spare a bullet or two in it's head. Oh, you just killed somebody? Cool!

It would not be overpowered at all. It would be pretty interesting, and it's a good idea.

[sgt.collins]

you don't have to play dead. if theres opposing fire, get benind another corpse. i did that today and it worked like a charm i killed like 6 people in a row