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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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[-] ram@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

  • Majora's Mask: a 3-day timeloop where everything resets when you go back

  • Katamari: A giant ball gets rolled around and collects stuff forever

  • Baba Is You: Movable text is rules to the game

  • Untitled Goose Game: You have to piss people off the right way

  • Billie Bust Up^[unreleased]^: Musicals tell you upcoming platforming challenges

  • Celeste: every time you die you quickly reset on the same "page"/small tile of map

  • Splatoon: you shoot at the ground to go faster, hide, and/or win

  • Odama: real-time tactical wargame pinball

  • Golf Story: Golf-based fetch quests

  • Astral Chain: asynchronously control a companion in combat

  • Okami: paint skills on-screen in combat

  • Astro Bears: Snake but in 3D

  • Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime: Up to 4 players pilot parts of a ship together

  • Pokemon Ranger: draw circles around monsters to catch them

  • Viva Pinata: breed pinatas to create new species

  • Spore: create and evolve a creature

[-] Shilkanni@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Katamari Damacy is a great example, built around a very simple but satifying mechanic snd good controls.

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