Experimenting

Encourages trying new tactics, experimenting with traps, and different ability loadouts.

Players experiment with many elements, builds, and combat strategies; exploration of unknown areas is encouraged.

Strong emphasis on trying new builds, skills, and strategies to overcome challenges.

Experimentation with spell combinations and tactics is central to gameplay and player motivation.

High experimentation with alternate history, different nations, strategies, and mods is encouraged and common.

Highly experimental gameplay with discovery of hidden mechanics, secrets, and multiple puzzle approaches.

Strong emphasis on trying new weapons, builds, and tactics; encouraged to experiment with synergies and novel…

Strong emphasis on exploring mechanics, trial and error, and discovering hidden systems.

High encouragement for trying new builds, mixing characters, and exploring different strategies and equipment.

Game encourages trying new builds, testing item interactions, and exploring different strategies every run.

Experimentation with builds and spell synergies is a core motivation and gameplay element.

Players encouraged to try diverse strategies, gods, and agent combinations.

Strong emphasis on trying new builds, synergies, and strategies each run.

Encourages constant experimentation with builds, weapon mods, and crafting outcomes to discover optimal strategies.

Core gameplay loop involves constant experimentation with builds, conditions, and strategies to optimize outcomes.

Strong emphasis on trying new weapon combos, builds, and strategies; game encourages exploration of mechanics.

Core gameplay revolves around experimenting with rules, testing hypotheses, and iterative learning.

The game encourages trying new exploits, scripting, and hacking methods in a sandbox with emergent gameplay.

Strong emphasis on experimenting with ship designs, tactics, and AI behaviors to find optimal strategies.

Players experiment with numerous magic paths, unit combinations, and strategies to find effective builds.

Strong emphasis on trying new builds, synergies, and adapting strategies run to run.

Players encouraged to experiment with card combinations, equipment synergies, and builds.

The game encourages trying new class combinations, builds, and strategies with no penalties for experimentation.

Players frequently explore new moves, AI behaviors, and match types; the game encourages tinkering and testing.