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

Bionic Commando (for the NES -- the arcade version's no good). A platformer that replaces jumping with a kind of mechanical grappling hook.

It was really well-received at the time. I'm kinda amazed that, with the rise of the tough-as-nails retro platformer, nobody's revived it. (There was a 2009 game that's some kind of weird FPS.)