ITT: Name a specific mechanic or concept and the game that did it best
For example, lockpicking: Oblivion
>Open World
Breath of the Wild
Relentless combat
>>380694787
>actually BALANCED powerups in a cart racer
Blur
spearing charging cunts off horses: mountain blade
>collectables
Shattered Memories
>No loading screens
Burnout Paradise. There were none and you were always driving no bullshit.
>>380694787BRRRRAAAAAAP
>Combat animations
Automata. Every animation has a long ass backswing if you let it play out to the end. MGR had something similar but not quite as long, and the animations themselves weren't as outlandish.
>Convincing your to strangle your friends
Dokapon Kingdom
It isn't the best third person shooter all around, but it's TPS gameplay is second to none
>sudoku
9 hours 9 persons 9 doors
>>380695974
It was good. I'd say XCX did it better though. Granted it was like 10 years later
Walking simulator
Firewatch
>>380696303
>XCX
>loading a whole heap of MMO tier nothing is impressive
>Dropping your friends and regretting it.
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
>>380696442
Nah that's Yume Nikki
>grappling hooks
Lost Planet 1 & 2.
Grapple on to anything, stay grappled to things while shooting, grapple on to enemy weak point and unload on it, grapple grenades out of the air and kill yourself...
>>380696442
>>380696519
A weird way to spell Stanley Parable.
It's going to be very interesting to see hack n' slash/action games try and surpass Bayonetta 2's combat
>>380694787
>Stamina Management
Nioh
Being not shit video game
My favourite game
>>380694787
>Oblivion
>lockpicking
>good
At least you could mod Skyrim's lockpicking into not being shit. Oblivion's lockpicking is fundamentally flawed and is a joke even at 5 lockpicking unless you mod it so that it's fucking removed entirely.
>Jiggle physics
Soul Calibur 4
>>380694787
Largest number of fun playable characters.
Best use of a brick in vidya.
Best use of monkeys in vidya.
Best use of a space marine trope.
Best use of X in general
>>380696161
agreed my dude, I only got to play the demo and a few of the levels at a buddy's place and fuck it felt good.
>>380695910
Do you say Rhodok Crossbow bolt to a stupid Swadian's face? Cause that''s what I heard.
>>380694787
dialogue
fallout new vegas
health
halo CE
>>380697174
Being most shit video game
Your favourite game
>>380698504
delete this
>Letting you find and date men playing as catgirls while playing one as well
FFXIV
>>380696442
fuck firewatch
the twist is that there is actually nothing interesting happening at all
what a stupid fucking "game"