Developmental dead ends and the pitfalls of game trends.

[fps_d0minat0r]

lucidium said:

fps_d0minat0r said:
But if developers did put large sized aliens into the game, it would be too easy because there would be a lot to shoot at. Getting a headshot on giant aliens would be like getting a body shot on a human sized alien.

But even then, you are looking at it two dimensionally.

Would the alien have to be bigger than you?, why not smaller, perhaps even much smaller, or even down to a microbal level, at the same time, regardless of size why must the alien have a head size relative to its body or on a scale increase similar to that of a size-increased human, or even, why must it have a head at all?

Look at a starfish, for example, it's not an alien, it's actually a quite normal thing to find at most beaches, yet all it has is a bunch of limbs and a mouth slap bang in the middle - why do aliens in games need to have forms where a head or arms and legs are easilly identifiable?

It extends beyond simple changes, you can say "make the world and aliens bigger" but that does not change it, it goes way beyond that, ill expand upon it in the OP shortly.

but there already are non humanoid creatures smaller than humans.

e.g.

or the swarm in mass effect.

or the insects in the jungle level in killzone 3.

They dont get much attention because simply, they can never be interesting as humanoid creatures.

Anyway, theres a scientific basis to assume that a creature will gain or adapt (through evolution) certain limbs and organs in the same period of time it gains intelligence.

You could also argue an alien race millions of years older than ours could wipe us all out within a few minutes, but again, that wouldnt make a great plot for a game.