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What’s the most innovative game hook that never took off or got copied? (alien.top)

submitted 9 months ago by massred@alien.top to c/gaming@level-up.zone

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Basically what’s a game that you’ve played that seemed so mind blowingly unique at the time but for one reason or another the game never took off and other developers didn’t pick up and run with it either.

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[–] MixmaestroX28@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Evolve

I fucking love the idea of being this big ass monster fighting alone against a team of players but sadly people didn't like it and it shut down

I played it a lot again after it got a semi revival when devs gave out keys so people played it again but because the game is discontinued it just didn't have much staying power for me

I did put a solid amount of hours in tho and i just wish someone would reattempt it

[–] mcconorjam@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The thing Evolve really had over all the other 1v4 style games is that mid game switch of who’s hunting who. Like in DBD, the killer is always chasing down the survivors. In Evolve, if you play as the monster, you are absolutely terrified of the hunters in the beginning, but then it completely flips on its head and the monster is terrifying to the hunters.

[–] Fakjbf@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah but that was also one of the weaknesses of the game. If the hunters caught up to the monster early they would curb stomp it with no problem. And in the late game the monster could just run in and tank all the damage with very little fear. So either way the actual fight is already determined just by when it occurs in the match, making it less satisfying. The chase was the best part of the game but once both sides committed to fighting my enjoyment dropped considerably.

[–] VoxPlacitum@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Dragonball: the breakers is using this idea. I also really enjoyed it back in the day, they really destroyed the game's reputation with the dlc model, unfortunately.