Comment on Mass Effect 1 is still my favourite sci-fi game of all time
JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 days ago
I loved the way weapons worked in ME1, and they had such a logical thought process behind it written in the little lore snippets. But then when ME2 came out they scrapped it for something more traditional.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
The hamfisted explanation was also pretty bad as well. It’s not super believable that swapping heat sinks was superior.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 days ago
I think it’s logical, but it’s sort of like, if it was that easy why didn’t they do it sooner? And why wouldn’t guns work the old way but “reloading” just instantly dump all heat?
Come to think of it, hearing myself say it out loud, this is exactly how the laser rifles work in Helldivers 2 lol. They overheat slowly. If you fully overheat them or release early they swap out the current heat sink for a new one.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
It makes a lot less sense when you could make assault rifles that never overheated
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 days ago
I thought they still did? I played Vanguard so I only had shotguns lol.