A Viewpoint

      Great games are made of great gameplay, and what we call the overall gameplay experience is essentially a wide range of individual mechanics’ that the player gets to perform over and over throughout the course of a game. But there are some gameplay mechanics’ that stand out as far more enjoyable and satisfying than others, so much so that they become the sole reason for replaying the game over and over again. And at the nucleus of all truly great videogames are these unique and memorable gameplay mechanics’ that feel exciting and rewarding every single time you do them and never really get old. And this article is about celebrating those timeless gameplay mechanics’ that have also made the games they’ve appeared in some of the greatest in videogame history. They’ve been ranked according to their ingenuity and re-playability, so let’s dive in.      7. Maximum Armor (the Crysis series) : This is more of a personal favorite but I've always found t...

Games are all about ideas & their execution. Different ideas from different aspects of games like gameplay ideas, narrative ideas, presentation ideas all come together to create a single game and behind every successful game there is one or several ideas that have worked it's magic. Some ideas work, some do not, some are promising but because of poor execution are forgotten quickly and while some ideas are intriguing in the time of their debut, loses their value in the long haul. But there are very few ideas that not only worked when they debuted, they created a vision for other developers to expand further and helped push the boundaries of videogames. In some cases, these timeless ideas even helped create new genres of videogames. Below are the ideas that in my opinion, created the foundation, the lifeblood of the present gaming industry with their innovation & ingenuity. These ideas have been used & abused from the time of their inception & the deb...