10 Game Mechanics That Need to Evolve (or Die)

Certain game mechanics stick around like unwanted guests. These are ten frustrating video game mechanics that are overdue for an update (and ten ways to fix them).

[anemraz]

Don't mind tutorials. They should just be optional.

[Khajiit86]

I actually love tutorials, no better way to get introduced to the game. A lot of games do make them optional, like Gears they ask you before it starts if you want to choose the path with the tutorial or go straight into battle.

[ftwrthtx]

Hard to believe that they didn't add some sort of storage chest to the Witcher 3

[bmwfanatic]

Supposed to be in the next patch.

[Wedge19]

I like the approach of evolution of concepts. The base ideas for many of these mechanics were based on hardware limitations, and they should evolve to the capabilities of the hardware today instead of just becoming contrived and expected based on past usage.

[Khajiit86]

Im happy with the state of gaming, the evolution is good. If you are unhappy with any of this stuff go play a 10 year old game and you will see how much everything has improved. In another 10 years it will be so much better.

[ifinitygamer]

I originally read this article and thought, "no but that game mechanic is good in x game", until I realized you suggested they should evolve, and that is the best thing for gaming in general. Create a better auto-save system, a better tutorial, a better minimap, etc. All good

[s45gr32]

Game Tutorials are highly welcome especially for noobs like me when it comes to rts or a game that micromanages every single thing. The one game design I haven't seen in games is gradual challenge. Basically, games that get challenging as the gamer improves his/her skill. ..,,

[phoenixwake]

Supposedly the tragically overlooked and under-appreciated PS2 game God Hand had that exact mechanic. It had a meter which measured your fighting skill. It would increase or decrease depending on how well you dealt with enemies and how many times you got hit.

The better you did, the harder enemies would be.

[s45gr32]

That will be. awesome

[StockpileTom]

While I do want to see more player momentum it really does need to change. Too often games that implement this make it too cumbersome in a way that a character decides to gradually turn at full speed instead of maybe making a sharp cut-move.