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.

  • stealth_cookiesEnglish
    37·
    3 months ago

    That was Oblivion believe it or not. Ahh, the good ol’ days where everyone got up in arms over even cosmetic DLC.

    • TAG@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I thought that the uproar about horse armor was that it was the first pay-to-win DLC. The armor was not just cosmetic but actually provided a stat boost to your horse. The accusation was that the developers had made it too easy for enemies to kill your horse and decided to patch the game to fix it but made players pay for the patch.

      • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        11·
        3 months ago

        Lol you’re correct it did increase the health pool, but what I remembered most was the cosmetic aspect, I was young tho