Will wildlife or weather on a planet be an additional hazard? Will there be rare planet specific alien types based on ecosystems and climate? like a dangerous creature that for some reason or another is immune to impregnation. Would aliens in that enviroment become tougher in order to exterminate a possible threat? can you freeze to death on a very cold planet? would they make more of an effort to hide when its a well lit enviroment as opposed to a planet shrouded in darkness? if you kill off their food source will they attempt to migrate? if you stumbled upon the earlier mentioned creature, would it decide to kill you? how will animals react to the precence of an alien? will they run or retaliate? How will humans react?

Edited February 2, 200818 yr by Toxin1

Having well thought-out and plausible answers to questions like these before and during level design and such begin could really help add to immersion.

I like the notion of losing heat. That would be cool. *snigger*

Mechs/powerloaders/powerarmor overheating! Standing in coolant vats on deserts! Icy pools at northern wastes! Unlimited mass driver reloading in a snowstorm! Fall Union ****-for-brains! FALL!!!

 

 

...I'll go away.

Meteor storms! One minute your party is plodding along, saving the galaxy, next they're compressed and vaporised at the bottom of a crater.