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What are some of your LEAST favorite game mechanics? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The other thread about favorite mechanics is great, so let's also do the opposite: what are some of your most hated mechanics?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Most open-world games have areas on the map that are blank until you "explore" them by climbing a tower of some kind and "activating" that region on your map.

This results in trudging blindly into the middle of every new area, ignoring interesting stuff along the way and beelining to the tower just so you can see the damn map. It's an annoyingly unnatural way to explore.

I didn't even realize that I disliked it until I played Far Cry 6, which has a much more organic and immersive landmark discovery process. You learn locations of interest from readables and by talking to friendly NPCs that you encounter in the world.

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