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

Warcraft started an entire genre of games. Blizzard took that concept and created StarCraft, which spawned million dollar tournaments.

[-] Pea666@feddit.nl 13 points 3 months ago

You mean RTS games? Warcraft is from ‘94, two years after Dune 2 was released.

[-] rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

I think he means Mobas or Tower Defense games

[-] RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah, however before Warcraft there was Dune II. But I am not sure which one was more popular at the time and I think Dune II came way before Warcraft.

I think why Dune II is more notable though is that the first Dune game was more of an adventure style came, not a strategy game. Then they changed the game with its successor and introduced the asymmetrical factions that each had a few unique units with differing strategies.

Warcraft took that concept further of course. But even there its rather Warcraft II that really had a big breakthrough.