Cover vs mobility

I'm still wary about a game making the decision for me about if I want to go into cover or not(not that the omni-button was ever a good idea), but I'm willing to give it a try.

But when do you have companions in TR or RTR? It's been a while since I played TR and I'm in the middle of RTR now (no spoilers, please). No companions in RTR so far.

It's a good mechanic if the AI is implemented well. That's a big if.

TLoU had some pretty hilarious/frustrating situations where Ellie would insist on crossing my sight line every single f-ing time an enemy became visible. Or she'd scurry around the feet of a Clicker while I tried to sneak past (thankfully, the AI was forgiving enough to not have the Clicker notice she was right under its feet). There are a few gag reels on YT showing Ellie and other companions doing crazy stuff trying to move to new cover or help with combat:

Not a fan of cover in general. I like being able to just go into the open and shoot everyone down.

As long as PC players aren´t cursed with an omnibutton and as long as I can still abuse RHA, they can do whatever the frak they want.

First, lol, that's some funny stuff.  Second, I think someone got a cursed game.  I mean I had a couple instances of Ellie getting in my way, but only recall one weird glitch.  I did end up getting the remastered edition for PS4 so maybe it was refined by that point.

TLOU was a true gaming masterpiece.  One of the five best games of all time imo.

Dynamic meaning automatic?
In that case pls no, or at least I hope for an option to switch it off.

Yeah, I played Remastered on PS4 also. I'm very slow and deliberate when I try to complete a level with 100% stealth. That might be why I had so many AI problems. The worst sections were when I had 2 companions, like Tess and Ellie or Bill and Ellie.

Agree that TLOU is top five all time, and that's saying something for me. Since I hate zombie games and jump scares, there has to be a lot in a zombie game to compensate.

I don't consider it a good thing when the game automatically takes control from you based on some sort of set assumptions.

ME1 technically had "dynamic cover" since you entered it automatically if you approached it too closely. I didn't play "Last of Us" so don't really know if people are using the term for something else.

Guys 'dynamic cover' doesn't mean 'automatically decides for you'. That's the whole damn point of it. ME1 had automatic cover where it toggled a snap cover system on/off based off you running at it.

Dynamic cover just means your character will peak/shoot over mid cover/sides of walls when your near them, and will automatically take a lower stance when 'near' mid cover (waste high cover). It takes absolutely NO control over you as there is no 'snap'. That is the whole point, it's dynamic, it gives you greater freedom of movement.

Instead of running at cover and pressing a button so you 'snap in' or run at cover until it decides for you that your in cover your character just gets lower to the ground in proximity to said cover. You still have full range of movement beyond that. Wanna move along the cover? Just.. move along it, wanna back away just back away. There's no 'hitching', no snapping, non of that stuttery bullshit.

In short, Mass Effect 1 did NOT use dynamic cover, it used snap cover with a toggle system out of your control (so, automatic). Tomb Raider and Last of Us used a dynamic cover system as there is no 'snapping'.

Personally? I'm pretty happy about it. I'm fine with snap systems, I just vastly prefer dynamic ones. More fluid, less sticky.

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Oh, and the cover system, no matter the game, has NOTHING to do with how good or bad the AI system is and isn't dependent on it. It's purely a player control and gameplay/feel thing. Having shitty, horrid AI will make any game kinda bleh if there horrid shittyness gets in your way. Frankly as long as they stay put and shoot at stuff, I'll be happy.

Nope, you got the idea, but it's not as "hard" as ME1. Dynamic cover is generally just crouching low when near a low wall, ducking as you scramble while under fire, or something similar. It takes into account both terrain and what you, the player, are currently doing. It never snaps you into hard cover. It's typically very easy to override dynamic input with the faintest of efforts. So, the game does vaguely "take control", but there are generally advantages to this happening.

Tomb Raider is a really good example of this gameplay mechanic, as mentioned above. I don't know if gameplay vids would help much. It might be something you have to experience. Also, each game is different, so MEA may implement it differently than others we've experienced.

Edit: I'd somehow missed Adhin 's excellent, descriptive post. That post does a great job of explaining the advantages of dynamic cover. It really is so smooth and intuitive that it just blends into the background, so to speak. It feels completely natural.

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