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| forum | IRL Abilitease | KillerBears |
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Abilitease is an aspect of game design wherein a game will provide a glimpse of your full skill-set at or near the start, only to remove most of these skills, stats, and abilities soon after.
The act of a character starting with all, or nearly all, of his or her powers in an early level; then subsequently losing them and slowly recollecting 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 the abilitease would seem aggravating, fans have yet to voice serious discontent about its presence.
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 the abilitease would seem aggravating, fans have yet to voice serious discontent about its presence.
Abilitease games
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Cardboard Senki | PSP | Level-5 Inc. |
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Tera released on May 1, 2012 | PC | Bluehole Studio |
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Outland released on April 27, 2011 | XBLM, PS3N | Housemarque |
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Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga released on April 12, 2011 | X360, PC | Larian Studios |
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Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars released on March 22, 2011 | 3DS | Ubisoft Sofia |
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Dragon Age II released on March 8, 2011 | PS3N, XBLM, PS3, X360, MAC, PC | BioWare |
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Lord of Arcana released on Jan. 25, 2011 | PSP, PSPN | Access Games |
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Splatterhouse released on Nov. 23, 2010 | X360, PS3 | Namco Bandai Games Inc., Bottlerocket Entertainment |
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood released on Nov. 16, 2010 | PC, PS3N, XBLM, X360, MAC, PS3 | Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Quebec City Studio, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Montreal Studios, Ubisoft Annecy Studios |
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II released on Oct. 26, 2010 | PSP, PS3, PS3N, XBLM, X360, WII, DS, PC | LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC |
General Information
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| Concept Name: | Abilitease |
| Appears in: | 93 games |
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Power takeaway Metroiding Castroiding |
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