Player2 said:
Loads of gameplay mechanics in Angry Birds? In Angry Birds the player doesn't have plenty of room about how to face the challenges the game proposes. Since we can look at what it's possible to do at Super Mario Kart we can stop using assumptions. |
Of course there is only one way to make a perfect in angry birds, but in mario kart also, there is also one trajectory possible to optimize your lap. All the mechanics in mario kart are tought for casuals ( like the fact that the last one in the race will pick up god tier items) except for one, the skid, accessible to a 8 yeas old but wich permit to auto-improve.
In an other registry, look at the customization of the cars in gran turismo 3 (dunno about later ones). There is still only one good trajectory in this one, but you have a lot of choices to make in a race, one of the most important being "Do I change the tire now or on the next lap ?". For example you can choose to spend a few more laps with used tires, making you slower but making you gain a few seconds, etc. That adds a strategic thinking to the all.
There are core mechanics in gran turismo that you will only master after spending tens or hundreds of hours playing. In mario kart, you've mastered all mechanics after 10 hours. Improving is just grinding by replaying over and over the same races.
