What Game Mechanic does Real Life need?

[SimuLord]

Some mechanics from the Sims series that would be just as sweet in real life as they are in virtual life:

- Spending money on a good bed means you can get a full night's restful sleep in half the time. (seriously, comfort ratings I understand, but a good night's sleep in four hours just because the mattress was good?)

- True meritocracy at work. Go to work with the skills to succeed and without any pressing need to eat or go to the can, get promoted. No office politics, no bullshit. Just climbin' the corporate ladder one book and friend at a time.

- Elixir of Life. Go from middle-aged back to fresh out of college with just five cups.

- Burglar alarms instantly summon the police, and the cops always get there in less time than it takes to wake up and realize there's a burglar in the house. Really, why does anyone try and commit crimes in the world of the Sims? You'd think every citizen would be like the ones in Chengdu when Confucious ran the place.

- Friends don't mind if you only deign to talk to them once every couple of weeks, they still think you're the cat's ass when you do.

- Fire alarms summon the fire department so quickly that whatever was originally on fire doesn't even have a chance to get destroyed.

EDIT: Also, some of those "slower need decay" rewards from the FreeTime expansion pack, plus the journalism reward object. I've got Sims in my neighborhood who never need to eat, sleep, or shit. That's pretty sweet.

 

[iamnotincompliance]

- Only having to eat once every whenever-the-hell-you-feel-like-it.

- Unlimited fatigue.

- Press B to jump.

 

[Loderian]

We all know life would be better if it was a video game.

What Game Mechanic needs to be implemented into real life to make it better for all of us?
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Also, Quick Saves...god i can't say how often i would be glad to have something like that.

I say we need to have looting systems. Its time i got gold coins and random pieces of armor from the chipmonks that have a sever lust for my bumper.

Also, side note...a crazy preacher in chicago asked me if i have been saved yet, and i told them that I just saved my game in the last town.

 

[geddydisciple]

id like to beable to wield a sword 7 times my height and never be thrown off balance by it, i think that would be pretty sweet

 

[Cinder Block of Oppression]

Quick Saves sound good. Like, right before a test, I save. Then, I see what the answers are, reload. Very handy.

Or maybe something like the Sims 2, where in days you can be getting thousands of dollars a day, while houses cost $15,000 - $40,000.

 

[ward.]

RPG leveling, but heavily bordering on the obnoxious amounts, I want to be able to put ranks in shampoo application dammit.

 

[Cinder Block of Oppression]

Achievements might be fun. Maybe to make the more tedious parts of my day seem worth it. I can see it now:

Drained (40G): Get less then 6 hours of sleep accumulative 365 nights.
Buffering (35G): Spend a total of 48 hours waiting for things to load.
Unnecessary Part of the Procedure (20G): Chew a total of 96 hours.

 

[ZenMonkey47]

New Game +
Restart your life with all your previous items, money and experience.

 

[rapidoud]

How about, the ability to be evil? 99% of good/evil games you get alot more benefit for being evil, you get cash, exp etc. while good, you get a thanks, and then they walk off....
Dude, I just saved your planet, and ALL I GET IS THANKS?!?!?!

E.g. for running the red light you get +3 driving experience and +2 charisma to talk to people (for the cop that pulls you over ^.^)

And Unreal spawning, cut me off? I'll blow up your car, GL on the respawn to find a car, a** ^.^

 

[sirdanrhodes]

The impulse 101 cheat, or maybe a respawn option.

 

[L4Y Duke]

Admin/console powers!

That jerk you have at the office that just won't shut his gob? '/voicechat_disable Jerk'!
Guy mugging you? '/spawn cop'!
Wife cheating on you? '/kick Wife'!

 

[Piemaster]

Ability to view yourself in 3rd person and change the camera angle.

 

[Theo Samaritan]

cheats

 

[Emperor Inferno]

*In absolute mockery of the rules* CHEAT CODES! "Y-x-b-b-a-x-y! Hahahahahaha! Now I get all the hot girls and you don't!"

Seriously though, ragdoll physics would be awesome, as would checkpoints, the ability to save and try again, and waypoints like in Diablo II. It would be frikkin' great to be able to step on a little square and instantly go places like home, the movies, my favorite restaurant, or an Adult World.

EDIT: lol, Theo Samaritan, you got that post up as I was typing this one.

 

[ParkourMcGhee]

I've been saying this for years, but we really need an inbuilt chat filter (ignore list, etc.).

 

[Slight]

I would say there is evidence to suggest that quick-time events already exist in 'Real Life (tm)'

Anyone who has had to slam the 'brake' button to avoid a car crash will know what i mean, plus anyone who's had to come up with an excuse to their girlfriend *real* quick about why they went out for beers with the boys *again*.(Press 'Think' now to avoid a break up)

Even if there is an almighty creator, i think he needs to pay more attention to Yahtzee.

Otherwise, I'd love to have an unlimited inventory, or the ability to just save and go away and do something else for a while before carrying on.

 

[Emperor Inferno]

I would say there is evidence to suggest that quick-time events already exist in 'Real Life (tm)'

Anyone who has had to slam the 'brake' button to avoid a car crash will know what i mean, plus anyone who's had to come up with an excuse to their girlfriend *real* quick about why they went out for beers with the boys *again*.(Press 'Think' now to avoid a break up)

Even if there is an almighty creator, i think he needs to pay more attention to Yahtzee.

Otherwise, I'd love to have 1)an unlimited inventory, or 2)the ability to just save and go away and do something else for a while before carrying on.

1) Yes, that would be very nice. I would carry a rocket launcher, some machine guns, a lot of food, a lot of porn, a TV, a DVD player, an X-Box 360, and the like everywhere I went.

2)If that were applied to real life, it would become a real clusterfuck. You would literally be living in two realities, moving back and forth between them. None for me, thank you.

 

[Slight]

Oh and sorry for the double post, but who wanted to see 'Ragdoll physics' in real life?! *facepalm*

Uhh, i'm pretty sure they already exist, what with them just being, y'know, physics and all.

I think someone needs to replay the 'Tutorial: School' levels again.

 

[Mr. Moose]

Impulse 101
>gravity_10
>give weapon_rocket launcher
>god

There.