Is Your PS5 Melting? - Beyond 783
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Is Pacing a Bottleneck for Fun?
A gameplay mechanic that has a choke hold on almost every game is pacing now. It's that part in so many games where your character has to slowly squeeze through a tight quarter tunnel or wall just to see more of a story. Last year we had it in God of War Ragnarok, the Clisto Protocol, a playtale Requiem, the Last of Us Part 1 and a bunch of other games. "It feels like one of those ancient design ideas that we should have left back in the previous generation," he says. 'I don't want it to be there anymore'
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