Preferred method of indicating you are near death?

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MechaKirby
12/30/2017
03:49 PM
#1
When you are down you 15% health









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Zeus
12/30/2017
04:03 PM
#2
HUD changing and noise. Not sure which of most closely fits it. iirc Skyrim was one of the ones to do something like that.
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Mead
12/30/2017
04:04 PM
#3
No warning at all.
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green dragon
12/30/2017
04:07 PM
#4
I like them all tbh. It just depends on the game.
Veedrock-
12/30/2017
04:14 PM
#5
Alive, then dead (Ghost Recon)
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PMarth2002
12/30/2017
04:42 PM
#6
I like the character art to indicate it. Like FF games have the character kneeling. Showing the character bleeding, injured or breathing hard or something is better. Stuff that constantly flashes, slows you down or makes sounds is just annoying.
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gravy
12/30/2017
04:46 PM
#7
That annoying beep from the old Pokemon games. Nightmare fuel right there
helIy
12/30/2017
04:58 PM
#8
Veedrock- posted...
Alive, then dead (Ghost Recon)

sounds about right

or dying as soon as you get behind cover, despite taking a whole lot of shots at 0 health on the way to cover
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Cruddy_horse
12/30/2017
05:09 PM
#9
Mead posted...
No warning at all.


This, most of the things TC listed are incredibly obnoxious and stupid.
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AbsoluteDenial
12/30/2017
05:32 PM
#10
I can see for myself when my health meter gets low, I don't need an annoying and distracting feature telling me so.
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Sahuagin
12/30/2017
05:55 PM
#11
if it suits the game, pause it, with the particular character stating "omg, I'm dying".

otherwise turning the screen red and muffling the sounds seems like one of the best ways, being both atmospheric and informative
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KJ StErOiDs
12/30/2017
06:14 PM
#12
Voted for flashing health meter

I prefer very minimal indication, if at all. Such as a bloody-face avatar (Quake) or a red health meter/health percent.
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FrozenBananas
12/30/2017
06:16 PM
#13
KH wasn't that obnoxious. I never had a low health problem with those games. In fact, I found it 10x annoying in Zelda
adjl
12/30/2017
06:29 PM
#14
Whatever would best describe Starfox 64. That game indicated danger perfectly.
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SushiSquid
12/30/2017
06:58 PM
#15
I came into this topic expecting poll options to be stuff like call them by phone, tell them in person, email, and so forth. Oddly, it didnt even occur to me this was about games.
SKARDAVNELNATE
12/30/2017
07:04 PM
#16
Other: a meter depicting your health level.
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wwinterj25
12/30/2017
07:06 PM
#17
Faded colors, muffled noise ( Uncharted) - Less obnoxious.
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HippopotamusRex
12/30/2017
07:36 PM
#18
Blood splats or some color change that doesn't interfere with the music or audio.

Obnoxious is actually the perfect term to describe it. But not for the intended reason. In the etymological sense of visible.

I question how easy games are where people feel some ui change isn't necessary to note when the player is almost dead. In challenging content you can't afford to be watching your health bar the entire time.
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Muffinz0rz
12/30/2017
07:46 PM
#19
adjl posted...
Whatever would best describe Starfox 64. That game indicated danger perfectly.

QFT

I'd probably say "single alarm" since it only sounds when you get hit.

Nothing makes me shit my pants more than the "severely low health" sound it makes.
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Krazy_Kirby
12/30/2017
08:03 PM
#20
fyi: it isn't blood "splatter" , it's blood "spatter"
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Psythik
12/31/2017
12:10 AM
#21
Other: A fucking HP meter (like Overwatch and PUBG).
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Alexandra_Trent
12/31/2017
12:26 AM
#22
AbsoluteDenial posted...
I can see for myself when my health meter gets low, I don't need an annoying and distracting feature telling me so.
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adjl
12/31/2017
12:39 AM
#23
Muffinz0rz posted...
adjl posted...
Whatever would best describe Starfox 64. That game indicated danger perfectly.

QFT

I'd probably say "single alarm" since it only sounds when you get hit.

Nothing makes me shit my pants more than the "severely low health" sound it makes.


It's a little more than that, though. There's the increasingly frantic single alarms, there's the smoke coming out of the ship, there's the rumble, there's the impairment to flying if you've lost a wing... Taking heavy damage in that game was an immersive, visceral experience, which was amazing.
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Muffinz0rz
12/31/2017
01:02 AM
#24
adjl posted...
Muffinz0rz posted...
adjl posted...
Whatever would best describe Starfox 64. That game indicated danger perfectly.

QFT

I'd probably say "single alarm" since it only sounds when you get hit.

Nothing makes me shit my pants more than the "severely low health" sound it makes.


It's a little more than that, though. There's the increasingly frantic single alarms, there's the smoke coming out of the ship, there's the rumble, there's the impairment to flying if you've lost a wing... Taking heavy damage in that game was an immersive, visceral experience, which was amazing.

Really is a little bit of everything tbh

Probably a vote for "other"
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TallTamryu
12/31/2017
01:34 AM
#25
I love the faded colors thing. Seen a few games do it, really drives home you're getting low.
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Kyuubi4269
12/31/2017
01:37 AM
#26
Edge fading and light pulsing.
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WarGreymon77
12/31/2017
02:36 AM
#27
Just a good old fashioned health bar.
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Smarkil
12/31/2017
04:11 AM
#28
Other -

Whatever you would call the system they had in Dead Space. It's bright, easy to see without glancing away from the action, and it doesn't take you out of the world.
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VeeVees
12/31/2017
04:17 AM
#29
just give me a god damn hp bar and let me decide what is "near death"
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gguirao
12/31/2017
12:12 PM
#30
Red-glowing screen like in Diablo III .
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Raganork
12/31/2017
12:25 PM
#31
Mead posted...
No warning at all.

AbsoluteDenial posted...
I can see for myself when my health meter gets low, I don't need an annoying and distracting feature telling me so.

Psythik posted...
Other: A fucking HP meter (like Overwatch and PUBG).

WarGreymon77 posted...
Just a good old fashioned health bar.

VeeVees posted...
just give me a god damn hp bar and let me decide what is "near death"

All of these. I can tell when I'm near death if you just give me a health bar and let me monitor it myself. Beeping, flashing, and other such distracting shit is not needed at all.
TheFalseDeity
12/31/2017
12:32 PM
#32
Just a health bar or HP numbers will do. Alarm ones like KH are just a headache and absolutely loathe the color change ones like Tomb Raider.
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LifelessBoy
12/31/2017
12:37 PM
#33
The Uncharted way
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Tails 64
12/31/2017
04:14 PM
#34
Single alarm tends to work well. Anything other than constant, loud alarm.
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Krow_Incarnate
12/31/2017
04:22 PM
#35
Health bar pls
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