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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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[–] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 54 points 2 months ago (17 children)

Though it was used in a few games before, a Quake tournament and Half Life 1 cemented the use of WASD controls.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (14 children)

ESDF is the superior keybinding

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's such a pain remapping controls on every. single. new. install.

But it's worth it. Fuck wasd

[–] mPony@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

it's one key over, is it really swear-word level different?

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