Randomness

When talking to Alan awhile ago we discussed how the game needed some more unpredictability, without this key feature the game could be very repetitive with users becoming aware of where the best upgrades are and playing the same style to complete the game. One of the features we talked about was that the upgrades the user would pick up would be random so that you could pick up a powerful weapon or a leg modification which would completely change the game plan of the user increasing re playability.


Worms uses this randomness very well, you could have a perfect game plane but the minute it's your turn the wind could change in your enemies favour causing you to change the weapon, angle and power in which you fire the weapon so in turn not giving a guaranteed hit. this system is very simple but so effective, easy to play hard to master.



Boarderlands has this new mod Called Moxie's Underdrome is a small expanstion containing three arenas which you battle out alone or with friends against numerious enermies, there are five rounds in the lower teir each with five waves, the fith wave is always a random boss with a few grunts gaurding him which you have to defeat.
i have a quote below only because when i was reading its exactly what i was going to say bar the halo part.

"The Ring o' Death is similar to the Skull system from Halo 3: ODST's Firefight mode, but it's implemented so cleverly that it gives this game the edge. The Ring o' Death allows Moxxi to arbitrarily bypass several laws of nature. Some of these are believable; when Naked is turned on, your shields are removed from the equation. Others are simply insane; Body Shot nerfs headshots to the point where they do almost no damage at all. Every now and then, Moxxi will issue a gun challenge, which all but forces you to use a single gun type. If you're caught with an SMG during a Sniper Rifle Challenge, you're pretty much screwed (unless you're insanely good)."
-Jon Carlos -