Slowed movment from tall grass

[Regnilse 21]

Do you think being slowed by tall grass would be interesting?

 

As I was walking thought the forest to get some clay, it got me thinking about trails. I make paths to near by location mainly for decoration but I was thinking, if tall grass slowed your movement a little bit, like leaves do making paths would be more useful and when going though new forests it would feel like your trugging through new untamed lands.

 

This idea fits well within the range of believability, the main question here is does it fit for game play. I can already see some cons for this idea but I'll let you bring up your own.

[Palisight 34]

Its a good idea from a gameplay standpoint

 

This is however part of the whole some terrain slows you down idea

 

Basically the issue here is that Better Than Wolves did it first. The devs find it annoying that so many people keep comparing TFC to BTW as they have completely different design goals and have very little similarity other than they are both low tech total conversions.

 

They aren't fond of adding features that were added by BTW, even if the features are obvious ones that people would have easily thought of even if BTW was never created. 

[AHrubik 5]

Its a good idea from a gameplay standpoint

 

This is however part of the whole some terrain slows you down idea

 

Basically the issue here is that Better Than Wolves did it first. The devs find it annoying that so many people keep comparing TFC to BTW as they have completely different design goals and have very little similarity other than they are both low tech total conversions.

 

They aren't fond of adding features that were added by BTW, even if the features are obvious ones that people would have easily thought of even if BTW was never created. 

Adding to this the fact that terrain slowing seems like a painful way to add realism to what is supposed to be a game especially if there is no mechanic to undo the slowness (ie snow shoes, boots for mud, etc).

[Hubertus 29]

Adding to this the fact that terrain slowing seems like a painful way to add realism to what is supposed to be a game especially if there is no mechanic to undo the slowness (ie snow shoes, boots for mud, etc).

Mechanic for undoing slowness: punch the grass/trails.

[Regnilse 21]

All good points, I did have a feeling this idea had more cons than pros. I mainly wanted to see what the general though on this is.

[munin295 18]

I'ts "believable" and I could live with it, but I'm not excited by it. : )

Maybe only half the slowdown of leaves though (pushing through meter-tall grass is easier than pushing through branches).