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What games popularized certain mechanics? (lemmy.world)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was trying to think of which games created certain mechanics that became popular and copied by future games in the industry.

The most famous one that comes to my mind is Assassin’s Creed, with the tower climbing for map information.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Assassin’s Creed and the Open World Gameplay design. It definitely existed before then, but after AC came out, it felt like every RPG switched to the open world map.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago

I feel like Elder Scrolls was the model being followed for open world RPGs. Assassin's Creed didn't even have RPG mechanics until the later games.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There have been "open world" games since the 1980s. Just of course, memory limited how big that world could be, and how much you could do in it. The genre as a whole is ancient.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

For sure. AC just popularized it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

The first ones I can think of is legend of Zelda and final fantasy, but I think there was also Adventure for the Atari before those even. The first Assassin's Creed was 2007, Adventure was 1980