What is the most overused Game mechanic?

[ETW97]

What is the most over-used game mechanic. Like ever.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Walking.

 

[Aqualung]

...Use the control stick to move?

EDIT: Ninja'd! I'M MELTING! NROOOOooooo[sub]oooo[/sub]....!

 

[Souplex]

Rewarding success.

 

[atomictoast]

pausing.

I swear, every game has that.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

This thread topic?

 

[Shanecooper]

New game.

 

[ETW97]

Walking.

...Use the control stick to move?

EDIT: Ninja'd! I'M MELTING! NROOOOooooo[sub]oooo[/sub]....!

Rewarding success.

Pressing buttons to do things.

The question is:

"What is the most overused..." Not "What is the most widely used..."

Exactly! Like blood splattering on the screen.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Walking.

The question is "What is the most overused..." Not "What is the most widely used..."

Wouldn't that be the same thing?

[sub]I was just messing with the OP[/sub]

 

[ETW97]

Walking.

The question is "What is the most overused..." Not "What is the most widely used..."

Wouldn't that be the same thing?

[sub]I was just messing with the OP[/sub]

over used, like you can never avoid it, people constantly use it

 

[Shanecooper]

Having some relationship between two characters that I don't care about. Actually, having any sort of relationship in every game. That kinda gets old fast.

 

[Axeli]

Walking.

The question is "What is the most overused..." Not "What is the most widely used..."

Wouldn't that be the same thing?

[sub]I was just messing with the OP[/sub]

Overused suggests that it's used too much. Widely used just means it's used a lot.

 

[lasherman]

Allies that don't help in any real way. Like when you charge into battle with a bunch of nameless soldiers/knights/space marines who just crouch behind barrels and occasionally fire bullets blindly in the general direction of the enemy. I know that if they actually were useful in a fight, they would just kill everything for you, thereby eliminating the challenge of the game, but at least don't make it so obvious that they don't do anything.

Also, this.

Having some relationship between two characters that I don't care about. Actually, having any sort of relationship in every game. That kinda gets old fast.

I hate it when designers feel the need to shoehorn a cheesy love interest into everything.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Walking.

The question is "What is the most overused..." Not "What is the most widely used..."

Wouldn't that be the same thing?

[sub]I was just messing with the OP[/sub]

over used, like you can never avoid it, people constantly use it

People don't constantly walk in Videogames?

Walking.

The question is "What is the most overused..." Not "What is the most widely used..."

Wouldn't that be the same thing?

[sub]I was just messing with the OP[/sub]

Overused suggests that it's used too much. Widely used just means it's used a lot.

So walking is not used a lot in videogames?