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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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[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Oblivion popularized fucking DLC, holy fucking shit I hate DLC so fucking much I pirated any games that has DLC, I don't mind expansion but DLC can crash and burn in a pile of dogshit

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Assuming you mean micro transactions rather than dlc like we saw in Halo 2

[-] JamesFire@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

DLC is literally just DownLoadeable Content

So like... I don't get the hate for a specific method of providing content. Like, there's obviously a difference between Factorio's Space Age, and what The Sims does, even though they are both DLC.

[-] Senshi@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Technically true, but I think everybody knows exactly what kind of dlc is meant, and because they still make up the majority of dlc content and addon-sized dlcs are so rare, it's fair to call them that.

Moneygrab empty dlcs ( shiny horse armor! ) are stupid, and history has shown that people are not fiscally responsible enough to not be lured into spending absurd amounts of money for very shallow or plain empty content. "Vote with your wallet" doesn't really work in the face of more and more insidious marketing efforts.