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Looking for games with unique core mechanics (lemm.ee)
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I'm requesting for recommendations for games that stand out from the rest in their genre, and not in the sense of being the best game in that niche but actually bringing something new and innovative to the table. I've not had much experience in gaming, but I have a few games to give you a hint on what I am talking about:

  • Superhot: Time only moves when you do
  • Viewfinder: Convert 2D pictures seamlessly into interactive 3D environments
  • Superliminal: Change size of objects by working with perception
  • Portal: Portals
  • Scribblenauts: Summon objects by describing them in a notepad

I am not focused on the story, no. of hours of playtime, date of release or its popularity. It just needs to be playable and be enjoyable (and be available in PC).

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[-] bstix@feddit.dk 5 points 1 year ago

Poppy Playtime (2021) : controls the extendable arms separately and solve puzzles that way

Older games:

Psychonauts (2005) : some of the scenes toy around with gravity

Half-life 2 (2004): the gravity-gun was groundbreaking.

Serious Sam (2001) : just a shooter, but the quantity of enemies is so huge that you need to figure out different strategies. It's sort of like geometry wars only in first person view and with gory graphics.

Glover (1998) : it's a 3d platformer, where you control a glove, which needs to get ball through the level.

Head over heels (1987) : control the 2 characters Head or Heels separately or together to solve puzzles.( It was recently released on steam. I haven't tried the remake, but the original can also be found on emulators or online)

[-] myfavouritename@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I was going to say that Serious Sam isn't terribly unique. But you're right about the scale of the battles being far larger than anything else like it. Good call.

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