Don't know if its been said, but I loved how all the information in Dead Space (and 2 (health, ammo, inventory) were all in the real world per-se.
What is the best feature you have seen in a video game?
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I guess my would be the ship building feature in the game Infinite Space. It's a different type of customize as you focus only on the interior (you can't really change the ship apperance anyway).
It sort of like Tetris in that the ship blueprints got alot of square grid which the rooms to install (mess hall, engine, Nav room etc) come in different shapes like the Tetris blocks. I spend ages trying to fill all of the spaces out while utalise the best room stats I got with me at that time.
It sort of like Tetris in that the ship blueprints got alot of square grid which the rooms to install (mess hall, engine, Nav room etc) come in different shapes like the Tetris blocks. I spend ages trying to fill all of the spaces out while utalise the best room stats I got with me at that time.
Best feature? No idea.
But I think the insta-win feature from Earthbound is right up there.
For those who never played it, if you approached an enemy that was way too easy for you, you killed it without even going into battle. Why waste the player's time with selecting commands and stuff when you KNOW they're gonna win? Just give us our piddling amount of EXP and send us on our way!
Oh, and the time break skill from sonic generations (buyable after beating the game). I have been waiting to be able to do that since Unleashed. ^_^ So much fun.
But I think the insta-win feature from Earthbound is right up there.
For those who never played it, if you approached an enemy that was way too easy for you, you killed it without even going into battle. Why waste the player's time with selecting commands and stuff when you KNOW they're gonna win? Just give us our piddling amount of EXP and send us on our way!
Oh, and the time break skill from sonic generations (buyable after beating the game). I have been waiting to be able to do that since Unleashed. ^_^ So much fun.
The sanity meter in Eternal Darkness is pure and utter genius. You get some really oddball moments when your sanity was low, like data deletion, and your head coming off and picking it up off the ground, and getting a Shakespeare reference. Even some really scary stuff as well, with the dead woman in the bathtub, and the hanging guy.
Also, I liked the mood meter in Fahrenheit, which determined the mood of the character. when shown different things, or doing certain things could raise it, or lower it. Too low, and the character committed suicide, which was quite powerful, and mature as far as videogames are.
Also, I liked the mood meter in Fahrenheit, which determined the mood of the character. when shown different things, or doing certain things could raise it, or lower it. Too low, and the character committed suicide, which was quite powerful, and mature as far as videogames are.
The ability to create Mods, the more power this has the better your game is and the more replay value it has.
Well on xbox 360, Rainbow Six Vegas did allow it so that all voice chat came out of their player's mouth (with moving jaw to mimic speech).josemlopes said:
On single player games, i do like it when CPU speech is heard over headset rather than through speakers. One notable example was in Tom Clancy's EndWar.
-The option to save wherever you want.
-Skipping cutscenes that you've seen before.
-A good dedicated server system.
-Lots of game options for multiplayer modes including bots(remember the amount of tweaking you could do in Timesplitters?)
-No DRM. No disc-locked content. No premium advantages over other players.
-A clean, minimalist HUD
-An option to join friends as a group (so I don't have to be on a different team)
-Good PC ports without mouse acceleration and proper key binding
-The option to mute people
-MAP CREATORS (why isnt this in more games?!?!?)
-Different colored and visible nameplates for friends so you always know where they are (Tribes Ascend's best feature in my opinion)
-Skipping cutscenes that you've seen before.
-A good dedicated server system.
-Lots of game options for multiplayer modes including bots(remember the amount of tweaking you could do in Timesplitters?)
-No DRM. No disc-locked content. No premium advantages over other players.
-A clean, minimalist HUD
-An option to join friends as a group (so I don't have to be on a different team)
-Good PC ports without mouse acceleration and proper key binding
-The option to mute people
-MAP CREATORS (why isnt this in more games?!?!?)
-Different colored and visible nameplates for friends so you always know where they are (Tribes Ascend's best feature in my opinion)
Bot-Matches in Duke Nukem 64 was the reason it always has been and, always will be my favorite port of Duke 3D. I love being able to play the multiplayer-modes by myself and hate that there are so many games with a multiplayer-focus that don't utilize bot matches (looking at Halo)
Single-player balloon/coin matches in Mario Kart 7.
Auto-save (until it doesn't work or, doesn't work/save often enough)
On the flip-side, I think Achievements were a terrible idea. The points don't do anything other than provide a high score for a world-wide high score board you quickly forget about. It also penalizes you for cheating to the point that cheating in general has been dying (expect for the fact that most games have regenerating health and, unlimited lives/continues)
Single-player balloon/coin matches in Mario Kart 7.
Auto-save (until it doesn't work or, doesn't work/save often enough)
On the flip-side, I think Achievements were a terrible idea. The points don't do anything other than provide a high score for a world-wide high score board you quickly forget about. It also penalizes you for cheating to the point that cheating in general has been dying (expect for the fact that most games have regenerating health and, unlimited lives/continues)
Any game that allows you to use your enemies as meat shields in a main gameplay aspect (not set pieced) automatically is considered great in my book
Shoot me for liking this, but the Sanctuary in Fable III. One of my favorite things about Fable II and III is the outfit customization, and the Sanctuary made it very easy to see how your character looked from all angles and during movement. The Sanctuary also vastly improved on the dying feature from Fable II so that's another plus.
This one's obvious, but the TES leveling system. Any other WRPG leveling system doesn't really make sense to me now.
One I just remembered. League of Legend's smart cast system. This makes the game so much more fast-paced. It makes me wonder why the other DotA style games don't use this.
This one's obvious, but the TES leveling system. Any other WRPG leveling system doesn't really make sense to me now.
One I just remembered. League of Legend's smart cast system. This makes the game so much more fast-paced. It makes me wonder why the other DotA style games don't use this.
