How games used to teach the player

Takeda Shingen · 10-19-12, 12:09 PM

A lot of this was also because of the natural intuitiveness of the older games. Megaman, for example, followed the standard NES forumla of press A to jump, press B to shoot, throw, etc. More often than not, modern games don't follow a standard formula; choosing to promote their own control system. It isn't just poor games or annoying systems that do this either. Look at the differences between Arkham Asylum's counter-based system and Fallout 3's VATS. Sometimes a little tutorial goes a long way.

10-19-12, 12:09 PM	#1
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	A lot of this was also because of the natural intuitiveness of the older games. Megaman, for example, followed the standard NES forumla of press A to jump, press B to shoot, throw, etc. More often than not, modern games don't follow a standard formula; choosing to promote their own control system. It isn't just poor games or annoying systems that do this either. Look at the differences between Arkham Asylum's counter-based system and Fallout 3's VATS. Sometimes a little tutorial goes a long way.