A new gameplay mechanic, lock-on targeting, is used in the game, which focuses the camera on a nearby target and alters the player's actions relative to that target.

Although many action games and adventure games involve puzzles such as obtaining inaccessible objects, a true puzzle game focuses on puzzle solving as the primary gameplay activity.

The gameplay focuses on Mario's extermination of pests in the sewers by flipping them on their backs and kicking them away.

Planescape: Torments gameplay often focuses on the resolution of quests through dialogue rather than combat, and many of the game's combat encounters can be resolved or avoided through dialogue or stealth ; a review of the game in incite PC Gaming says that " The game is almost entirely story driven, and by asking the right questions you should only have to get violent a handful of times.

Though all programmers add to the content and experience that a game provides, a gameplay programmer focuses more on a game's strategy, implementation of the game's mechanics and logic, and the " feel " of a game.

The gameplay originally focuses on the OSS ( Office of Strategic Services ), an American espionage organization during World War II, placing emphasis on using false papers and silenced pistols, but as the series and the technology has progressed, it has shifted emphasis towards front-line combat, and has now almost completely abandoned the original focus.

The arcade style of play is generally more unrealistic and focuses on a quicker gameplay experience.

The gameplay focuses on teaching the player the historical significance of each artifact ( and of the associated historical person ); to progress through the game, the player must correctly answer questions relating to the learned information.

The gameplay in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien follows a branching plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the eight female main characters by the player character.

The gameplay in Crimson Skies: Aces revolves around pilots battling each other on the ground, while the gameplay in Crimson Skies: Air Action focuses on dogfighting between squadrons of aircraft.

Its gameplay focuses on a hybrid shooting and melee combat model.

The gameplay in Tokimeki Memorial focuses on scheduling, dating and stat-building.

The gameplay in To Heart follows a plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the eight female main characters.

It focuses purely on gameplay, and includes no additional storyline.

It is an early example of the platform game genre, as the gameplay focuses on maneuvering the main character across a series of platforms while dodging and jumping over obstacles.

Unlike the other Splatterhouse games, Wanpaku Graffiti focuses more on platforming elements than Beat ' em up gameplay.

The gameplay focuses on optimizing resource management on a network of conquered worlds in order to fuel further conquest.

The game is characterized for its good balance of an action laden gameplay which focuses on classical dog fights and a simple but still realistic flight model.

The gameplay of Mario & Wario focuses on guiding Mario, who has various objects placed atop his head by his nemesis Wario, through a series of levels consisting of various obstacles and traps.

One of the main focuses of Project: Snowblinds gameplay is Nathan Frost's nano-technology augmentations.

This gameplay focuses on fast and stylish combat ( similar to the Devil May Cry and God of War series ) gaining high breakable items, Souls, Technique points, comic covers, Time and Ranks.

These design choices reflect themselves in the gameplay, as Gears of War focuses mainly on squad team-based and cover-dependent tactics with limited weapons rather than brute force.

The gameplay is similar to that of other games in the series, but focuses more on shooter aspects rather than platforming.

Although secondary to its hack and slash gameplay, Castle of the Winds has a plot loosely based on Norse mythology, told with setting changes, unique items, and occasional passages of text.

With one third of the game ( 9 levels ) distributed as shareware, Doom was played by an estimated 10 million people within two years of its release, popularizing the mode of gameplay and spawning a gaming subculture ; as a sign of its effect on the industry, games from the mid-1990s boom of first-person shooters are often known simply as " Doom clones ".

" At its core, the gameplay is similar to classic shooter games ( such as Space Invaders ), presenting the player with the challenge of surviving while shooting every enemy in sight, but with its pseudo-3D first-person perspective giving environments a spatial representation that has a major effect on the level design and gameplay experience.

As a first-person shooter, the gameplay of Duke Nukem 3D involves moving through levels presented from the protagonist's point of view, shooting enemies on the way.

Its programmer, Matthew Saettler, obtained permission from 3D Realms to expand the gameplay enhancements done on WWII GI to Duke Nukem 3D.

The core gameplay involves the player stepping his or her feet to correspond with the arrows that appears on screen and the beat.

These cost from 0 to 3 or more points depending on whether they should be considered Frequent, Major ( or even " Twice Major ", for especially powerful abilities that significantly affect gameplay ) and / or Versatile.

The gameplay of Heretic is heavily derived from Doom, with a level-based structure and an emphasis on finding the proper keys to progress.

This left MIST, a derivative of MUD1 with similar gameplay, as the only remaining MUD running on the Essex University network, becoming one of the first of its kind to attain broad popularity.

DikuMUD had a key influence on the early evolution of the MMORPG genre, with EverQuest ( created by avid DikuMUD player Brad McQuaid ) displaying such Diku-like gameplay that Verant developers were made to issue a sworn statement that no actual DikuMUD code was incorporated.

Strategic gameplay takes place on a 3-D rendered globe of Mars, which includes familiar landmarks such as Olympus Mons.

Alternative starting rulesets exist for Internet and mail games, wherein gameplay occurs in alphabetical order by surname, and points added to the score are based on the success of a proposed rule change rather than random dice rolls.

It is possible to complete some of the levels ' goals by wandering around the landscape of Nightopia as Claris or Elliot ( pursued by an egg-shaped alarm clock which will wake up the child and end the level if it catches the player ), but the majority of the gameplay centers on Nights ' flying sequences, triggered by walking into the Ideya palace near the start of each level and merging with the imprisoned acrobat.

Q3A comes with several gameplay modes ; Free for All ( FFA ), a classic deathmatch, where each player competes against the rest for the highest score, Team Deathmatch ( TDM ), where usually two teams of four compete for the highest team frag total, Tournament ( 1v1 ), a deathmatch between two players, usually ending after a set time and Capture the Flag, which is played on symmetrical maps where teams have to recover the enemy flag from the opponents ' base while retaining their own.

Q3A's focus on multiplayer gameplay spawned a lively community, similar to Quakeworld, that is active to this day.

It focused on team gameplay through new game modes and new weapons, items, and player models.

Prior to the release of these maps, players were limited to playing multiplayer games on the single-player levels, which, while functional as multiplayer levels, were not designed with deathmatch gameplay specifically in mind.

GameSpot agreed with positive reviews and praised every aspect of the game, stating " Quake is a masterpiece on every level, with its ominous atmosphere, silky-smooth animation, incredibly well-balanced gameplay and level design, and unparalleled soundtrack.

Another aspect of the game to have been praised is its gameplay, which Thunderbolt has described as the " deepest most addictive ... to be found on the SNES console ".

** Illuminati Crime Lords, a mafia-based variation on Illuminati which combines gameplay elements of the original Illuminati and INWO.

The gameplay centres on controlling wind with a baton called the " Wind Waker " and sailing a small boat around an island-filled ocean, retaining similar gameplay mechanics as the previous 3D games in the series.

Based on the handheld Four Swords, Four Swords Adventures was another deviation from previous Zelda gameplay, focusing on level-based and multiplayer gameplay.