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Major problem of modern gaming: The game manual

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Shoveler:
As I sit waiting for my gathering cool down timer, I began reading the game manual. I'm only on page 7, but the content is good so far. This made me realize why most games are akin to theme park rides. Those games have manuals that are not worth reading because they lack of content. Rather than having to read the fucking manual (RTFM), one can just straight into the game because the game will feature popup tutorial windows in the games intro, and random tips are featured throughout the loading screens. Therefore, it is unnecessary to RTFM.

Because of this structure, gaming has become dumbed down. What does this say about the new generation of people who play video games?

Michaelh139:
I dun knowz me thinkz we needz ta read moe papor.

But your right gaming has been seriously dumbed down, remember play Zelda ocarina of time guys?  That was the shit and you felt like you really accomplished something because of the difficulty of the puzzles.  

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Plus, back then the bosses weren't bloody pushovers like they are now.  But let's face it, right now we're in the improvement of gaming mechanics and graphics stage, video games in itself is already perfected, they're just focusing on certain aspects of gaming that, although not as important, Is a good thing, because once that's perfected they will be able to make the near perfect game for every type of player in time, which is causing good gaming in itself to slack off a bit as of now.  Can't wait until we finally get back to that one day...

@surf Solar, I've been playing nintedo-gamecube-ps1-ps2-xbox360-computer since I was 3 so yes I know what a good game was back in the day, hell remember twisted metal?  Classic, super mario?  I like Zelda more though.  I play alot of Starcraft as well (The first one) And i have expansion pack for brood wars  ;D.  So, don't judge people on their age so much like many other broken records do please.

Surf:
It's funny seeing some very young person talking about the "good old days of gaming". ;)

And yes, I agree with the OP, but the manual thingy is just the top of the iceberg of what is wrong with gaming these days.

avv:
Manuals existed because developers didn't understand how to make such games that it's clear to the gamer what needs to be done. If the controls, signals and whole game world are rational enough, no manual or ingametips are required. Only controls need to be explained.

Slaver Snipe:

--- Quote from: avv on December 03, 2010, 03:16:02 pm ---Manuals existed because developers didn't understand how to make such games that it's clear to the gamer what needs to be done. If the controls, signals and whole game world are rational enough, no manual or ingametips are required. Only controls need to be explained.

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Actually i have to disagree, baldur's gate and baldur's gate 2 i knew what to do almost as soon as i started (low learning curve) and the controls were easy enough to figure out without the manual but those manuals were crafted with love (especially BG2's) and made me love the game all the more, i wish the games still had manuals that were as great as bg2's.

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