Doors violently push anyone out of the way, possibly "crushing" them into walls or
Force themselves back closed, turning any random NPC / obstacle on the other side into an unbeatable lock or
Just trap an unfortunate NPC in a corner on the other side, or
If they use the physics system to swing open, in which case they'll look smooth but possibly bonk the player/actor going through them a few times and could potentially (and comically) insta-kill them if physics is feeling grumpy.

The frustratingly comedic unintended results of any choice makes for great organic marketing though.

Gamedev is magical.

Aside: Know what did this really well though? Resident Evil games after RE:4.

The ability to "slowly quietly open", and then at any time decide to violently action-hero kick it open to send a zombie on the other side flying, was genius.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

PM: You know real world?

Make it like that

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Have you ever played ATV Offroad Fury on the PS2? When you reached the edge of the map, it would just fling you back towards the center.

I propose that is how we deal with NPCs blocking doors. With negated fall damage, of course

[–] chellomere@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

Wow, memory unlocked! Motocross Madness did this too, if you managed to drive up the giant wall surrounding the world. I checked, and it turns out both these games were developed by the same company, Rainbow Studios, so probably they used the same engine.