Things every game needs

[tthor]

what are some things/features that generally most game should have?

Or, if you want to be a bit more specific, what are things that most games of a specific genre should have?

--my example: all games should have a good autosave function in place. when you spend over an hour playing a game, and then for some reason the game crash/power goes out/you accidently press the power button/etc, finding out that all that work went unsaved is really annoying. Tho you can just save your game a lot, that gets annoying, and its always when you forget to save that you wish you had

 

[fenrizz]

Quicksave.

Especially for console games.

 

[xHipaboo420x]

Some graphics, bit of gameplay, some cool shit that the kids will crazy over and BANG everyone goes home early.

Game development must be hella easy.

 

[Twilight_guy]

ADDITIONAL PYLONS!!!!!

I don't really know anything that every game really needs to have. They tend to be quiet diverse. I suppose I would support every game having intuitive controls unless non-intuitive controls are somehow important. Lots of games don't tweek there control structure to make it as efficient as possible and sometimes it really shows. Why exactly do I have a button that only does one thing in a very specific situation?

 

[jakko12345]

All shooters with singleplayer should have a considerable amount of singleplayer content. And no i don't want to specify how much.

 

[Mista Gav]

Skippable cutscenes. It doesn't sound like a big deal but the fact that theres an option makes a huge difference. Also just make it a simple button press and not something you have to go into the main menu for as it's just irritating!

 

[tthor]

Skippable cutscenes. It doesn't sound like a big deal but the fact that theres an option makes a huge difference. Also just make it a simple button press and not something you have to go into the main menu for as it's just irritating!

Tho i think most games should have skippable cutscenes, i don't think it should just be a simple button used to skip them. I can't tell you how many times i've been watching a game cutscene, only to accidentally press the skip button, then spend the entire rest of the game wondering what the hell i missed

tho if its a completely unimportant cutscene, such as really generic scene that happen multiple times in the game, then a simple button is ok. EX: cutscene of you ship landing

 

[WrongSprite]

I don't think there's anything that every game needs, there's just things that specific games or genres need.

 

[Throwitawaynow]

Regenerating health and a cover system, every genre needs this.

 

[Mastercylinder]

A story worth telling, and hearing or least to keep you playing . . . IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?

 

[tthor]

I don't think there's anything that every game needs, there's just things that specific games or genres need.

i also asked what games of specific genres might need, so feel free to share ideas

 

[Mastercylinder]

Regenerating health and a cover system, every genre needs this.

You're kidding, right? That would ruin the difficulty and challenge in everything. Did you read the Extra Punctuation about this?

 

[putowtin]

a good story
autosaves
longer length

(that should do it!)

 

[Mista Gav]

Skippable cutscenes. It doesn't sound like a big deal but the fact that theres an option makes a huge difference. Also just make it a simple button press and not something you have to go into the main menu for as it's just irritating!

Tho i think most games should have skippable cutscenes, i don't think it should just be a simple button used to skip them. I can't tell you how many times i've been watching a game cutscene, only to accidentally press the skip button, then spend the entire rest of the game wondering what the hell i missed

tho if its a completely unimportant cutscene, such as really generic scene that happen multiple times in the game, then a simple button is ok. EX: cutscene of you ship landing

The main reason I say for a button press in the cutscene itself is because having to do it in the menu just feels so slow for something so simple. For example Assassin's Creed, I have to press start to get the menu (which takes a fair few seconds), find the option to skip, tell I want to skip and tell it yes I'm bloody certain!

 

[WrongSprite]

I don't think there's anything that every game needs, there's just things that specific games or genres need.

i also asked what games of specific genres might need, so feel free to share ideas

Well I won't cover every genre, I can't be bothered, but for starters, I think that any RPG should come with fantastic music, they're dead without. Examples of fantastic music in RPG's that just boost immersion tenfold are Stalker, Morrowind and Oblivion.

Regenerating health and a cover system, every genre needs this.

You're kidding, right? That would ruin the difficulty and challenge in everything. Did you read the Extra Punctuation about this?

I've a feeling you may need to learn to recognize sarcasm, no offence.

 

[Johnnyallstar]

They should send a message through the story that is much deeper than superficially presented. See: LOZ: Majora's Mask, Missile Command, Tetris.

 

[Me55enger]

A girlfriend?

 

[Sarge034]

Pure concentrated awesomeness. Everything else will fall into place.

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