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I want a AAA open world stealth/action game that's actually about tracking
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Like
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Some games have bits where you follow footprints and shit
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And that's fine
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But imagine a game that through tutorials just fuckin' teach you how to like
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track shit
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by just looking at the world
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and understanding how different kinds of animals behave
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like "Oh look there are bloodstains on this rock and also those trees have a bunch of broken branches on them. Something big and injured came through here"
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oh same
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you kinda get that with HZD and how you have to follow trails with the focus but i want less tech
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yeah HZD does it but you have a functionally magic toy that does all the heavy lifting for you
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Imagine walking up to like a bloodstain and getting prompt like "R2: Taste"
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And you do it and your guy just goes: /spits "orcs"
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And then you spend a while following a trail of trampled grass and shit until the trail suddenly stops in a valley
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and you have just long enough to go "OH SHIT" and draw your sword before a dozen orcs ambush you
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And of course, your own actions in the world can leave clues that let other creatures hunt you
moontouched
it'd be fun to have a monster hunter side game like this, where it's like inherently focused on tracking
moontouched
just run around and look at big ol monsters all day
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You're on the trail of a troll
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You come to a point where there are no more clues
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But you know from having faced trolls before that trolls like darkness
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And you see ahead of you a narrow forested valley
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So you look in there and sure enough the trail picks up again
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Have an elaborate bestiary
moontouched
a bestiary that you can fill in and correct as you go along would be great
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"Manticores are diurnal, and retreat to a lair when injured. They typically live with a mate, so if you injure one, expect to encounter a second before the day is out"
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"They favor rocky cliffs"
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"Beware its spiked tail and firebreath"
Infychu
This sounds badass
EsperBot
The Witcher 3 hits in kind of this area
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Particularly re: the bestiary
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It did
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but it didn't go all in
duck bastard
this reminds me of a similar open world game i dreamed up once when making up a game for a npc to play
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and it was kind of like Monster Hunter, I guess? but for taking pictures of the various monsters
Infychu
Monster Hunter Snap /throws apple
moontouched
monster hunter snap but instead of apples you're throwing chunks of meat and enrichment toys made out of like straw or whatever
moontouched
sometimes apples though
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The idea of an open world stealth action game where you don't have any weapons because you're not an assassin you're like a fucking park ranger is not without legs
moontouched
all your tools are like for distracting or running away from or spooking bigger more dangerous things
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You might have like a tranq dart for emerencies
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Or maybe have like a middle ground where you do have fights but they're against, like
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poachers
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Your job is to protect the beasts in this stretch of wilderness
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Which involves keeping track of them