What are some of the strangest mechanics you've seen in vidya? These tops in Marble Garden Zone have always stuck out to me as weird. They're not particularly easy to use, fun, or interesting. There's also that barrel in Carnival Night that has no reason being as impractical as it is.
Sonic games have always just been set pieces, even the genesis ones. They billed themselves on BLAST PROCESSING but even in Sonic 1, the only levels that actually let you go fast are Green Hill and Twilight. The rest of them are a fucking slog. It was just Sega trying to pretend to be something it wasn't. Then they died/
This farting bird thing. It gives you cheat codes, but what a strange way to include this function.
the boulder levels in crash 1 were designed to go forward like the other levels, they just flipped the camera around. it sounds retarded and i don't know a better way to explain it
Did you know? This stage is actually fucking gay.
>>732193398It's called rainbow ride. Of course it's gay
>>732193498were the third floor levels from 64 all just last minute additions? tiny huge island, tick tock clock, rainbow road, and mario wings to the sky all seem like afterthoughts
>>732193880tick tock clock is a good level fuck you
>>732193993Its gimmick is cool but the stage itself can suck my dick
>>732193880iirc most of the levels in the game were done very late in development because they were primarily messing with the engine and physics and trying to get the controls to feel good
>cutscene is playing>OH SHIT DUDE YOU BETTER CLICK X BUTTON NOW FAST OR THE CUTSCENE WILL RESTART
>>732194073That would explain why Bob Bomb Battlefield and Whomp's Fortress are the best levels in the game
>>732194147Tomb Raider?
qrd?
>>732194615 Mario yeets the baby penguin off the cliff in Cool, Cool Mountain. You're supposed to return the lost penguin to its mom for a star, but everyone tried this at least once to see what would happen. Spoiler: the mom doesn't care, and you feel morally ambiguous for about five seconds before long-jumping off the mountain yourself.
>>732195063the mother penguin will actually chase you if you pick up the baby, but she can't actually hurt you
>>732195173my friend swore she pecked mario's eyes out and I believed him
>>732195268I believe your friend. That happened to me.
>>732195268>she
>>732192482Eh, 6/10, I smirked
>>732192297Spark 3 has a truly awful timer mechanic that kills you if you fall for more than a few seconds.you don't die form hitting the ground, no the game just kills you for no reason in mid air. the game does not even attempt to explain what is supposed to have killed you.It feels so jank like a glitch.What's worse is the dev made a vertical level that he realized this shitty mechanic wasn't going to support.. so he actually had to put in special rings you fall through that reset the timer that kills you. it's the most sloppy jank design ever.
>>732193398Nice rainbow polygons
>>732196240thanks
>>732192297FF7R is a game that sells itself as an ARPG like KH2.But unlike KH2 and every other action game in existence it's Action combat is fake, devoid of merit and purely superficial. it's mechanics do not work and it violates basic game design rules.For example it has a dodge that doesn't work. it's completely useless as it's slow, has terrible mobility and it has no I-frames either.in 99.9% of cases it's better to simply run or use a dash attack instead.But the most bizarre design fail of the game is the fact that almost every boss has at least one scripted attack that does unavoidable damage to you no matter what.like these homing lazers. -there is no way to avoid them. they will simply hit you.-there is no challenge to over come here, the attack simply exists-they don't do much damage but they don't serve a purpose either so why does this unavoidable damage exist?the game starts to make a lot more sense when you finally realize the devs did not design a game. they designed a movie.>The hero takes a hit here and then he comes back and wins.That's what they were making.
>>732197349>purely superficialthat kinda describes all of kingdom farts
>>732197569These games get more shit than they deserve kek.
>>732197569I don't follow.Not only do all the mechanics and fights work properlye.g dodge actually works, all attacks were designed with a way for sora to avoid damage from them if the player knows the mechanics.but the frame data, motion programing and attention to detail on animations and every aspect of combat is so refined it's impressive.
