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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    3 months ago

    Though it was used in a few games before, a Quake tournament and Half Life 1 cemented the use of WASD controls.

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        It’s such a pain remapping controls on every. single. new. install.

        But it’s worth it. Fuck wasd

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            If naughty words cause you a level of righteous indignance, my recommendation is to abstain from online activities until one reaches the age of majority

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        3 months ago

        Esdf requires more dexterity and is generally less accessible.

        I’m an idiot and misunderstood which key bind was being talked about

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        Been RDFG since about 2002. One of my roommates in college was in the top thousand on Unreal Tournament. He talked me into it. God, I get good at that game playing against him.

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      3 months ago

      I remember using wsad on an ascii graphics game I played back in 85 or so. I think it was called dungeons and dragons, but was not made by tsr. Larn, hack, and Moria were all similar games but I did not play those until later.

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      3 months ago

      yeah HL definitely was the one popularized it as default. quake players changed the bindings for it; i know because i played that game with old-school doom/duke controls