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What’s better: Ricochet attacks, or blue shadows on dodges and dashes?Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games
Vote now as we continue deciding the single best thing in games
Ricochet attacks
The skill of an intentional ricochet murder is impressive. The noise of a ricochet is often great. And hell, an unintentional ricochet kill is funny.
Of course, we must consider the counter-argument that ricochets are for no-skill babies because it’s hard to aim at people but easy to miss them, so should we praise people for missing on the outward shot? The scientific community largely consider this argument to be spurious or—worse—a ‘joke’.
Blue shadows on dodges and dashes
I posit that of all the agreed-upon effects and colours for video game actions, none is cooler than leaving a trailer of blue shadows when dodging or dashing. While the novelty of fireballs and ground-pounds and everything would eventually wear off, tell me with a straight face that you’d ever grow tired of leaving cool blue echoes while dodging from one side of the kitchen to the other, or from bed to your wardrobe, or onto the bus, or down the supermarket, or… you wouldn’t. You couldn’t. Every time, you’d look at the cool shadows forming in your wake and be delighted. You would.
But which is better?
It’s a real toughie. Both are very cool, but ricochets have the extra element of skill and reward, but is that enough to outweigh how cool blue shadows are? I can’t decide. What do you think, reader dear?
