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Transporter_Room_3, do gaming w Never understood this
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start game

go from A to B

press button/scan object

go from B to C

solve 3rd grade puzzle

go from C to D

scan object and defend while npc does things

optionally sneak from D to E

repeat until the game is over

And the best part is, I’m sure nobody even knows what game I’m talking about, but they think they might have it narrowed to 3 or 4.

Some of my favorite games on the planet are literally “wander around opening doors” and “go to a place to solve simple puzzles, press some buttons, and don’t die”

Stamets,
@Stamets@lemmy.world avatar

Star Trek Online is what comes to mind immediately for me

HappycamperNZ,

ME Andromeda?

vox,
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watch dogs comes to mind first, just because of the 3rd grade puzzle part

Kolanaki,
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It’s literally every game. The only thing being omitted is the how and why adding flavor and context to going from A to B.

MBM,

I’ll be annoying and say it’s been ages since I last played a game like this, and it’s not because I don’t game

Kolanaki,
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Like Tetris or one of those Eye Spy games? Games where you go nowhere, or do nothing? Guarantee, you’re still moving something from A to B. Even if it’s just the mouse cursor.

MBM,

Moving, sure, but not solving 3rd grade puzzles or defending NPCs

Cratermaker,

I was gonna say it couldn’t be Hunt Showdown, but it actually fits pretty well, minus the friendly NPC. Start game, collect clues, fight the boss, wait for the banish and try to defend, then take the boss token to the extract, all while trying not to die from enemy players. Of course the enemy players make it exciting, and I guess that’s why I’m not that into single player games.

How else can you create a good player experience while not alienating casual players though?

funkless_eck,

live in point A

something calls someone away to point B

in order to change it back they have to sacrifice something important

return to point A

they are changed as well

and the best part nobody even knows which story I’m talking about

FractalsInfinite,

Every story boils down to a hero’s journey.

howrar,

It’s Tetris, right? It’s gotta be Tetris.

SchizoDenji,

Minesweeper? Spider solaitre?

jose1324, do gaming w Never understood this

Facts. Boring as fuck

FartsWithAnAccent, do gaming w Never understood this
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

85% of my time in GTA is spent driving like a jackass for fun.

SendMePhotos, (edited )

Username reminds me of a Bash.org quote:

+ (6778) - [X]

SABDO: on one of those speech-to-text programs my friend ripped ass onto the mic.

SABDO: and it typed out “France”

SABDO: we were like, wtf?

Bash.org Archive

Edit: I think I commented on the incorrect comment. Oh well.

FartsWithAnAccent,
@FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world avatar

So glad Bash.org got archived!

toynbee,

There’s an archive?! My life just got a lot better.

MonkderZweite,

Just learned that safety standards in Star Wars suck and almost every mc falls down a hole at least once.

ech, do gaming w Never understood this

Turns out every game sounds bad if you purposefully describe it badly.

agressivelyPassive,

I mean, this is the essence of 95% of GTA missions. Just like 95% of RPG missions are a variation of clear dungeon, kill boss, retrieve item.

Lmaydev,

The key is making the dungeon/boss fun. The quests are just to lead you through the content.

If you don’t like fighting through dungeons and fighting bosses then the game may not be for you.

Like with GTA getting to places needs to be enjoyable.

ech,

And taking out 99% of the rest of the game built around the basic skeleton structure makes it sound bleak and boring.

PeriodicallyPedantic,

“clear dungeons, kill boss, retrieve item” is just “go from a to b, kill x at b, go from b to c”

fidodo,

Platformers are just running and jumping towards the right and repeating.

Alexstarfire,

Old school ones. Anything half modern lets you go left as well.

fidodo,

But the goal is always to the right (counting metroidvanias as their own genre)

Alexstarfire,

Not really. Super Meat Boy is a platformer and definitely isn’t always to the right.

DacoTaco,
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Same thing with i want to be that guy

funkless_eck,

super metroid final boss is left

Honytawk,

Super Mario’s boss is right.

Both sides are equally bad.

0ops,

🤯

CileTheSane,
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Start game
Make number go up
Become better at making number go up
Make number go up more

Somehow almost every game ever made

MonkderZweite,

xkcd.com/722/

Hmm, reminds me of Hollywood hackers.

Retrograde, do gaming w PSA To Rip Your Games If You Can. This Disc Is Borked.
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  • Pirky,
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    That I’m not sure. I personally haven’t noticed any difference between the emulated one and a “real” BIOS, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t one. In theory they should all work the same regardless of their version, but I don’t know that.

    Katana314, do gaming w PSA To Rip Your Games If You Can. This Disc Is Borked.

    This is why I still kind of appreciate digital downloads in their own way. I can’t think of any format of purchasing a game that has 100.00% chance of working 20 years in the future. Steam, at least, has been able to get those purchases reliably for that long.

    Curious_Canid, do edc w Multitool
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    If you eventually buy another you should look at the Knifeless Rebar. You lose the blade, which you carry separately, but gain scissors.

    fujiwood,

    Honestly, that’s an interesting idea. I don’t really like collecting but if I ever had to buy another one that could be an option.

    Curious_Canid,
    @Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca avatar

    I always carry at least one good knife too. I’ve been pleased with the Knifeless Rebar as a companion tool.

    My main multitool these days is a Leatherman Free P4, but I replaced both blades with other third-party tools (from ZapWizard).

    Nogami,

    What is the quality of the 3rd party tools like? I’d be interested in the scalpel holder and the bit holder. I don’t need the Free P4 saw ever so replacing it would be just fine.

    Curious_Canid,
    @Curious_Canid@lemmy.ca avatar

    The tools are 3D printed in metal. The designs are excellent and the tools work quite well. I’ve been using them for at least six months and haven’t had any problems.

    I got the bit holder, the T-Shank saw blade holder, and the scalpel holder. They more than make up for what they replaced, except for the blades. Since I always carry both a plain edge and a serrated blade, it’s all a trade up.

    ZapWizard was also very helpful.

    slazer2au, do gaming w Hell of your own making

    Rebalancing the econ again?

    Heavybell,
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    This was probably what kicked off their current attempts to improve the game (or appear to be improving it; not a game balance expert)

    Bobmighty, do gaming w I don't know if I have the strength to do it

    Just pixels and polygons. Sometimes the game wants you petting them, sometimes it wants you to survive their attacks, and sometimes, it wants you to harvest their meat and fur for survival. I’m currently playing a game where the armor I’m wearing largely came from dogs.

    force,

    i’m gonna throw a guess out there and say Valheim. but i don’t think you mean wolves so probably not…

    hperrin, do gaming w I don't know if I have the strength to do it

    I even have a hard time killing the nazi dogs in Wolfenstein. It’s not his fault he’s a nazi dog. He’s just trying to be a good boy, and his owner is a fucking nazi.

    saltesc,

    Just pretend it’s a tranq gun and once the mission’s done, they’re collected by dog behavioural therapists to undo the brainwashing and, in time, be collected by a family that will show them what it is to love and be loved.

    Pelicanen,

    I want to note that the dogs aren’t actually nazis, they don’t have an ideology, they just want to be good boys.

    Darkassassin07, do gaming w Hell of your own making
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    What? Has it been to long since the last classified documents leak?

    iterable, do gaming w I don't know if I have the strength to do it
    @iterable@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Never seen a dog in a video game only polygons and pixels that try to look like one. Never a issue.

    DarkDarkHouse,
    @DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    It’s just skin and bones under my floorboards officer, mama says they’re not real boys

    iterable,
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    Games and real life are not the same. If you can’t disconnect and understand the difference you have a real problem.

    DarkDarkHouse,
    @DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

    For sure they are different, but you know that your brain putting the experience together as having qualities of dog and reacting emotionally is normal and by design. Never cried while watching a film? Boy, those things are so fake.

    iterable,
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    A dog in a film is a real dog. It is a living breathing animal and should be cared about. If it cgi then again pixels don’t care.

    MadBob, do gaming w Never understood this

    “This game named after a crime involving cars involves too much driving and crime”

    Smokeydope, do gaming w Never understood this
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    GTA has always been for teenagers, edgelords, and angstmeisters so they can feel hardcore while they vent out some of their aggression on game characters. You don’t play gta for the innovative gameplay, you play it to jack cars and enact violence on virtual douchebags. It actually shares a similar function to postal 2 now that I think about it.

    Blackmist,

    That may have been the case for GTA3, but everything since has been very heavily story based.

    I kind of played Trevor like that though. The odd bit of random cyclist murder just felt right for him.

    SomeGuy69,

    People enjoy something I don’t, they must be mentally ill. tips fedora

    lud, do gaming w Never understood this

    I don’t understand why anyone would want to travel between point A and B and point B and A. Can’t they just make up their mind about where they want to be?

    I just want to live at point D and spend a pleasant amount of time at point E

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