I was thinking about the discussion triggered by Rahul's pretty good character sketch (viewtopic.php?f=3&p=17997#p17895) and was wondering if we couldn't explore the idea that drivers are futuristic junkies with the ingame slo-mo gimmick:
- Make it a Max Payne bullet time lookalike
- Gauge is an adrenaline syringe
- The more action there is (based on ultimate mode points, even when not in that mode), the more the gauge fills
- Once you trigger slo-mo, gauge depletes and you lose points every second of use
(penalty for injecting stuff in your bloodstream - when in ultimate mode) - Heartbeat sound
- FOV variations that follow the heartbeat sound
- Filter/Distortion of some kind (as if the player was high on crack ^^ - blood veins around the edges of the screen that pop on and off?)
- Wouldn't work on MP I guess, so SP only (drugs forbidden on MP
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I think with a "drug" aspect, GRIP could be more "grungy" (a few graffiti would work wonders too in some of the scenery).
Oh... and I tweaked the UI a little... 3 pickup slots FTW
