I’ve been going through some older rpgs, and I’ve found that the tutorials are both entirely out of character and mind numbing. It’s hard not to envision myself taking my time back by violence. Anyone else do something similar or am I peculiar?
“Hey you, you’re finally awake.”
So portal 1 is about 75% tutorial but it’s done so well you don’t mind.
The long grind tutorials have definitely put me off games before though especially in some older games.
If the tutorial is just playing the game, I’m fine with it. If the tutorial is 261% lore relevant, I’m fine with it. If the tutorial is entertaining, I’m fine with it. (Portal/lisa/undertale) If one more old man micromanages my battle against a goddamn training dummy, I’m sending unkind emails.
That seems reasonable. Far cry Blood Dragon had a really entertaining tutorial. Very tongue in cheek funny and lots of sarcastic comments from the main character.
Sometimes, yes.
Or shooting them.
Considering that violence against npcs who have unskippable text or are veritably annoying is documented everywhere and seemingly laughed at by everyone,* I’d say you’re not the only one. I know I’ve done it. How many memes have been reposted about an npc feeling dread as they watch the player character quicksave?
Tutorial specific is rare for me. I can’t think of too many tutorials I get annoyed at.
*Just thinking off the top of my head: mods for children in skyrim, I know I saw videos about the subject in fable, there’s an anime right now (shangri-la frontier) that dedicates a big chunk of the first episode to a character being exultant for the five seconds an annoying npc can be attacked, the memes I mentioned, oh god, the amount of hate patches gets, etc.
Considering that violence against npcs who have unskippable text or are veritably annoying is documented everywhere and seemingly laughed at by everyone
I honestly avoid gaming communities like the plague, so I appreciate you delving into places where I will not tread.
This is why I dont care for any games made by cd projekt red. Tutorial goes on for fucking hours. Jesus christ let me just play.
One of the Tomb Raider games was some ridiculous discount on Steam, so i bought it. Cue interminable cutscenes and being given very brief control in order to walk a couple of paces forward before another cutscene. Or, even worse, the game taking over control of Lara for you.
I’d been playing 15-20 minutes - maybe even a little bit longer - when i decided “fuck this”, turned it off and never booted it again. Call me weird but i play games to play them. If it’s been that long and I’ve not experienced any gameplay then I’m not interested.
The Elden ring approach would have worked out better. Start in the middle of the action, “sink or swim, bitch”, and then things slow down. Give me a taste of the game before I die of old age!
you know, sometimes i just want to skip the ‘learn how to press w to walk’ part and get to the game. is that too much to ask? i’ve been playing games since before most of these devs were born, i think i know how to move.
Never - but if the tutorial is too boring, I just give up, quit the game and never open it again. If the tutorial is that tedious, I won’t enjoy the game either, so it’s just a waste of time. There’s always more important stuff than some annoying game that won’t even let me play it
