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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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[-] dabu@lemmy.world 70 points 3 months ago

First thing that came in to my mind was Gears of War with its specific third person view and hiding behind covers. I don't think it was the first game with that mechanic but the most influential one

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Operation WinBack from 1999 is considered the first third person cover based shooter.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 12 points 3 months ago

This is true but Gears popularised it

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

Showing my age here, but what’s the difference between hiding behind cover in Gears of War vs what we did in LAN parties for UT or Wolfenstein 3D?

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 2 points 3 months ago

Snap to asset change camera angle Vs jiggle peak

[-] sexual_tomato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

This game is a broken buggy mess but in a good way

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

The term I refer to is “hiding behind cover” singular - so when I hear “hiding behind covers” I think of the COG seeing locusts, getting scared, and wrapping themselves up in blankets. Lol

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

when I hear “hiding behind covers”

Operation Blanket Fort

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Third person view in an FPS (first person shooter) type of game was first seen in the first Lara Croft game, I think?

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago

If you are attempting to ask which game popularized 3d, third person shooters, then yes, the original Tomb Raider is probably the most early, widely popular game that popularized this.

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

I think you need to be more specific than just "third person". Third person view was in Pong, Pac-Man, Asteroids, Centipede, etc. It's the default for most games.

First person was probably introduced with Battle Zone.

Which, I don't mean to sound pedantic, I just literally don't really know what you mean here.

[-] lorty@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Your examples are of bird's eye view games, not third person.

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 months ago

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.