Metagaming
Culture concept
Requires using knowledge the protagonist would not have without the player supplying it from previous attempts or external sources.
81
games
25platforms
Alternate name: Trial and error
OCS 1990
WIN 2018-05-25
NES 1990-11
WIN 2011-10-02
LIN 2002
MAC 1987
IIGS 1988
LIN 2002-12-03
DC 2007-01-31
ST 1985
GEN 1991-07-11
DOS 1992
Generally these are very non-intuitive games that rely on multiple attempts from the player to solve problems than actually solving them (trial & error vs observation, logic or some other method).
Note that metagaming is possible in almost all games, this tag simply denotes in which games it's required to progress (barring extraordinary blind luck).
Should NOT be used on trivia/quiz games as this is essentially expected of you (have knowledge outside of what the game gives you).
Note that metagaming is possible in almost all games, this tag simply denotes in which games it's required to progress (barring extraordinary blind luck).
Should NOT be used on trivia/quiz games as this is essentially expected of you (have knowledge outside of what the game gives you).
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Games by year
The first Metagaming video game was released in 1984.
Sierra On-Line, Namco Bandai and Playdead published most of these games.