I was trying to think of which games created certain mechanics that became popular and copied by future games in the industry.

The most famous one that comes to my mind is Assassin’s Creed, with the tower climbing for map information.

  • delitomatoes@lemm.eeEnglish
    221·
    3 months ago

    I think Spyro was the first mainstream game to standardise achievements, you could do random stuff in-game and it gave you a little pop up, carried over to Ratchet and Clank and now every game has official achievements

    • UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.devEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      I think Spyro was the first mainstream game to standardise achievements, you could do random stuff in-game and it gave you a little pop up

      Which one did that?

      • rekorse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        3 months ago

        I believe the very first one had skill points that unlocked an extended ending and game art.

        • Okami@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          3 months ago

          This. They were indeed called Skill Points, and Insomniac loved to tie cheats and bonus material to completing them. I played the shit out of Spyro and Ratchet and Clank back in the day.

        • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
          11·
          3 months ago

          Not the first one on the PSX, that’s for sure. Also, getting some extra stuff for 100% a game wasn’t new by the time of Spyro, both Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot already did that

      • SplashJackson@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        3 months ago

        Mortal Kombat for the Genesis did that though. Every once and a while on good hit, little dude would pop into the corner and call out, “Toasty!!”

        Really makes you feel like you achieved something great