Design Analysis

Despite both games having a unique mechanic like firing a gun at an ally to heal them, the way that each one is constructed and the behavior it displays in game can show how different each game approaches moment-to-moment gameplay.

A few days ago I spent time breaking down the basic mechanics behind Monster Hunter World’s Heavy Bowgun. By spending time analyzing mechanics like this it gives me a great baseline to incorporate certain aspects of what makes the Heavy Bowgun successful in my own work.