Re: Gamplay "mechanics" you don't like?

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On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 12:24:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
S. wrote:
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On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 17:17:44 -0000 (UTC), "Mark P. Nelson"
<markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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Right with you there. I have loathed escort quests ever since the first Wing Commander
game (1990).
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mpn.

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I remember one mission I could not do in Wing Commander because the
damn guy I needed to protect from the Kilrathi kept dying. I thought
that was the second game though but after reading your post I am now
wondering if it was the first game and I am thinking of the exact same
mission you are.

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Since we've opened up space sims, I'll add one more: Closing distance.
There's a mission in Rogue Leader (GC) where you spend like 10-15 minutes
closing, then it turns into a furball. Fail? Another 15 minutes drifting
through space, another furball, probably fail; another 15 minutes. Rinse.
Repeat.
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Why would anyone design a mission this way? It isn't even a "mechanic,"
it's just aggravating level design. It is realistic, I'll give them that.

To take up your time and so they can claim 100 hours of gameplay, even
though it's really only 10-15hrs with massive amounts of repeats.

Like one of the Indy games where the savepoint was before a lengthy
cutscene and the action started immediately after as you jumped and whip
jumped over chasms while chased by a tank.

Fall, fail, reload, 5 min cutscene, 30 seconds of jumping, fall,
reload....repeat ad nauseam.

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