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What games popularized certain mechanics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 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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[-] That_Devil_Girl@lemmy.ml 53 points 4 months ago

Though it was used in a few games before, a Quake tournament and Half Life 1 cemented the use of WASD controls.

[-] teft@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

ESDF is the superior keybinding

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 months ago

It's such a pain remapping controls on every. single. new. install.

But it's worth it. Fuck wasd

[-] mPony@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

it's one key over, is it really swear-word level different?

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

If naughty words cause you a level of righteous indignance, my recommendation is to abstain from online activities until one reaches the age of majority

[-] offspec@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

Asdf is just better for general key availability imo

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I never understood this for first-person shooters. You can't walk forward and backward at the same time, so I don't see why being able to press the forward and backward movement keys at the same time would be useful at all.

Top down games with 8+ directions of movement it's great, though.

[-] offspec@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

It's not about being able to push both movement buttons at the same time, it's about being able to push more buttons in general. For hero shooters, mobas, MMOs, and other games with lots of inputs spreading out your reachable keys is really good.

[-] Takumidesh@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

~~Esdf requires more dexterity and is generally less accessible.~~

I'm an idiot and misunderstood which key bind was being talked about

[-] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Been RDFG since about 2002. One of my roommates in college was in the top thousand on Unreal Tournament. He talked me into it. God, I get good at that game playing against him.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I remember using wsad on an ascii graphics game I played back in 85 or so. I think it was called dungeons and dragons, but was not made by tsr. Larn, hack, and Moria were all similar games but I did not play those until later.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

yeah HL definitely was the one popularized it as default. quake players changed the bindings for it; i know because i played that game with old-school doom/duke controls