I know the “hold a button to lock-on to an enemy” was in Mega Man Legends, but in the first game you had to stand still for the lock to work. On MML2, you could lock and run around freely, but that game came after OoT
Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?
Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 weeks ago
Ocarina of time, 3d, lock on, one enemy attacks at a time. So much of modern gaming pulled from ocarina of time
ICastFist@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Oh wow, did Zelda really make this popular? I wouldn’t have guessed. I’ve play it a ton.
ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The fact they used Navi to do the targeting really demonstrates how the devs felt they needed to explain the new mechanic and not just use it ‘because game.’