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I thought about that, but i think that it's better to create a splatter system in the game where you can add decals on any object.
This way you can have dynamic dripping blood, static blood and vanishing one.
I don't think a video sequence for frenzy would not work because:
- If the player is in an original location (eg Sabbat Warehouse), he could
* enter a gore-filled scripted movie that kills all the enemies and the player regains control once that's done. This way this is an easy win mechanic for the player, will be abused and would not benefit gameplay.
* enter a gore-filled scripted movie that might randomly let the player be killed - sounds nice and dangerous, but what would determine whether he dies if it's "a video sequence not in game animation" and no healthbars are shown?
- If the player is not in a hostile, who does the player kill, where does he go afterwards? What happens when he enters frenzy with no one around like the original game. Contingencies like that will need to be scripted.
: I agree that frenzy can be made more cinematic with the use of "editing" tricks, however I feel there a few things that must be preserved:
You should be able to clearly see what is happening while in combat. Frenzy is not a get-out-of-jail-free card, it is dangerous for everybody involved, you can be killed much easier during frenzy, because the Beast can not strategize, therefore if the player is killed during frenzy, the whole sequence should be obvious. Imagine if you frenzy, the camera starts spinning, you hear screams and all of the sudden the screen says " You have met Final Death". That would not give the player justice.
The one that can totally be done this way (video sequence and all) is the Masquerade area frenzy- cops can't realistically kill you, and it's much more dramatic when you frenzy in front of civilians.
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In my opinion though i don't think a Final Death would be convinient in a multiplayer game, of course adding a permadeath feature whould be interesting and i would love it but the most popular multiplayer based games have abandoned this for other penaldies in order to justify not loosing your character and his progress like in Borderlands 2 or Dark Souls. Instead i think that a character falling in battle should enter a state of Torpor as a penaldy and not be able to play for a fixed amount of time depending on his humanity. Of course you could make things more interesting by adding a few conditions that would in fact bring Final death like maybe death by fire or being Diablerized
The thing is that when you're not capable of keeping the Beast in check, you frenzy. Essentially, the Beast takes over.
If you're not feeding enough, the Beast will feed for you. (feeding frenzy)
If you are humiliated or hurt too much, the Beast will seek revenge (rage frenzy)
If you witness a big fire or some other display of sheer power, the Beast might feel threatened and try to flee (rötschreck)
It is your morality (humanity in most cases) that helps you to control the Beast.
That's very interesting, but you' ve forgot the point where the beast makes you go to feed.
I think that in multiplayer, FRENZY could be used as a weapon, rather that a "punishment" for keeping your humanity and blood low.
What I mean is, that Frenzy could be used as a weapon, when perhaps, you are weaker or less armed than your enemies. In this case, you would spend all of your blood, intentionally, in order to trigger FRENZY. Frenzy will give you tremendous power, enough to wipe out your enemies.