Hand Holding - General Discussion Forum

Cia · 2012-05-04T08:46:26+00:00

I have just spend a lot of time with two very different games, Skyward Sword and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and even though they were both mostly enjoyable experiences, there was one thing that made me want to stop playing and go back to Dark Souls, or the original Legend of Zelda. There is simply too much tutorials and hand holding in these games. Everyone in here already knows about FI and treasure hunting annoyances in SS, so i'm just gonna concentrate on Castlevania. My gripe is that the game constantly "talks" to you, like you were a child. "You can't jump from here yet", "You are not powerful enough to move this block, come back later", "Look, there's a ledge, climb it."; all the while when the ledges, movable blocks and stuff are flashing. Everything you can use, flashes all the time, so just follow the flashing and you can never get lost. There are puzzles, but behold: in the inventory screen there is a "solve the puzzle automatically"- option. A real life Win button for chrissakes! The game is rated M, so basically my question is this: Why do the developers think that adults are so dim witted that they can't figure out anything by themselves? I don't find playing a game like this enjoyable, outside from combat. It just makes me feel like the developers are insulting my intelligence. This modern "Castlevania" is not the only example of annoyingly excessive hand holding. If you've got some other game in mind what does this, please feel free to rant. I hate this kind of crap and want the industry to return to older times, when the player actually felt like he's in control of his actions. Dark Souls is a prime example of the direction where we should go.

Topic: Hand Holding

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Bankai
Wed 9th May 2012

The_Fox wrote:

ChocoGoldfish wrote:
Compare to King's Field IV which not only hides the save points
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I've got a feeling I would hate King's Field IV.

Most people did. Look at its Metacritic rating. 60 from 14 reviews. Of course the user rating is 9.4 from 8 reviews, showing how small the community that likes it is. But they love the game.

Much like Pandora's Tower, really, the gameplay itself is pretty abstract and obscure. Most people found it asinine, but the raw atmosphere was so strong that a small group of people looked past the gameplay and saw something special in the game.

Demon's Souls and Dark Souls are far more straightforward and watered down. Which makes them better and more accessible games, but lesser experiences to the people who got hooked on King's Field IV.

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