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[-] Transporter_Room_3@startrek.website 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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"

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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@lemmings.world 1 points 2 years ago

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@yiffit.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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@lemmings.world 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] howrar@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

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

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

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@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Every story boils down to a hero's journey.

[-] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Minesweeper? Spider solaitre?

[-] Stamets@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Star Trek Online is what comes to mind immediately for me

[-] vox@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

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

[-] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

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?

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