27th September 2004, 10:26 AM
I think in MP1 there just weren't any open cliffs like that anyway. Isn't it true that every single open expanse leading to awesome territory that you pretty much knew you couldn't actually get to was either blocked off by a window or a forcefield? Oh wait, there was the Ridley battle. Yeah, that one just plain blocked you with an invisible wall. There might be others I'm forgetting.
Oh wait! In addition to my idea of a little scene to at least make the whole falling thing make sense, how about the cool ability to ledge hang? In fact, replace my little cut scene idea outright WITH that. When you jump off a cliff, Samus automatically grabs the cliff and hangs there, then looks away aiming her gun. You can sorta move along the cliff, but more importantly, if you are facing pirates or something flying around out there, you can now hang from the edge and shoot at them when they try flying below your platform or whatever.
Oh wait! In addition to my idea of a little scene to at least make the whole falling thing make sense, how about the cool ability to ledge hang? In fact, replace my little cut scene idea outright WITH that. When you jump off a cliff, Samus automatically grabs the cliff and hangs there, then looks away aiming her gun. You can sorta move along the cliff, but more importantly, if you are facing pirates or something flying around out there, you can now hang from the edge and shoot at them when they try flying below your platform or whatever.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)