2013-05-09, 10:06 PM
The hidden wall traps in KF helped to discourage "mashing the search button"some. I like the idea of sound signifying where to search. Seems like secret locations will always leak out online so people will just look them up. The best system I've seen so far, in my opinion, is hiding secrets where it takes a certain skill level to get to them - such as the lock picking used in the Krondor series or even a "spot" skill like Arx Fatalis used. SoM can already use both those scenarios by storing extra stats (like a spot skill) in counter slots. You could make something like a "journal" item in inventory that showed "extra skill" stats when used.