Games. Turns out, you tend to play them. In years past, we have often tried to talk about the elegance of particular systems and mechanics before, but we never had a category exclusive to that. Debuting this year, we wanted to award our favorite mechanics from 2024.
The Nominees Are:
Mind Chess (Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor’s Gambit)
Learning Languages (Chants of Sennaar)
Bullet Guidance (Children of the Sun)
Lane Rails (Deadlock)
Memories (Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake)
Pawns (Dragons Dogma 2)
Bravery Points (Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising)
Stratagems (Helldivers 2)
Bond (Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom)
Team Up (Marvel Rivals)
The Car (Pacific Drive)
The Starry Expanse (Riven [2024])
Fast Talk (Star Wars Outlaws)
Possession (Slitterhead)
Rewind (Tetrachroma)
Guard Thrust (Under Night In-Birth II [Sys:Celes])
Tactics (Unicorn Overlord)
Special Training Plan (Zenless Zone Zero)
Here’s our write-up for the winners!
Our intro and outro music for the Gimmick Awards 2024 is Afternoon After the Rain by Kazuki Kaneko, and our art is a commission from Sarracenian on Bluesky.
