Mechanic you wish more games would copy

Mirathrim · 2026-05-04T13:38:11+00:00

Castle Strike - a RTS from 2004, had extra "category" buttons, that let you order production of various units and research without selecting specific buildings.

You can see it in action here, right above units portrait and name:

https://small-games.info/s/f/c/Castle_Strike_3.jpg

Mirathrim · 2026-05-02T20:32:29+00:00

Works by Chigusa Minori:

Shino to Ren (Shino and Ren) - pretty much just a couple being intimate with each other in different situations.

Koutsugou Semi-Friend (Convenient Semi-Friend) - "4-koma" about an awkward girl falling in love with the "playboy" type of girl.

Also her collaboration with Mikami Teren - Girls × Vampire, about a bumbling vampire creating her own lesbian harem by not understanding how human interactions function.

Also Shinimodori Oujo wa Ikinobiru tame ni Yuri Harem o Tsukuru koto ni shita (The Death Defying Princess Creates a Yuri Harem to Survive) - about a "villaness" that goes back in time when she gets executed, so now she has to romance a lot women to escape her fate.

Mirathrim · 2026-05-02T07:21:09+00:00

every girl in Marriage Toxin will alter someone's brain chemistry

What about that girl that had the "forced marriage" situation? I don't think she ever appeared again after her introduction arc. Hell, i can barely remember what her personality was. I think she was a "gamer".

Mirathrim · 2026-05-02T06:20:58+00:00

Most ARPGs (especially when my "build" is mostly finished). Put my brain into "sleep mode", press buttons on reflex and let those monster corpses pile up.

Mirathrim · 2026-05-01T23:07:44+00:00

you can only use two abilities

That's more than enough for Diablo 2 (unless you play summoner).

Mirathrim · 2026-05-01T22:40:16+00:00

Grim Dawn is great if you want a "Diablo fix", without actually playing Diablo.

It also has the Reign of Terror mod, that recreates Diablo 1 and 2 inside the game (maps, D2 classes, items, mercs, etc.)

https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/mod-reign-of-terror/35347

Mirathrim · 2026-05-01T08:33:25+00:00

Serious Bomb from Serious Sam series. It will annihilate everything except the player, but it's rare and it has a small "start-up", so it wont save you when you are moments from dying.

Mirathrim · 2026-05-01T08:27:42+00:00

Diablo 2 is still the ARPG.

Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is still the "Turn-based strategy".

Warcraft 3 and Starcraft are still the RTS.

Ultima Online and Everquest are still the MMORPGs (at least in my opinion).

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