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Summzashi, do games w What games popularized certain mechanics?

I feel like Call of Duty 4 modernized and standardized the FPS genre on at least consoles. Every call of duty game still looks and feels exactly the same since CoD4 and every other first person shooter copied it’s control scheme because it was so firmly cemented.

morphballganon,

What did CoD 4 introduce that Halo 3 hadn’t already done 2 months prior?

Summzashi,

Real world weapon customization comes to mind. Other than that I don’t know, I haven’t played Halo 3.

simple, do games w What games popularized certain mechanics?

Dark Souls popularized the stamina meter and the “dropping all your money on death and having to go pick it back up” mechanic. Not to mention spawning a subgenre of similar games like Lies of P and Lords of the Fallen

Ageroth,

The first Dark Souls was 2011. Diablo was released in 1997. World of Warcraft was 2004 and while you didn’t quite drop all your stuff and money you die you did have to run back to your corpse to keep from having all your stuff degrade and cost a bunch of money. The first Sonic was 1991 and getting hit makes you drop all your “money” and have to pick it back up.

Summzashi,

Mechanic wise the first was Demons Souls in 2009. But your point still stands.

simple,

It isn’t a question of who did it first, it’s a question of who made it popular. Look at how many games have a death run since DS came out. Hollow Knight, Nioh, Blasphemous, etc. It’s also not the same mechanic as losing your items on death.

Summzashi,

They did spawn a sub genre, but the stamina meter being popularized is nonsense.

sexual_tomato,

I had a stamina meter in Morrowind in 2002 and in daggerfall in 1996.

ICastFist,
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Those mechanics were lifted/copied straight from Monster Hunter, mind you :)

The PS2 and PSP Monster Hunter games are basically dark souls but you gotta kill giant bosses to transform their scales into better armor and weapons.

djsoren19,

Dark Souls is literally just Legend of Zelda for adults, which had a stamina system at about the same time Kings Field did. It’s honestly hilarious to me that it became known as the father of the genre, but the immediate copycats were also aiming for a similar tone to FromSoftware so I guess it’s fair.

jay, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives
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If your rank is the same as hers, you wouldn't be getting wide matches. Wide matches are specifically for teams of people with a very wide distribution of rankings, therefore the name "wide". So finish your placements and see what you get. But for me and my friends, even if we get wide matches, the longest we've ever waited was 8 minutes for a game.

K3zi4, do games w Looking for Overwatch alternatives

Valorant?

I just started myself, after missing Overwatch 1 and thinking it was similar. To my surprise it is like an Overwatch with a Counterstrike feel to it, which I quite enjoy.

Tetsuo,

Imo valorant has almost nothing to do with Overwatch.

The pace of those games is wildly different, the mobility also…

Valorant is CS with 10% Overwatch sprinkled on it.

I think something like Marvel’s Rivals is a much better alternative.

Eyck_of_denesle,

Agree with the other comment and wanted to add more, the community is bad in valorant. If op and their friends are girl gamers then it’s even worse experience.

lorty, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?
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Dark Souls 1, Dark Souls 2 but not Dark Souls 3. The silver knight farm is brutal and I’d never do it again.

LifeOfChance, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?

The newer spider man games. I think it has a reasonable amount of collectibles and is fun to collect. The secret photo ops were tricky but not impossible if you’ve ever seen any of the movies. I’ve 100% every one including all trophies and new game+.

HollowNaught, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?
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I got 100% on hollow knight and ender lilies. Two good metroidvanias

toddestan, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?

I got all but one achievement in Subnautica, and all of the achievements in Below Zero (the sequel) in my first playthrough of both games, just from taking my time and thoroughly exploring both of the worlds and completing the story without even consciously trying to go for the achievements.

With that said, they are open world games and at times don’t really give you a whole of guidance as to what you need to do next. So you are kind of left to explore and figure it out on your own. If you don’t like that sort of game you might end up hating them by the end too.

olafurp,

Do you recommend Below Zero? I loved subnautica so much but I generally think buying another game instead of an expansion is usually a better deal.

Absolutely magical game

MindTraveller,

It’s made by a different team, but it’s still Subnautica. I liked it, just understand it’s not as good as the first.

Rai,

Subnautica is AMAZING, an 8/10 for me. Absolutely stellar.

I enjoyed Below Zero. I gave it a 6/10, a good solid game. I absolutely recommend it if you enjoyed the first.

(I use the real rating scale like I rate movies, where 6/10 is a good game… not the bullshit “scale” that starts at 5/10 = shit game)

SomGye, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?
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Batman Arkham Asylum

unmagical, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?
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cyberpunk007, do games w What’s a game you can 100% without hating by the end?

Elden ring. It’s atmosphere and exploration just draw you in. Huge areas that are technically secrets. I haven’t 100% it because of being locked out of certain questions but I’m sure I’m close. The gameplay is just so addicting to me I’ve got over 700 hours in it.

hades, do games w Why was Tommy Angelo killed in mafia 2?

Because he testified against the entire city’s worth of mafia?

slazer2au, do games w Any Sins of a Solar Empire communities?

Don’t think there is one, but feel free to make one.

MeekerThanBeaker, do games w Is mafia 3 really that bad?

It’s disappointing, but not a bad game.

Jackthelad, do games w What are things you don't like about mafia 2?

Collecting the wanted posters.

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