I've been playing Battlefield: Bad Company recently. It's a good game and I like it, but I also noted something... a myriad of something... EXPLOSIVE BARRELS! Goodness, it's gotten to the point where almost every single enemy can be killed with an explosive barrel, and not with your gun. It's not only in this game, but in other games, you go like "Oh, man, it's a bunch of enemies. Thank God they're each dumb enough to stand by an explosive barrel!" Now I don't mind these barrels' presence, but seriously, why so many? It's in EVERY SINGLE SHOOTER I'VE EVER PLAYED! And it's pissing me off. It seems to just be there for filler and for another generic cop-out to kill enemies. I mean, surely there aren't THIS many explosive barrels in real life combat, is there?
Nope. Bad guys have barrels with explosive stuff in them. Thats just the nature of the business. They may put them in stupid spots, but hey they're bad guys.
Thats so funny because ive been playing Bad Company too and thought there was way too many barrels. I expected alot more from the game but it disappointed me. Multiplayer is only fun if you are attackers.
I like the premise which is to add diversity to the shooting by giving you more options and ways to go about killing your foes, but unfortunately, barrels are getting a bit old. I would much rather see destructible environments which challenge you to use your head to bring down your enemies, rather than just shooting the red thing. A couple of games have touched upon this, but not to a great extent, so we're still seeing the exploding barrels/gas canisters.
[QUOTE="Richymisiak"]what's more annoying is that there are no such things as explosive barrels in real life -PuLse
You try shooting a barrel of oil or gunpowder and see what happens. nothing, a bullet piercing a barrel is not enough to cause a spark, never mind enough to ignite the barrel's contents even with tracer rounds its rare
Explosive barrels are ok if done right. Crysis would be an example of how they are done right. The barrels are in places you would expect them to be for things like refueling. ect.
i am sick of them in general. I play Call of Duty alot and they are scattered red flammable barrels around the map, yeah its fun to kill guys with them but i could do without them.
[QUOTE="Richymisiak"]what's more annoying is that there are no such things as explosive barrels in real life Richymisiak
You try shooting a barrel of oil or gunpowder and see what happens. nothing, a bullet piercing a barrel is not enough to cause a spark, never mind enough to ignite the barrel's contents even with tracer rounds its rare as the mythbusters proved
I liked the gas tanks in Far Cry 2, where you would shoot them, and then a flame would eject from them causing it to shoot around on the ground like a rocket a little bit, setting all the grass and wood in a given area on fire before exploding. Much more satisfying way to take down enemies than having them stand right next to a barrel. It still doesn't make any sense (bullets don't cause sparks when they hit metal) but at least it's not boring and stationary.
I agree,its just lazy design and shows a lack of imagination imo.
Like when I was playing the KZ2 demo,I couldn't believe my eyes,there were dozens of "exploding" barrels lieing around and the helghast soldiers were just standing right next to them without a care in the world. Seriously after 5 years and tens of millions of dollars and GG still force this clicheupon us? :|
[QUOTE="Richymisiak"]what's more annoying is that there are no such things as explosive barrels in real life Richymisiak
You try shooting a barrel of oil or gunpowder and see what happens. nothing, a bullet piercing a barrel is not enough to cause a spark, never mind enough to ignite the barrel's contents even with tracer rounds its rare Thank God for the Mythbusters. I remember that episode; I was disappointed with the results.
I agree with the Op, HECK I consider Killzone 2 a benchmark in modern FPS and it has that Flaw, too many explosive barrels in some levels, THERE is No such thing in real war :?
I agree with the Op, HECK I consider Killzone 2 a benchmark in modern FPS and it has that Flaw, too many explosive barrels in some levels, THERE is No such thing in real war :?AgentA-Mi6
All explosive barrels in games should be replaced with explosive boxes of explosives,much more realistic,and more explosive!!!
AgentA-Mi6
And actually make sense, a barrel filled with gas wouldn't explode the way they do in some games though few explosive explode when shot at only extremely volatile ones such as nitro-glycerine I believe (and only if it had been left in the sun for a few years) would explode on contact and i don't think people want to see AI so dumb they stand next to contact explosive :)
Even more ridiculous is when the barrels are standing somewhere where it makes no sense at all, like in the middle of the jungle or in an ancient ruin.
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