/vr/ - Retro Games

>>5242154
A retool of the classic Immoral Conduct.
I wanted to replace the regular infantry rifle with something more real looking, and I wanted that rifle to be something very distinctly performing from the carbine.

So the idea I settle on is a battle rifle of some sort, but what kind? There's SOME centered battle rifle sprites, but not a lot, not many good ones, and none with frames I could easily use to make a bayonet lunge with.
Then I find some old sprites for an M1 rifle, and it dawns on me that on top of having suitable frames I could use to make the stabbing with, as well as reloading, it would fit pretty well in terms of balance.
It does far more damage per shot, can overpenetrate weaker enemies, and can be reloaded rather fast, but capacity is limited, and it takes 16 units of 'rifle ammunition' to put 8 rounds in the magazine (it keeps things simple).

It can fit in 'lorewise' as the UAC purchasing a bunch of old Italian surplus rifles, rechambered in 7.62mm NATO (this was a thing Italy did as said cartridge was declared NATO's new standard early in the Cold War). It's just a bunch of reserve stuff they ended up receiving in some deal for something else, didn't quite know what to do with, and mostly just stored, but which you the player can put to good use.
It's also fucking satisfying when the last shot ejects the clip, and it goes dinging against the walls or on the floor.