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For the uninitiated, crouch jumping is a mechanic where you can increase the height of ledges you are able to jump on by holding crouch after jumping, like a simulation of pulling your legs up in real life.

I never really thought much about it growing up, some games had it, some didn't, but it always felt natural/intuitive, and today I feel like it is a way to increase the ceiling of player movement by a simple combination of two existing movements.

However I've heard that some people dislike it, and some actively hate it. Some of the arguments I've heard is that if a player needs to be able to get somewhere, then ledges should be lower and not gated, and that the whole mechanic is useless and just introduces an extra button press for no reason.

I can see the merit in some points, and others I feel like are nitpicky, but I'm interested in broadly knowing how Lemmy feels about it.

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[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 months ago

I find myself accidentally using it

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Just like in halo 1/2 they never designed levels around crouch jumping but the ability was there expanding the overall gameplay in positive ways

Crouch jumping is a great mechanic but IMO it should only be used for hidden items or Easter eggs

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