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What game mechanics do you love and hate? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by MJBrune@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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I love hearing about unique takes on game mechanics. Someone recently convinced me that limited inventories are kind of abused currently and that unlimited inventory systems would give more player choices.

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[–] pixelscience@lemm.ee 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The fear mechanic in games like Diablo is really obnoxious to me. Having my character run halfway across the screen uncontrollably over and over during a fight is super fun!

[–] that_one_guy@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much any mechanic that just takes away control from the player is a bad one. It's much better when the player can affect a negative event in some way in order to lessen the event, or just bring it to an end. I bet a fear mechanic that at least allowed you to steer your panicking character would make it a lot more palatable.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

IMO reversed input is acceptable to me. If you were walking right you're flee left. If you were fleeing left, you'll walk right.

Adds fun strategy in multiplayer