crew injury in a classic older sim
In SH3 I spend my time happily and completely immersed in the act and art of destroying enemy shipping and then trying to get away alive. It was only when the boat was sinking that I wished that I'd paid more attention to damage control specialist Hans.
I never really gave this situation much thought until this thread - but I think that as the SH series moves toward FPS graphics and crew representation it will become increasing impossible to keep them out of MY experience - whether I like it or not.
Years ago I did play another classic sim in which the crew got alot of my attention and I did feel somewhat attached to them. When they got hurt or killed it had an immediate impact on the mission. I think that a look-back at the way that sim handled injury and death is interesting. Here's a montage I found on youtube:
(Ignore the first 30 seconds or so)
The 'medic' graphical interface and the written dialogue is interesting as well.
Stallwort
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