ITT: Gameplay mechanics that you love.
>That satisfying as fuck lunge attack from Xmen Origins Wolverine
Slow motion. Any game where you have the ability to slow down time gets, like, and extra two points for me.
Good movement mechanics that allow you to keep moving fluidly. Infamous games are great for this
Searching baskets/pots/cupboards/wells in Dragon Quest VIII. I just never got tired of how much detail was put into the animations. Even though in other games, slow animations bug me to death.
Finishing moves are the best.
Base building in RPGs. Digimon world, Suikoden 2, Pillars of Eternity, MGSV.
Anybody got any other recommendations? NWN I've also played, so any others would be appreciated. Please help my boner.
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>>334637305
I loved that room.
>>334636435
>Good movement mechanics that allow you to keep moving fluidly. Infamous games are great for this
this, something about its movement, the ice launch up, hover across a rooftop, slide down a pole then glide along some tracks. Fluid smooth movement is extremely satisfying.
My only issue with infamous was the controls, having to switch out things each time was a chore, custome mapping of controls would have proven to be a godsend. Creating a combat control set up for different enemies and a locomotion set up so that each button is a diff move eg ice launch, firebird, tether instead of having to switch between them all constantly
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>>334637449
game looks like shit
Good dodges or movement systems. It feels satisfying as fuck to dodge into Nargacuga's attacks in MH. Tales of Graces made side steps feel like a dream. Jude's backstep thing was amazing as well. Felt cool to dust fade into the back and pop up behind the enemy.
>>334637070
ill purposely let infectors jump on me so i can mash them off. its been a while since i played but i think that instantly kills them. since you cant dismember them with shots, this way feels better for me.
>>334637789
>Ice launch
That launch made me hard as fuck. More games need a movement system like Infamous. I'd like some kind of skating with a bit of parkour thrown in.
>>334637931
Thanks for contributing your opinion.
>>334635460
the sneak attack neck snap from x2: wolverine's revenge
Friendly Fire
destruction physics
>>334638170
>ice launch
on second play through i had to force myself not to get her powers again for it. It makes traversing the city so much better, the only way it could be improved is maybe a charge for it, using up more power cells to go higher, it would be pretty great to use up all your juice for a massive launch over a building.
>>334638301
>goblin hits orc
>orc flips his shit and bashes goblin's head in
good game. amazon still op
The ram noise in rumble fighters
>>334638458
If only It was slightly higher, still miles better than Firebird Strike. I was mad because the shit had short range and I couldn't teleport short distances like Nix.
>>334637931
Oh wow, a game from two generations ago looks like shit. Wow. Fuck, oh wow.
>>334638541
Being able to pick up shit and throw it at people is always great. HL2, Hulk UD, Prototype etc. It feels like way more of a fuck you to throw a desk or bus at some one than just shoot them.
Multilayered armor
>>334638149
On harder difficulties, the grapple they do (just the process of jumping on you) actually does a lot of damage, but you're right, infectors and lurkers are one shot by the defensive finishers.
>>334638665
why they didnt tie it in to your fuel cells i dont know, allowing your to strike infinitely or launch sky high unti out of juice just makes sense. Becoming a non stop flying eagle on fire during the thunderstorm segment wouldve been too much.
Speaking of satisfying game mechanics, the thunderstorm in infamous 2, the environment lending itself to your powers was one oft he most satisfying things ever
>>334635460
>just cause 2 + superman mod
Just flying around for (in game) days at a time, zipping under bridges and over cars, through jungle valleys, over the clouds..
>you will never actually know that feeling
>>334637305
>>334637449
>resized the window
>didn't rescale the internal resolution
>>334638684
>>334638301
This looks pretty badass, what game is it?
>>334639124
Now that was an experience. Throwing infinite tornadoes one of my highlights from that game.
>>334635460
Not exactly a mechanic, but I loved how your body got blown off by damage sometimes that you could even see your skeleton before it regenerated. Really fucking cool game with lots of love put into it.
Anything that increases damage output at the expense of very little or steadily declining health. Makes everything more fun.
>>334639363
Blade of darknessI think, the UI looks different than I remember
Ninja Gaiden's Flying Swallow attack
chain lightning (specifically Diablo 2's)
reversals/counters (Dead or Alive)
splash damage (StarCraft's Firebats)
>>334635460
I always forget this one when the time comes for discussion of licensed games that were better than the movie they were based on.
quadruple jump.
double jump is just a tease.
Sliding in FPS games
>>334639567
Rad, I'll definitely give it a shot later tonight! Looks like GoG used to have right to it too, so it should probably work.
>>334639470
I bought a used copy for 360 for 8 bucks on Friday and goddamn I'm having a blast. Just wanted to start a thread because I seriously love that lunge attack. I noticed when I got shot a bunch of times I could see through the holes in my body and saw the grass in front of me through the holes. Its the little things that like that that devs do that I absolutely love.
>>334635460
Fighting that Sentinel is one of my favorite setpiece boss fights
Dodging chunks of metal as you plummet to earth, clawing it up from the inside, and then landing in the crater like a meteorite in the end.
>>334635460
Satisfying body reactions in certain FPS games. Getting a headshot in Timesplitters 2 felt amazing, for example, because of the way the head snapped back and the body fell when you hit it, even with a normally unsatisfying weapon like a pistol.
Also, hitting certain parts of the body and you get corresponding effects (shoot the legs and they fall to their knees, shoot their arms and the arms come off etc.
>>334635460
>taunt button
>slow motion after a last second evade
>using people as surfboards in Prototype
>web slinging in Spiderman games
>level 3 GS charge slicing a tail off at the last second
>>334639362
The second picture is the correct resolution of a PS2 game. The game is 480i
Projectiles (bullets, arrows, thrown items) actually require realistic aiming. That is, having to fire ahead or above the target to account for distance and gravity. So sad that it took a mod to make this work in Skyrim.
>>334640756
Breaking any part of a monster with a level 3 charge is sex. Wyvrrn fire is also dank
>tfw doing more damage with my wide five gunlance and artillery god than barrel bomb+
>>334640635
>Satisfying body reactions in certain FPS games.
as much shit as killzone got, shooting bads was so satisfying. Combined with heavy gun play it felt great
>>334641065
Wish there was more of this, because I'd rather shoot something that reacts over emptying a magazine into a bullet sponge.
>>334640635
Turok Evolution is the first game that comes to mind in this situation. Shoot off an enemies arm/leg and they grab the bloody stump rolling around in pain. Shooting enemies to put them in critical health can cause them to start limping. Hell I remember a specific enemy would actually become so weak from the gunfire he'd drop his gun, get on his knees and surrender.
Arkham City batclaw slam
Didn't give you a lot of points, but that shit was satisfying as fuck, if not very difficult to pull off.
>>334640347
>Wolverine gets caught in an explosion
>Tears off almost all flesh above the waist
>BDUs and boots intact
It's not like I wanted to see Wolverine dick or anything
>>334635460
>ITT: Gameplay mechanics that you love.
Wraith interrogation from Shadow of Mordorand the nemesis system
>>334636435
>Slow motion. Any game where you have the ability to slow down time gets, like, and extra two points for me.
This so hard.
>>334641065
>The melee kills in KZ3 multiplayer
>>334641678
Yeah loved the nemesis system. Hated that you could take control of them though. The game became boring fast if you brainwashed everyone.
Ragdoll physics.
When dead enemies flop all over the place there is nothing better in videogames than when one decides it wants to travel to the moon or starts spazing out because it got stuck in a wall
>>334639264
Why don't more games have flying? I play Superman Returns from time to time just to fly around
>Tfw flying straight up and breaking the sound barrier
>>334642230
didnt buy it, loved kz2, online was some of the most fun ive ever had. played the beta for 3, just didnt like it, they changed the feel of it all.
Melee was 10/10 though
Parrying in any game
Especially when you master it
>>334643059
I wish all these good console exclusives would actually come to PC, like GoW, Dante's Inferno and Killzone.
I digress, though are the Killzone games' campaigns any good?
>>334635460
Drawing your own exploration maps in Salt.
why is Salt so good?
>>334637179
fallout 4
Dodge rolling
>>334643243
wasnt a fan of campaign, the online i thoight was 10/10 though with the exception of the assault class. Naturally every server banned that class after a bit so it balanced out.
>early game
>assassination mode
>go sabo class
>cloak self
>sneak behind enemy lines
>find target behind 5 medics
>drop grenade
>bullet into corpse
>team turns around to find the target dead and me standing there
>all hell is unleashed upon me as i die of laughter
The rotating game modes was such a nice idea, the second that game mode finished it just announced search and destroy. It made it so intense to have a gamev locked at 3-3 and its announced the last mode is assassination.
>>334643243
yeah 2 and 3 were really fun to play
>>334636435
this is why I love max Payne. 3 in particular
>berserk rage modes
the ps2 wolverine game had it
both berserk games had it
borderlands had it with brick
there are MOBA characters who have it
the punisher ps2 game has one
obviously DOOM has it
its rad as hell
>>334637070
Nice.
RE4/5/6's context-sensitive melee attacks just did it for me.
Ninja Gaiden 2/3:Razor's Edge's Obliteration Techniques too. MGR's Zandatsu as well.
Another good one is dodge offset.
>>334643569
what? this ist the worst! No martial arts fighter would do it and certainly no knight in heavy armor. It's a totally unnatural motion. only exception is to evade heavy objects
Games don't do this as much as they should and I've yet to see it implemented particularly well in a TPS or a FPS, but gun kata/gun-fu. Idk if I'd call it a 'mechanic' necessarily but there aren't enough games where I can do crazy as fucking shit maneuvers with firearms.
DMC series and Bayonetta are the only games I can think of that do that.
>>334644421
>certainly no knight in heavy armor.
>falling for the heavy armor meme
https://youtu.be/zvCvOC2VwDc?t=52
>>334644841
the point you are missing is you would give up your sure stand and orientation for what? nobody can dogde roll as fast as in vidya. turning around is always way faster. you would get backstabbed in an instant.
