While some might not consider it a game mechanic I certainly do, as gaming the proceduraly created levels is a core part of certain games, see mapping tactics in Diablo 2 for example as you use knowledge of procedural generation to reduce the time to find and kill bosses!
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Elite was the first game to utilize procedural generation, which has been extremely popular across multiple genres.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-use-of-procedural-generation-in-a-video-game
While some might not consider it a game mechanic I certainly do, as gaming the proceduraly created levels is a core part of certain games, see mapping tactics in Diablo 2 for example as you use knowledge of procedural generation to reduce the time to find and kill bosses!
Rogue and Hack both predate elite.
See I thought of Rogue first but trusted the Guiness book of world records! I guess they need to be corrected