Released recently, Ash of Gods seeks to build on the successes of games like The Banner Saga by
adding innovative gameplay mechanics to a sound overall system.
Not exact matches
Unlike traditional Crash games, the developers of this current incarnation have
added a variety of new features and
gameplay options into the title making this the most
innovative title to date.
'' Of course, we need to
add great new characters and create
innovative new
gameplay.
The principle behind the indie games movement was that developers not chained to the high stakes world of initial public offerings and demographics research would be able to create
innovative games that users would want to play, rather than what users had proven in the past that they would be willing to play, and finally there is a mecha game on the XBLIG service that proves the indie movement right, because Explosionade is a love letter to the great 2D SNES mecha sidescrollers that
adds just enough new
gameplay mechanics to make it its own beast.
By
adding these features, I do think it is an
innovative way of rethinking the genre, however, I still believe it's a way for the company to hide the
gameplay limitations of the shooter.
Frogwares steered the Sherlock Holmes series towards a high fidelity 3rd person investigation game and now furthers their revolution of the genre by
adding even more
innovative gameplay features.
It's true that every system upgrade isn't
innovative (I like the system breakdown earlier), but lest we forget, even if the 3D doesn't present significant changes for
gameplay, you have the
added motion sensor, and gyro sensor and front facing cam with the ability to recognize face change and other movements a la the eye toy.
Again, a cool down for items and abilities isn't
innovative, but it assists maintaining the focus on weapons while still
adding flavor to the traditional Call of Duty
gameplay loop.