Abilitease

Abilitease is a concept that appears in 69 games


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Abilitease is when a game will give you a glimpse of your full skill-set only to quickly strip your powers away.

The act of a character starting with all of his or her powers in an early level and then subsequently losing them only to have to slowly recollect them throughout the game.

The point of the abilitease is to give the player further incentive to play through the game.  Often the abilities that they are given at the beginning are not as advanced as those the player will get further into the game.  The Metroid series is notable for including an abilitease in almost all of its games.  This is because of the linear nature of the gameplay, which leads players from one quest to another, with each providing a recovered ability.  Other games have found other ways to work the abilities back into gameplay.  For example Assassin's Creed has you rework your way up the Assassin rankings to retrieve your abilities, and Star Wars: The Force Unleashed actually offers you a different, more advanced character, to play as in the beginning of the game.  While on paper the abilitease would seem aggravating, fans have yet to voice serious discontent about including it in games.

Abilitease games
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Name Platforms Developer
White Knight Chronicles
PS3 Level-5 Inc.
Cardboard Senki
PSP Level-5 Inc.
Monster Hunter Tri
WII Capcom Production Studio 1
Metroid Prime Trilogy
released on Aug. 24, 2009
WII Nintendo, Retro Studios
Shadow Complex
released on Aug. 19, 2009
XBLM Chair Entertainment, Epic Games
The Conduit
released on June 23, 2009
WII High Voltage Software, Inc.
Prototype
released on June 9, 2009
PC, X360, PS3 Radical Entertainment Inc.
Cross Edge
released on May 26, 2009
X360, PS3 Compile Heart, Inc.
Valkyria Chronicles
released on Nov. 4, 2008
PS3 SEGA Wow Inc., Basiscape
Crash Bandicoot: Mind Over Mutant
released on Oct. 7, 2008
WII, DS, PSP, PS2, X360 Radical Entertainment Inc.


Concept Name: Abilitease
Appears in: 69 games
First appearance:
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Splenda14
40 points

asian_pride
13 points

Vinny
9 points

KuribosShoe
6 points

Troydark
6 points


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