Why do we need killcams? Destiny has one of the best feedback systems ever.
Destiny has one if, if not the best game to player feedback system I have ever seen. Lets break it down.
First and foremost, the game simply tells you how you died in the top right after a death. The camera also swivels around and highlights the person who killed you in red, revealing them through in game geometry. Something I personally love because it gives me an immediate glimpse of where I died from and where they are going.
Second, audio cues are fantastic. Every grenade sounds different. They have different noises for activation, explosions/dmg, and when they continue dmg if they do so. Exotics have unique fire sounds so you can distinguish them. The different archetypes also have this. I never questions if it a auto or a scout shooting me. The way the flinch works, the lights flash, the audio hits sound. Even super activations and usage is uniquely sounded. You instantly recognize a solar titan popping or a bladedancer, and them using their abilities is very unique. Its all very apparent.
Third - Visual indicators are fantastic. I mentioned earlier, but just the way lights flash while under fire is an indicator. But no only that grenades and subclasses are all individual colored, and well displayed. When a tripmine goes off you see the activation. Lightning grenades show arcs flying out. skips are bright lights flying through the air. Supers have haloes, and unique stances singleing them out.
I also can imagine the salt going up when there is lag and having people post videos of the killcam and their cam not matching up. Its just rage inducing and serves no purpose.
I rarely find myself with no clue on how I died, unless just crazy lag is going on and the game makes no sense. Pay attention, everything you need to know is given to you.
Posted Apr 26, 2017, 6:09 PM UTC