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What games popularized certain mechanics? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by ApollosArrow@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
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I was trying to think of which games created certain mechanics that became popular and copied by future games in the industry.

The most famous one that comes to my mind is Assassin’s Creed, with the tower climbing for map information.

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[–] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Then you will need to extend that to the OP of this comment chain as they didn't specify either what Gears of War is. I am going to edit my comment to clarify but I do feel you are too pendantic for asking this.

[–] MagicShel@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago

Thank you. Sorry. Never played that game and didn't know that was specific to FPS. I know some arcade shooter games had that mechanic, but not in the context of free-roaming FPS. I think you're right about Tomb Raider.