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surprise mechanics

A term used to describe members of the games industry that use patches for their games to reduce the value of those games in order to sell a solution to the problem they create.

This can be done by introducing new or additional loot boxes and/or microtransactions to games that already have an up-front price tag, or by downgrading a product by stripping features out of it after the initial sale so that they can be reintroduced at a later date for either a monetary value or a PR boost some time after the initial backlash has died down.
Sam: "My 17-year-old game now requires an inferior launcher to run and I can't play any of my favorite game modes offline, all because the company that made it is trying to force everyone to buy Warcraft 3 Reforged! Even some of the graphics options, like character shadows, aren't available to me any more!"
James: "Activision/Blizzard's surprise mechanics at work."

Sam: "I used to really enjoy Trials Rising, but now that loot boxes are a thing, the rest of the game just doesn't seem fun any more. I'm constantly feeling like I need to spend money just so my character looks half as good as the others and there's no guarantee that I'll get the thing I actually want in order to do that."
James: "Looks like Ubisoft's surprise mechanics really hurt this game, huh?"
Sam: "Is that your word for loot boxes?"
James: "No. It's the staff at Ubisoft that introduced them."

Sam: "I'm so sick of EA and 2K sticking loot boxes into their yearly releases of FIFA and NBA! The rest of the game isn't even that good any more, like it's about as meaningful as the brand on the top of a slot machine at Las Vegas!"
James: "You're not wrong. There are probably more surprise mechanics working on these games than actual game developers now."
by Jaaaaaaames Sunderland February 8, 2020
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mech assault2

MechAsault 2; a game that people play that have no life what so ever. They are complety in a fictious world with robots that rape other robots and shoot beams at each other.
Hey wanna go outside and play today, no i want to stay home and play mechassault2
by Mike March 12, 2005
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Mech-warrior

A "Mech-Warrior" is any woman (or man) who wears high heeled shoes, is chubby and has big boobs that stand out like flak cannons although she (or he) is incable of properly walking in them. Mech-warriors are characterized by their awkward posture and halting gait while walking, like the giant robots in (no-Japanese) robot fighting games. A mech-warrior can be futher defined if the woman has a pronounced hunch in her back caused by the poor posure her high heeled shoes promotes (see "hunchback")
Tommy: "Damn that's a fine bitch!"

Timmy: "WHAT?? she is fugly and walks like the hunchback of notre dame, man"

Jimmy: "yeah, she's a total mech-warrior"
by Sepulverture June 15, 2009
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Mecha

Dude, your a freaking Mecha!
by Samanosuke_01 October 19, 2004
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Mechawhore

A slut of Godzilla like proportions. Originating from the giant robotic 'Mechagodzilla' in the Godzilla TV series.
'Fuck man this bitch is such a mechawhore! She is taking it from all sorts of angles!'
by suburbandan2 November 22, 2011
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Mechaphilia

A person whom is aroused by anything mechanical such as Engines or Robotics (Even non existent things like Gundem Mechs)
Person 1: Dude why are you fucking that exhaust pipe?
Person 2: I'm a mechaphilia
Person 1: That's pretty fucked
by TheWhiteKing June 17, 2018
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mechanical pencil

wrap your dick in tin foil and go into intercourse with a woman while moaning "i need to finish the essay!" after ejaculation you say "i ran out of led, i need a refill"
by king awesomeness January 21, 2011
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