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What’s the most innovative game hook that never took off or got copied? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year 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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[–] Mediocre-Ad-6847@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The crafting system of Star Wars Galaxies. Materials spawned that affected your crafted product. Every week they changed... this week, a killer statted grain from Mustafar that you fight to harvest to make buff food. Next week, the same place has garbage grain you sell to people grinding up to max skill with. Customized schematics that made your crafted items unique in an MMO full of crafters.

Ya, Jar-JarStinks sells his blasters for 25% less. Mine, however, have a 15% higher damage and to hit bonus. All because I grabbed a really good metal when it was available, and I really sacrificed to make a great schematic.