
so i find a couple things weird. the PDA, infamous for it’s warnings, has gotten a bit interesting, here is what i’d like to talk about and to change
first, when you are about to die, the PDA says “User Death Imminent”, while the last two words are perfect and match the professional vibe of the PDA, the word “User” makes it feel less immersive. it doesn’t feel like your body is about to burn or bleed out and get reprinted, it sounds like a casual player respawn. my fix? remove the “User” part or replace it with a more professional sounding word
next, ya’ll kept “Seek caloric intake” but the water is no longer “seek fluid intake”… instead it’s “seek fresh water intake”; in my opinion, “seek fresh water intake” sounds FAR MORE lame than “Seek fluid intake”. it makes the PDA sound more professional, rather when it’s “seek fresh water intake” it sounds like a mouthful for the PDA.
overall, just keep the PDA saying professional vocabulary most of the time and yea.
I think the “user” could be changed to something that emphasizes the replaceabilty of the body. Because, you, a user of this body, don’t die, your physical form does. Maybe “Print/body death imminent”? I don’t know.
But maybe that is the point and you really die, the you who is reprinted isn’t you even though you have all the memories you had before death.
I don’t know what the devs have in mind. I feel like the “user” might be intentional.
About the water, I like the “fluid” version more too, not because it’s lame, but it makes sense to me. You don’t hydrate ONLY from fresh water, there are other resources, like food, even in small portion, but still, hydrate you. I imagine that coffee venting machine might get a comeback too (even if it gives you VERY little hydration points, it’s still not “fresh water”). Like, even taking game’s mechanics aside, it’s just more sense for it to just be “fluid”. You are on an alien world and maybe you won’t have means to get FRESH WATER but maybe something else that gonna help you get hydrated.