So First-Aid Kits might be gone.

[I Am Klaus]

We still have Health Drinks and Ampoules, which have been renamed to Syringes, but based on the HUD, there are no First-Aid Kits anymore.

They didn't show us a health meter or a status screen either, so being able to gauge our health might be a little vague. If we have to wait for limping and red borders on the screen, that's not an accurate indicator of exactly how much health we have left.

[klimat13]

They have added healing animations to the game and for gameplay perspective those have to be fast like drinking a potion or injecting self with a syringe. Both actions can only take a second to perform, so you can be healed almost immediately (possibly in a middle of combat) and then continue doing what you were doing.
First-aid kits simply do not fit into this paradigm, the animation would have to include opening said kit, taking something out of it that is not a health drink or syringe (those would be redundant), so something like a bandage, that would have to have some kind of an application animation itself bandaging an arbitrary body part... that is simply too long and complicated, it can not work.

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by klimat13:

They have added healing animations to the game and for gameplay perspective those have to be fast like drinking a potion or injecting self with a syringe. Both actions can only take a second to perform, so you can be healed almost immediately (possibly in a middle of combat) and then continue doing what you were doing.
First-aid kits simply do not fit into this paradigm, the animation would have to include opening said kit, taking something out of it that is not a health drink or syringe (those would be redundant), so something like a bandage, that would have to have some kind of an application animation itself bandaging an arbitrary body part... that is simply too long and complicated, it can not work.

Well I just hope there's a HUD or some kind of status screen that will give the player an accurate representation of their health, so they know exactly when a Syringe is warranted or if they only need a health drink. Red borders and a limp aren't sufficient knowledge, they're too vague.

And if there's no HUD by design, then there should not be an ammo counter in combat either.

Since we do have Syringes though, I hope the game uses the stamina system as well, where your running speed and melee attack speed will slow down if your stamina runs low.

[klimat13]

Originally posted by Rambo McLonewolf:

Well I just hope there's a HUD or some kind of status screen that will give the player an accurate representation of their health, so they know exactly when a Syringe is warranted or if they only need a health drink. Red borders and a limp aren't sufficient knowledge, they're too vague.

The original game never had any accurate health stats though =).

[Equation™]

You've seen the latest videos of gameplay I presume, are you still wanting to play this game?

[I Am Klaus]

Originally posted by klimat13:

Originally posted by Rambo McLonewolf:

Well I just hope there's a HUD or some kind of status screen that will give the player an accurate representation of their health, so they know exactly when a Syringe is warranted or if they only need a health drink. Red borders and a limp aren't sufficient knowledge, they're too vague.

The original game never had any accurate health stats though =).

It kind of did, actually. The game gave clear indications when James was below 50% health, in the form of a blinking cross in the corner of the screen on PC, and a throbbing controller on PS2 or Xbox.

That and we know exactly how much health James had (100) and how much each healing item returned: 25 for Health Drinks, 50 for Medkits, and 100 for Ampoules, with ten minutes of unlimited stamina accompanying the Amouple as well.

[I Am Klaus]

There might actually be First Aid Kits after all. At the very least, there's something that looks like a First Aid Kit sitting on the desk at 8:59, at least something similar that seems like it stands out and can be interacted with.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UaZbBYvCiM