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[Proto-Man]

And can Shepard pick up and crush enemies while piloting the Atlas?

[Brenon Holmes]

hero3440 wrote...

mental note do not use close combat against the Atlas mech.

Yes... punching an Atlas is kind of a bad idea... :happy:

[Brenon Holmes]

Someone With Mass wrote...

Poor Vanguards...

Well, there's currently a pretty fun (and challenging) maneuver you can do... which is to charge the Atlas, bait the first melee swing and evade out of the way while shooting... then charge back in, evade the followup ground slam, fire another shot and charge back in. It's pretty hard to do... but extremely satisfying. :happy:

[Brenon Holmes]

nerdage wrote...

If it can pick Shepard up I hope it's a one hit kill you can't escape from.

I also hope the driver flips Shepard the bird before finishing him off.. Because you would, wouldn't you?

That's the case currently... basically if you're sticking around for the full length of the melee chain (that's one big swing and a follow up ground smash) the third action is him picking you up and killing you... with a really nice animated camera.

It's a bit of an experiment... so far it hasn't been too frustrating... and it makes the Atlas feel pretty threatening.

Stefano, the animator that did all the actions for the Atlas was joking about having the sync move pull Shepard up to the cockpit so he could make rude gestures... 

We had also joked about changing the move so the Atlas would lift Shepard up to the cockpit, then the cockpit would open and the driver would punch Shepard in the face...

[Brenon Holmes]

Fiery Phoenix wrote...

I have a question for you, Brenon: Would a single, well-placed round to the head from a decently upgraded Widow be enough to take out an unshielded Atlas?

Once you've punched through the canopy, you can snipe the driver with one shot - yep... but depending on how much of the canopy you've destroyed it can be an easy shot, or a very hard shot.

We still need to do some balancing on the canopy, since the damage system interacts with it in a kind of wonky way - but that's mostly just balancing. The idea is that it should feel pretty satisfying to get those skill shots (if you want to risk making them). :happy:

[Brenon Holmes]

Lizardviking wrote...

How much damage do the two first melee actions do exactly? 

In the final game it'll probably vary a bit... but right now the first one puts you in bleedout, the second one takes you down to... well, very close to death. They're pretty big melee hits... so it's not really something you want to get hit with.

Locutus_of_BORG wrote...
Wait... does this mean Liara's dead dead?? 

Nah... she's just restin'...

Modifié par Brenon Holmes, 16 août 2011 - 09:06 .

[Brenon Holmes]

jojon2se wrote...

Pining for the fjords.