NPC Interaction

Thresh's comments in BLACK

NPC Interaction

For the first part of the game this works out beautifully. Trying to go all out hostile will result in a quick ass whupping for you, while being more friendly with certain characters will get them to be your allies or allow you to get useful information. However, as the demo wore on, the Xatrix team seemed to get away from the promise of this interactivity. Once you get past the sewers, the ol' shotgun diplomacy (shoot first, ask questions later) seemed to be the rule of the day. I honestly would reload the later scenes and retry them with my gun holstered and honey tongue at the ready - however this only gave the computer enemies free shots at me. That disappointed me a lot and I hope this was because they were in a rush to finish the demo. There's a hit game hiding in here somewhere, if enough time and thought are given to the single player design.