You are your character's consciousness
Thief did that a little bit. Garett (sp?) would, from time to time, say something to himself (though you never really knew if it was internal or if he actually spoke the words - as if it matters), but this didn''t happen too often, and it didn''t really add much to the game. It works best, I think, as a storytelling device.
Why not change ''you are your character''s consciousness'' to ''you are one of your character''s consciousnesses (if that''s even a word)''.
Imagine playing a character with a multiple personality syndrome and you as the player can control one of them.
You could get interesting ''in character'' conversations between the different personalities.
Just a simple example. Your character is walking along a road when it splits into two separate roads. You want to take the left road, so you point your arrow to the left. But, one of the other personalities wants to go right. Which personality wins? Can you convince some of the other personalities to choose your side? Will they overpower you if you''ve been less than nice to them in the past?
Back to Bishop''s idea...
I guess the split personality could be kept simple: one AI personality, one Player-controlled personality. If the player doesn''t want control over the character at any time, he can just let the AI personality control it. Whenever the player wants to take control, the Player-personality can take action.
"Symbiosis - living together if different organisms for mutual benefit"
That could be the aim of the game.
Might be nice to have several different AI personalities for the player to interact with. That would really raise the replayability level.
Imagine playing a character with a multiple personality syndrome and you as the player can control one of them.
You could get interesting ''in character'' conversations between the different personalities.
Just a simple example. Your character is walking along a road when it splits into two separate roads. You want to take the left road, so you point your arrow to the left. But, one of the other personalities wants to go right. Which personality wins? Can you convince some of the other personalities to choose your side? Will they overpower you if you''ve been less than nice to them in the past?
Back to Bishop''s idea...
I guess the split personality could be kept simple: one AI personality, one Player-controlled personality. If the player doesn''t want control over the character at any time, he can just let the AI personality control it. Whenever the player wants to take control, the Player-personality can take action.
"Symbiosis - living together if different organisms for mutual benefit"
That could be the aim of the game.
Might be nice to have several different AI personalities for the player to interact with. That would really raise the replayability level.
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