Gameplay mechanic explained

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Some purely gameplay related mechanic is explained in-mythos.

8
games
6
platforms

Alternate names: Explained gameplay elements, In-mythos gameplay elements

Experience is not usually worth being included as it's usually quite literally just experience. However, some games point out how illogically it works or how unnaturally rapid or diverse the growth in ability is.

Things that occur often enough might be worth their own tag and omitted from this.

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Child groups

Explained third-person perspective, Explained HUD

Games by year

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The first Gameplay mechanic explained video game was released in 1981.

Beamdog published all these games.

Platforms

Windows 3
Atari 400/800 1
MS-DOS 1
Mac OS X 1
North Star Computers 1
DEC PDP-1 1