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What game mechanics do you love and hate? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by MJBrune@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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I love hearing about unique takes on game mechanics. Someone recently convinced me that limited inventories are kind of abused currently and that unlimited inventory systems would give more player choices.

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[–] silentdanni@beehaw.org 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

One of the things I hate the most is when people say, "You gotta be X hours in and then it is really great!" If you have to wait for a game to get good then, in my opinion, it is not a very good game. I want to have fun right from the beginning.

[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I suppose some games could be an acquired taste, but usually the need to invest time before you can have any fun is just bad game design.

[–] echodot 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

E.g. every single MMO

[–] salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social 1 points 1 year ago

Time sinks in MMOs at least give you something to show off to other players. Doing this stuff in single player is the worst.

[–] NekoRiv@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 year ago

Dude same with shows. I'm sorry but if I have to watch a whole season before it gets good I'm not watching. I respect my time, they should too.

[–] SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Josh Strife Hayes on YouTube brings this up all the time. If all your good content is at the end of the game, you're doing it wrong. How can you expect new players to actually want to play your game if they have to play most of the way through to have fun?