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Looking for games with unique core mechanics (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by zirzedolta@lemm.ee to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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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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[–] TheLongPrice@lemmy.one 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Death Stranding

I've never played such a unique big budget game. The core mechanic is terrain traversal to make deliveries, and the game continues to give you tools throughout it to accomplish that.

[–] amazing2@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I loved the traversal mechanics in Death Stranding. Kind of made me realise that in all other games the characters are actually gliding and not walking.

I didn’t however like that the game gets a bit too actiony toward the end. And the MULEs and the terrorists stop being a threat when you get upgraded weapons, and the BTs once you have that golden handcuff thing.

I hope they address that in the sequel. The BTs should have been a lot scarier and the stealth a bit more refined.

Still an amazing game. I loved just doing the deliveries. There’s a meditative quality to it that I only previously saw in Shadow of the Colossus.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The BT's were scary enough that I couldn't keep playing, I got to a bit after the part where you get the exo legs.

[–] amazing2@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Well, if you want to try again at some point, I can tell you they get progressively less scary as the game goes on because you'll get a bunch of tools to deal with them. In the last third of the game even getting caught by one is nothing because you'll have blood grenade launchers that can easily kill them. And for those who like the stealth way better, you'll get a special tool to sever the BTs umbilical if you get near them (the game is very liberal in what it counts as near).