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submitted 1 year ago by MJBrune@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

I love hearing about unique takes on game mechanics. Someone recently convinced me that limited inventories are kind of abused currently and that unlimited inventory systems would give more player choices.

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[-] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Auto health makes the game oriented around taking as much cover as possible. You just pop out, shoot, and then jump back to hiding again.

The newer Doom games for example uses limited health to force you be that cool action hero who is participating in the action. Health is regained by killing enemies. If they had regen the player would just be back to hiding behind covers like cowards.

[-] ampersandrew@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Doom was interesting because it was a solution to both of those problems at once. Doom shouldn't be a cover shooter, but hunting for health packs is not action packed or fun, so the enemies became health packs.

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