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

  • @winterstillness@beehaw.org
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    611 months ago

    Pretty much a lot of procedural “content”. I guarantee big publishers will capitalize on all of this AI to replace writers with generated stories/quests/etc. No idea what to make of this.

      • @winterstillness@beehaw.org
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        111 months ago

        Oh totally. I didn’t mean to imply “all procedural content = bad”. Terraria comes to mind and is one of my favorite game of all time. The “world” is procedural when created, but there are “key” areas/objectives that don’t change. I’m thinking more along the lines of Fallout 4’s “radiant” junk that big publishers salivate over because mountains of endless+cheap content = ($o$)