Game Mechanics Examined

Game Mechanics Examined

Great games have just enough game mechanics to make if fun, but they master these few mechanics. There are games that are amazing games, and have a lot of mechanics and they work. But most games that over throw the ball on mechanics lose it for me. A game with little mechanics but works great is Counter-Strike. You shoot and buy. That’s the jist of CS. A game with a lot of mechanics that work great is Metal Gear Solid 4. You had to watch your moral, health, ammo, money, etc. There was a lot of mechanics that flowed well together and worked out.  Japanese games always seem to have tons of game mechanics. Which is great, but there are games that have so many that it’s too much to hand. In the end it comes down to if the game mechanics flow with each other.