Submitted 3 hours ago by IndigoMoontrue@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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What is a really fun gameplay mechanic or experience you had/have while playing an underated, unknown game? Or a game that might be known but not known for having fun in the way you do with it.
I’ll go first. Driv3r by unlocking the built in cheat code called infinite mass. It allows you to smash into vehicles and send them flying. Using the motorcycle makes it the funniest and most fun to play.
It’s not unknown, but I think it’s an underrated mechanic: in God Hand, the better you do, the more the difficulty increases. If it gets too much and you want to lower it back down, you can grovel and beg enemies to go easier on you.
I wish more developers tied difficulty change to in-game actions like that.
Ratchet and Clank on the ps2 did this insanely good. Some guy on youtube completely described how they did it, let me find that real quick
Building your moveset in God Hand was also resl interesting.
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Apparently it’s more common than I realized. Most games doing it apparently don’t tell you it’s happening. For example I played RE4 when it was new and had no idea it had dynamic difficulty.
I think every game in saints row series had the same “masshole” cheat. It’s fun.
I do remember SR1 or 2 having a similar ability. But Driv3r was funnier and had more ridiculously good results when playing it. They should make a new Driver game
I wish for another football game with the gameplay of 2K5 and I wish other games tried a system like Magicka 2.
degen@midwest.social 1 hour ago
Niche mechanics are my jam. My favorites usually revolve around unique economies or structures that create their own depth of play.
I love genre benders and sandboxy stuff. I’d like to see something like Chaos Seed (SNES) built on or re-imagined, dwarf fortress is great for tinker-ability, and I always liked how Nethack has some deeply designed interactions even if they can seem superficial or esoteric. FFXII with the gambit and realtime-ish combat systems was always a standout too.