Re: Game mechanics do you like?

On 13/01/2025 21:14, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

So when it comes to what I like, I'm very catholic. I've played
"Doom". I've played "Harvest Moon". I've played "Falcon 4.0" I've
played "Civilization". I've played "Titan Quest". I've played
"Everybody's Gone to the Rapture". I've played "Bejeweled". I've
played "Super Meat Boy". I've played "MLB 06: The Show". I've found
value in all of them. Heck, I've even played that free "Korea Cats"
hidden-object game that was offered a few weeks ago. It's rarely the
core mechanics themselves that I have issue with. It's the specific
implementations that I dislike.

I certainly have the genres that I gravitate to but there are also games I like but I'm just not sure why. Titan Quest and Subnautica fit into that category as they are from genres that I normally steer clear of completely.
Then there's the likes of Talos Principle II which was a must buy for me considering TP:1 I loved and have replayed multiple times. I kinda liked it but it never really grabbed me in the way the first one did even taking into the account the novelty value was no longer there.