Poison arrows and knives

[Mr.Softy]

I keep saying, this game isn't for vegans.
All that animal killing and skinning and such.
I'm kinda okay with that, it's what you had to do back then.

But the thing that is absolutely heartbreaking is when you use a poison arrow or knife on an animal.
They instantly run away and lie down to die. Works great on anything, grizzly bear, cougar, one hit and they slowly succumb to the oleander.

Cougars make horrible snarling noises, but the worst sound in the game is a poisoned goat screaming while slowly dying.
Try it for yourself some time.

[Terrific_Ivan]

they're not real m8 just pixels on the screen, cmon

[Rasqual]

if it's reality i never kill so much animal for money and in fact i hunt only what i can get with me , i dont apréciate to kill animal and left the body ... i'm not buffalo bill scumbag

[Mr.Softy]

Originally posted by Terrible_Ivan:

they're not real m8 just pixels on the screen, cmon

What? I THOUGHT THERE WERE TINY ANIMALS AND COWBOYS LIVING IN MY COMPUTAH BOX!

[JHarlequin]

The aim at realism with animal behaviors turned out some impressive results, but like you, I do not really get a kick out of watching those death throes.

Another slightly faster but still slightly terrible thing to see. When I had to go bad rep and stay bad rep, I would murder someone on the road, loot them, then find their horse steal from the saddle bags and then kill the horse. To save ammo I used hatchets. When you hit the horse with the hatchet they collapse and struggle for a brief moment, but it still looks oh so wrong.

[Mr.Softy]

Originally posted by JHarlequin:

The aim at realism with animal behaviors turned out some impressive results, but like you, I do not really get a kick out of watching those death throes.

Another slightly faster but still slightly terrible thing to see. When I had to go bad rep and stay bad rep, I would murder someone on the road, loot them, then find their horse steal from the saddle bags and then kill the horse. To save ammo I used hatchets. When you hit the horse with the hatchet they collapse and struggle for a brief moment, but it still looks oh so wrong.

Seriously, try the goat.
The cougar was bad already, like a ♥♥♥♥♥cat dying, but those damn cougars maul me to death so many times, it's okay.

A goat (at emerald ranch or so, definitely in story mode) screams like crazy, and it takes really long, you just gotta hear that for yourself.

I wonder what the sound guys were thinking when creating those sounds.
"Hmm, do you think the poison death baaaargh of the Alpine goat is terrifying and haunting enough?"

[tyrone shoelaces]

Originally posted by Mr.Softy:

Originally posted by JHarlequin:

The aim at realism with animal behaviors turned out some impressive results, but like you, I do not really get a kick out of watching those death throes.

Another slightly faster but still slightly terrible thing to see. When I had to go bad rep and stay bad rep, I would murder someone on the road, loot them, then find their horse steal from the saddle bags and then kill the horse. To save ammo I used hatchets. When you hit the horse with the hatchet they collapse and struggle for a brief moment, but it still looks oh so wrong.

Seriously, try the goat.
The cougar was bad already, like a ♥♥♥♥♥cat dying, but those damn cougars maul me to death so many times, it's okay.

A goat (at emerald ranch or so, definitely in story mode) screams like crazy, and it takes really long, you just gotta hear that for yourself.

I wonder what the sound guys were thinking when creating those sounds.
"Hmm, do you think the poison death baaaargh of the Alpine goat is terrifying and haunting enough?"

i will never forget the sounds of knife only leveling rooms in metal gear online 2. just endlessly painful death screams again and again. levelling the knife to max level took about maybe 11 hours in one of those rooms. i maxed knife on 4 toons. how many death screams per minute in a room with 16 people partnered up stabbing each other for 20 minutes at a time, and repeating. alot of screams thats how many. when i hear an animal i mortally wounded wailing off in the forest somewhere i think of that room.

[Cosmιc☯Stαtιc]

Originally posted by real eyes:

Originally posted by Mr.Softy:

Seriously, try the goat.
The cougar was bad already, like a ♥♥♥♥♥cat dying, but those damn cougars maul me to death so many times, it's okay.

A goat (at emerald ranch or so, definitely in story mode) screams like crazy, and it takes really long, you just gotta hear that for yourself.

I wonder what the sound guys were thinking when creating those sounds.
"Hmm, do you think the poison death baaaargh of the Alpine goat is terrifying and haunting enough?"

i will never forget the sounds of knife only leveling rooms in metal gear online 2. just endlessly painful death screams again and again. levelling the knife to max level took about maybe 11 hours in one of those rooms. i maxed knife on 4 toons. how many death screams per minute in a room with 16 people partnered up stabbing each other for 20 minutes at a time, and repeating. alot of screams thats how many. when i hear an animal i mortally wounded wailing off in the forest somewhere i think of that room.

rofl ^

[Jankules]

they get laringospasmus...very often death then poison i in matter

[joyboard]

It's good in bad way. I must admit Rockstar did really good focusing on realism. I wonder how the employees working on the sounds felt, when they had to create the screams of animals and people.

And I am happy that others feel the same.

I am pretty sure, if a player is killing like that, listen to the sound, and unable to feel bad at least once (even it's only a game), that's a sign that he/she is a psychopath.

[bigbenisdaman]

So put them out of their misery and shoot them in the head with a shotgun.

[White Knight]

My ex-wife would leave the room when I was skinning animals in Red Dead Redemption. It was realistic enough to freak her out, and she's a meat eater. City folks can live their entire lives without ever seeing something like that.

Video games are carefully designed to elicit emotional responses from people...that's why they are so successful. If you haven't been titillated by a sexy npc, thought a cute wittle bunny wabbit was adorable, been revolted by scenes of carnage, etc. then I'm afraid I would have to agree with joyboard's comment above...there's something missing.

[Silver]

Originally posted by Mr.Softy:

Originally posted by Terrible_Ivan:

they're not real m8 just pixels on the screen, cmon

What? I THOUGHT THERE WERE TINY ANIMALS AND COWBOYS LIVING IN MY COMPUTAH BOX!

Yes we can hear thats what you thought.
Now you know that is not the case.

[A.K. Rowling]

Grinding the Zoologist achievement I kind of lost all sympathy, especially with the predators.