"Outdated" mechanics you defend

[Leo-Dash]

Silent Protagonists​

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

Many of them, actually. Of course accessibility is a nice thing to have, but I think that ultra-optimization in gameplay makes videogames more and more homogeneous and boring after all.

I like mechanics which you need to decide what path or item to choose and need an entire gameplay to do the opposite. Is it time consuming and sometimes I don't want to play the same game again? Yes, but this kind of thing makes games less a "product" and more a hobby where you don't finish like a deadline in a workplace. You just enjoy your time and that's it.

I wholeheartedly agree.
Its more fullfilling when i get into the game , put effort into it and try adapt to every situation the game throws you in .

Beating a game shouldnt be easy going like watching a movie from beginning to the end and/or being effortless as if it was designed to be a nothing-burger .

I wanna play the game and experiencing the rough , soft and weird moments because i wanna play the game instead that the game plays with itsself . (Sounds wrong in a different context but i let it slide)

 

[Deean]

The combat of Dynasty Warriors 5.

 

[ciro64]

I miss when you left a game be on the menu or the title screen and it would start playing demos, cutscenes and or a presentation.

 

[Yousef]

I made a thread similar to this but I’m no longer interested in bumping my old threads so I’ll repost bits of my reply here:

• Limited lives aren’t as prominent as people think they are. They’re nonexistent in a lot of games I played and have negligible impact on you.
• Limited continues ARE ok. Sonic 1 and 2 are both basically a 1CC game and they’re fun to play that way! Really unlocks the brilliance of level design.
• I really cannot agree with what people dub as “stiff controls” in old platformers. Really, it’s more like advanced physics. The absence of wind-up, arcs and what have you in newer platformers isn’t a great thing. It homogenizes the genre in a way where no platformers physics these days have any personality as a mean of maintaining this perception of smoothness when really, having no margin of error in Ariel movement is just a different style of controls. It’s not inherently better or worse.
• 3D movement with the D-pad. I don’t think it’s better or worse, but I want the option there *at all*. Crash 4 controls wonderfully with the D-pad. I’d say it has my favorite crash physics which is such a shame that it’s wasted on such a lousy game.

I miss when you left a game be on the menu or the title screen and it would start playing demos, cutscenes and or a presentation.

Really adds to the ambience. That would be fun to see again.

 

[Ikagura]

I miss when you left a game be on the menu or the title screen and it would start playing demos, cutscenes and or a presentation.

I love attract mode a lot. It's a remnant of arcade games of course but it's nice when a game shows gameplay while "press start" shows up.

 

[Yousef]

I love attract mode a lot. It's a remnant of arcade games of course but it's nice when a game shows gameplay while "press start" shows up.

Those tend to be my preferred yeah. Always helped me get a better look of the game. Dynasty Warriors did this a lot and of course some fighting game ports and shmup ports did it. Not sure what else comes to mind atm.

 

[ciro64]

I want passwords back /jk

This but unironically.

If the game progress can be stored in a simple sequence of characters or numbers, it's a good alternative to having to worry about a save file.

 

[Yousef]

This but unironically.

If the game progress can be stored in a simple sequence of characters or numbers, it's a good alternative to having to worry about a save file.

I wish that would return in some way. I find it more convenient that we have access to so many specific sequences of a game thanks to passwords. Almost like organized save states.

 

[Ikagura]

Those tend to be my preferred yeah. Always helped me get a better look of the game. Dynasty Warriors did this a lot and of course some fighting game ports and shmup ports did it. Not sure what else comes to mind atm.

I think that sadly only those "grab 'n play" game have one because most games nowadays have a long intro or made with custom avatars.

And maybe because of the RAM that needs to load the game.


Or even worse: they'd rather have the title screen looking more like a store with ads for the latest skin or even rather than making a proper title screen with a simple "press start" or "press any key" prompt.

This but unironically.

If the game progress can be stored in a simple sequence of characters or numbers, it's a good alternative to having to worry about a save file.

That could work with a level based game but I think that save files made them obsolete...

 

[happymasksalesman]

press any key

The lord of game title! I play game don't have that but it is something else! Old games with a good intro cutscene always have a part in my heart like ds series and legend of zelda

 

[Ikagura]

Speaking of "outdated" is there a reason why "Press Start" no longer exists? I know that Nintendo has +/-, Xbox has Menu/View and Playstation has Option/Share.

 

[happymasksalesman]

I think it is still exist. In ds3 menu had <press any bottom>. But it's look like a flame on a candle which reaching it end.

 

[Yousef]

Speaking of "outdated" is there a reason why "Press Start" no longer exists? I know that Nintendo has +/-, Xbox has Menu/View and Playstation has Option/Share.

I dunno, I somewhat preferred “press any button”, unless you’re referring to the prompt itself.

 

[Ne0Griever]

Tank controls, I hate them/love them, makes the game clunkier and scary, it keeps me on the edge, might be annoying for another people.

Also, turn-based combat, I love it, at this point in time is deliberate to use it in a game.