I have realized now, videogames need 4 elements.
Just like how music needs 4 elements.

Games are made of Combat, Dungeon Exploration, Town Stories and Collecting Tokens.

Those 4 are the fundamental elements of a videogame.

Kill yourself Cris.

>>714129997 (OP)
This is very wrong and you can list tons of examples of games that don't fit. Civilization V and Tribes: Ascend, for some examples.

>>714130681
Not all music has all the 4 elements of music.

>>714131007
First of all, video games. Second, if something isn't necessary then it cannot be called "fundamental" like OP says.

>>714131229
Not fundamental, but more like types of elements of a game.

Like the fundamental types of games that exist.

>>714131475
Okay, so basically the opposite of the word "fundamental". "Optional". Yes, those four elements are things that can exist in a video game. Not really sure what the point of this thread is if that's all that's being said now.

>>714129997 (OP)
>Collecting tokens

kill yourself cris

>>714131649
My point was to discuss.

Those four elements are from player psychology.

KILLERS, ARCHIEVERS, SOCIALIZERS, EXPLORERS.

Those are the 4 main types of gamers.
I just realized each want a specific type of gameplay.

combat, story, exploration, collection.

>>714132829
Where would you put sports games?

>>714133223
any form of competition or sport is killer pychology.

>>714129997 (OP)
Toxotransmosis moment.