Reciever: Mechnically Realistic Shooter Video Game

Steve Johnson
by Steve Johnson

Indie game developer Wolfire has developed a FPS shooter where things like reloading involve having to issue separate commands for each action that would be required in real life to operate the guns. For example, reloading a 1911 pistol involves issuing a command to remove the empty magazine, another to insert a fresh magazine and finally a command to release the slide.

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Steve Johnson
Steve Johnson

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  • Liberum Mercator Liberum Mercator on May 13, 2013

    What's up with the remaining magazine icons? UNREALISTIC!!

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    • Liberum Mercator Liberum Mercator on May 14, 2013

      @Andrew Moursund Still unrealistic. In real life you have to actively look/feel how many magazines you have left. you don't have that information available in your view all the time.

  • Keksos Keksos on May 14, 2013

    Haven't played any more recent version but I found it pretty stupid that one couldn't just operate it freely but only use the listed options. I mean you didn't get the possibility to do something wrong - the gun always worked with no jamming in all cases (even the occasional jamming in S.T.A.L.K.E.R did it better).

    • Jim Nanban Jim Nanban on May 16, 2013

      @Keksos I said come in, don't stand there! They really did it right, even if the ranges were truncated (computing 1kmx1km is a nasty number crunch). Bullet drop "felt" right if you just used ranges as a model to provide an experience (versus expecting them to be wholly realistic). Malfunctions "felt" right, again using it as a model to provide a holistic experience. I guess these guys are trying to be the Gran Turismo of shooting. GT is great at that, but without a proper wheel and pedals setup you're still disconnected. Maybe these folks will be able to kickstart some kind of feedback shooting apparatus?

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