Stamets@lemmy.world to Gaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoNever understood thislemmy.worldimagemessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1440arrow-down134
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minus-squareAggressivelyPassive@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down5·5 months agoI mean, this is the essence of 95% of GTA missions. Just like 95% of RPG missions are a variation of clear dungeon, kill boss, retrieve item.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·5 months agoPlatformers are just running and jumping towards the right and repeating.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·5 months agoOld school ones. Anything half modern lets you go left as well.
minus-squarefidodo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoBut the goal is always to the right (counting metroidvanias as their own genre)
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agosuper metroid final boss is left
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoSuper Mario’s boss is right. Both sides are equally bad.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoNot really. Super Meat Boy is a platformer and definitely isn’t always to the right.
minus-squareDacoTaco@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoSame thing with i want to be that guy
minus-squarePeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·5 months ago“clear dungeons, kill boss, retrieve item” is just “go from a to b, kill x at b, go from b to c”
minus-squareLmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoThe key is making the dungeon/boss fun. The quests are just to lead you through the content. If you don’t like fighting through dungeons and fighting bosses then the game may not be for you. Like with GTA getting to places needs to be enjoyable.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoAnd taking out 99% of the rest of the game built around the basic skeleton structure makes it sound bleak and boring.
I mean, this is the essence of 95% of GTA missions. Just like 95% of RPG missions are a variation of clear dungeon, kill boss, retrieve item.
Platformers are just running and jumping towards the right and repeating.
Old school ones. Anything half modern lets you go left as well.
But the goal is always to the right (counting metroidvanias as their own genre)
super metroid final boss is left
Super Mario’s boss is right.
Both sides are equally bad.
Not really. Super Meat Boy is a platformer and definitely isn’t always to the right.
Same thing with i want to be that guy
🤯
“clear dungeons, kill boss, retrieve item” is just “go from a to b, kill x at b, go from b to c”
The key is making the dungeon/boss fun. The quests are just to lead you through the content.
If you don’t like fighting through dungeons and fighting bosses then the game may not be for you.
Like with GTA getting to places needs to be enjoyable.
And taking out 99% of the rest of the game built around the basic skeleton structure makes it sound bleak and boring.