Do Video Game Tutorials Suck? | Video Essay about Tutorials and Teaching in Games, Hellblade Senua's

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Do all video game tutorials suck? Well there's definitely some great ones out there, but there are a ton of boring video game tutorials that could be better. Games like Dark Souls and Hellblade could learn a lot from indie titles that nail the video game tutorial. JRPGs can be quite a lot when it comes to their tutorials as well. Like Kingdom Hearts 2? Oh my word. That tutorial still haunts me to this day... But yeah, I decided to make a video essay about this because I noticed how many games in recent memories just fell short with their tutorial sections.
What are you least favorite video game tutorials of all time?
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⚔ Games Featured ⚔
Doom, id Software 2016
Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, Ninja Theory 2017
Untitled Goose Game, House House 2019
Ghostrunner, All In! Games 2020
Limbo, Playdead 2010
Spider-Man, Insomniac Games 2018
Undertale, Toby Fox 2015
Persona 5, Atlus 2016
Fallout: New Vegas, Obsidian Entertainment 2010
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Square Enix 2017
Final Fantasy XV, Square Enix 2016
Little Nightmares, Tarsier Studios 2017
Total War: Warhammer, Creative Assembly 2016
Portal, Valve 2007
Dark Souls: Remastered, FromSoftware 2018
Tales of Symphonia, Namco Tales Studio 2003
Garden Story, Picogram 2021
Celeste, Matt Makes Games 2018
Rise of the Tomb Raider, Crystal Dynamics 2015
Borderlands, Gearbox Software 2009
Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo 2017
Inscryption, Daniel Mullins Games 2021
Everhood, Foreign Gnomes 2021
Twelve Minutes, Luis Antonio 2021
Fez, Phil Fish 2012
Owlboy, Simon Stafsnes Andersen 2016
Subnautica, Unknown Worlds Entertainment 2014
Super Mario Sunshine, Nintendo 2002
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Nintendo 2017
Shin Megami Tensei V, Atlus 2021
Kingdom Hearts 2, Square Enix 2006
Final Fantasy VII Remake, Square Enix 2020
Final Fantasy XIII, Square Enix 2009
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, Square Enix 2012
Gris, Nomada Studio 2018
Inside, Playdead 2016
Dishonored, Arkane Studios 2012
Bloodborne, FromSoftware 2015
Titan Souls, Acid Nerve 2015
Cuphead, Studio MDHR 2017
Ikenfell, Chevy Ray 2020
🎶 Music Featured 🎶
“The Beginning” by Mick Gordon (Doom 2016 OST)
“Hel Beach” by Andy LaPlegua (Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice OST)
“Elder Kettle” by Kristofer Maddigan (Cuphead OST)
“Hunted and Alone” by Martin Stig Andersen (Inside OST)
“Trees and Leaves” by Tobias Lilja (Little Nightmares 2 OST)
“Prologue” by Motoi Sakuraba (Dark Souls OST)
“Ephemeral” by Ryota Kozuka (Shin Megami Tensei V OST)
“Lazy Afternoon” by Yoko Shimomura (Kingdom Hearts 2 OST)
“Let the Battles Begin!” by Nobu Uematsu (Final Fantasy 7 Remake OST)
“Surtr Fight” by Andy LaPlegua (Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice OST)
“First Steps” by Lena Raine (Celeste OST)
“Resurrection” by Lena Raine (Celeste OST)
“Frogs are Friends” by Chris Nordgre (Everhood OST)
“Prohibited Art” by Kow Otoni (Shadow of the Colossus OST)
“Air” by Daniel Deluxe (Ghostrunner OST)
“Tosterena Ruins 8 bit remix” by David Bosch (Mario Odyssey OST)
“Breath of the Wild Theme 8 bit remix” by clement picart (Breath of the Wild OST)
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@filmotter 2 года назад

What's YOUR least favorite video game tutorial? Tell me in the comments!

@hihowareyou4610 2 года назад

kingdom hearts 2 the tutorial was too long

@filmotter 2 года назад

@@hihowareyou4610 I totally agree! They could have cut it in half and it would've been perfect.

@puzzledmonkeytree 2 года назад

Mario, aka "Mario it's-a-me teaching gradually through experience Mario", reads the message on the floor.... "try jumping"... Mario accidentally kicks instead. YOU DIED My least favourite tutorial mechanics? Oh, I'm not going to tell you. You need to look it up on the wiki because it's LORE!

@filmotter 2 года назад

Lmaoooo now I want a mod for Dark Souls where I can play as Mario. Specifically from Odyssey so I can through my cap at all the things! Also yeah... when I have to pull up a separate window to play the game? Uh uhhh, no no no. I felt that way with Subnautica a lot of the time. 😅

@username-yc3bd 2 года назад

i liked project zomboid’s one, where it tricks you into yelling and getting the attention of a horde of zombies that you can’t fight off

@filmotter 2 года назад

Ooh I haven't played tht game, but honestly that sounds like a good way to introduce something like that! If I remember, I think Days Gone does a similar thing.

@MontyZander 2 года назад

I saw this video shared on twitter and was like "sure, I find game openings fascinating." Didn't expect to find a new favourite so quickly! And then you featured one of my Noobus Humanus videos! Thanks dude 🧡

@filmotter 2 года назад

I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I was watching your Noobus Humanus videos back to back a few months ago, which is what inspired the video topic for this one, so I really appreciate the kind words. 😅

@archie143 2 года назад

hollow knight never felt like it had a tutorial, youre free to explore, the items you find tell you how they work one-by-one and eventually you slowly find each ability and you mix them together with moves you already know until you master everything.

@filmotter 2 года назад

Exactly! I feel like the very brief section before Hollownest was really seamless and gave a great intro to how the game works without being too hand-holdy. I love that game!

@SamanthaSaunderz 2 года назад

This video was beautiful! Loved the edits and the flow of the music! I agree as someone who is dyslexic there is always a issue with text based tutorials 🙄 But as soon as I grab a control I smash every button to see what it does 🤣 that's my tutorial haha Amazing video loved it!

@filmotter 2 года назад

Awww thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it! And yes! I feel like that's what I end up doing too. Mash through the pop ups and just try stuff! 🤣

@Cheese-wg3cc 2 года назад

The worst tutorial is the one you cannot skip on future runs.

@filmotter 2 года назад

Totally agree! I wish I could skip through it in Persona 5. It takes so long!

@notMachine 2 года назад

Worst Tutorial? Dwarf Fortress has a quickstart guide that you have to read on the wiki that includes a flow chart that is more complicated than anything I do at my job, so maybe that. It is the type of game where learning to play the game is part of the experience and the fun of it, though. There's no real pacing to the game to feel like you're being removed from or stuck in the story.

@filmotter 2 года назад

Ooh that kind of sounds interesting to be honest. But I will say nothing annoys me more about a game than when I have to read outside sources to understand something in the game. Like how FFXV has all of it's context and backstory outside of the game itself. Ugh! What is Dwarf Fortress btw. Sounds like it could be a strategy game?

@Cp-71 2 года назад

I feel like having the tutorial separate and memorable can be just as good if not better than it being subtle and seamless.

@filmotter 2 года назад

I definitely there are games that do that very well!

@murruelaflaga 25 дней назад

13:05 I didn't even know you could do that in Shadow of the Colossus and to think I played the game twice 😂

@hades_head_empty Год назад

i love how tunic's tutorial sorta /is/ the game. it almost entirely lacks one, and knowledge gained about controls and mechanics over time is kinda the point. i just think that's really neat

@filmotter Год назад

True! I wish I had been able to play Tunic before making this video tbh

@mosdarko2252 2 года назад

I cannot think of a specific game, but the worst kind of tutorials for me, are the ones that stop the whole story for 30 minutes to an hour just to tell you the most basic stuff, like press R1 to shoot, in the most basic cube room levels with glowing enemies, some stuff are just better communicated trough user interface, also i kinda get? jrpgs like Persona reasons to have long tutorials, since there's too many elements to the gameplay, it can get overwhelming, the key for me is to have the game's story running along side it in an interesting way, not having to wait for the game to start

@mosdarko2252 2 года назад

Also i didn't realise i could parry in hellblade either, till the late stages of the game lol, i was like.. well.. guess i'm dumb at swords

@filmotter 2 года назад

Yeah! Totally agree. When the tutorial keeps interrupting the beginning of the story, I feel like I can't get invested in whats happening. Like my first time playing Persona 5, it was all good because it was just telling me how to play. But now that I know how to play... I have to hold the skip button for HOURS before I can just play the game on my second time around.

@mayaselph4307 2 года назад

Oooooh, ahhhh, wow, very cool Otter! 🦅 It's funny how you've actually touched on a couple of games that I loved that are at various points of the spectrum of good / bad / no tutorial 😅 I really enjoyed FFXV, but when I started it I tried the tutorial and it was a big mistake; the classic JRPG problem of flooding you with mechanics you won't remember, but also there was just so much dead time, waiting for messages to disappear (because they were timed instead of having a dismiss prompt for some reason?) and just waiting between each section. That tutorial was at least optional, but idk, I shouldn't *regret* choosing to view the tutorial 😂 I possibly haven't played enough games with terrible tutorials to have a range to select from, but FFXV is the first one that springs to mind when I think "worst tutorial." Then Hellblade, I think I did figure out the blocking thing pretty early on simply because I often change keybinds so I had a look at the controls and saw it there, but that's not really the way you want your players to find out about a mechanic! And the mirror / focus thing was something I didn't pick up on until *quite* late in the game. I loved the game but yeah it would've been so much more enjoyable if I understood the mechanics earlier on. And Celeste is definitely one I look up to as an example of how to do it right if I ever get around to building my own game haha. I'm not sure how effective Celeste's tutorial is for those who have never played a game before, but for someone who has the basics down it did such a good job of teaching the new mechanics by doing - although having said that the DLC chapter was a bit of a let-down in that respect :( "Bad tutorials don't make games hard, they make them inaccessible" 👏👏👏

@seffinspace 2 года назад

Another great video! Awesome work, Otter 🧡

@filmotter 2 года назад

Awww thank you Seff! 😊

@ethanpriest157 9 месяцев назад

Darkwood is my favorite game when it comes to tutorials. Nothing is outright told to you but everything guides you perfectly to what you need to do and how to do it

@filmotter 9 месяцев назад

Looooove Darkwood. My favorite survival horror game ever.

@ethanpriest157 9 месяцев назад

Although I just realized I read your comment wrong. My least favorite tutorials might honestly be from older Rockstar games, the unskippable cutscenes of a hovering pickup item telling you that it’s a health or weapon drop gets old pretty fast

@vanxillacream 2 года назад

Hi! I wanted to bring up Minecraft as an example of a game that doesn't have a comprehensive tutorial. If the game isn't your cup of tea because of the idea that it's usually seen as a "kids game", just stick with me for this I suppose one could say that because of its massive popularity, it probably doesn't need one anyway? And the joy of playing comes from interacting with the community of other players and learning from them, including keeping up with the devs and their updates. At the same time though, there are so many mechanics to the game, and new features are being added about every year. However, I've found a playthrough from nana, a Japanese RU-vidr (better known for his horror content if you're interested in checking that out). He deliberately chose to not look up any guides or tutorials on the game at all. Surprisingly, he's gotten pretty far into the game while keeping his word (save for a few times he was accidentally spoiled by his nieces on some mechanics). It takes him quite a long while to experiment and figure how things work, which is probably only possible because of his amazing patience. It made me realize how unintuitive Minecraft tends to be. Without his level of patience and creativity, it might be impossible for newcomers to play without looking up guides or browsing the Wiki. You can check a playlist of nana's playthrough here if you're interested: ru-vid.com/group/PLbqkLu2V1bJJUQ2aLZjFdz8decGs1kHg-

@JordonWithAnO 2 года назад

Liking and sharing this for the catching hold of the Shadow of the Colossus eagle alone!

@filmotter 2 года назад

Haha thank you! That honestly took me SO long. But I wrote it into the script, so I had to make it happen. 🤣

@mompou_ 2 года назад

i wonder, for games that have better tutorials or explanations, what the difference was during development it seems to me that it doesn't matter so much for most people though (most people will play the game anyway) so maybe the time, testing, consulting for a good tutorial isn't worth it to devs even outside of video games there's a definite lack of good "educating" for any how-to/tutorial for any topic though thank you for the video 💖

@filmotter 2 года назад

That's something I'd love to ask some indie devs about if I ever get the chance, actually. Like... some do it so well. And others just... don't. So I'd love to hear what the testing process is like for the games that do it well. Like Hades nailed it. And the tutorial there was so quick that I totally forgot about it within minutes.

@hades_head_empty Год назад

i know this isn't necessarily like, correct, it's just a vibe i get. but seeing the time length of under 20 min and the words "video essay" made me realize that i usually consider long form content to be video essays. like, 40 minutes minimum. something to put on while i do menial/repetitive tasks. and under that is short enough that i'll have to get out of my flow to pick the next video. also i love in depth looks at things, and those tend to be longer (not always the case, i know) so i gravitate towards video essays that are closer to documentaries or thesis papers. all that being said, seeing this title made me reevaluate what a video essay really means vs what it means to me. and that time length doesn't rule a video out from being an essay. i know this isn't related to the topic of your video, i just wanted to share to see if others have thought the same. idk

@INFPGamer Год назад

If I remember correctly Final Fantasy 8 has your teacher ask if you want the junction system explained. If you say no, she says ok check the tutorial in the main menu if you change your mind, and off you go. Problem solved.

@filmotter Год назад

Yeah, I need more of that in games!

@DanknDerpyGamer Год назад

What are your opinions on the "dos" and "don'ts" of player-made tutorials, videos, etc in terms of effectively teaching game mechanics, etc?

@TheSinlessAssassin 6 месяцев назад

They gotta make tutorials feel seamless and part of the process rather than something interrupts it. I almost refunded Tunche because of how annoying the starting tutorials. Felt like a lot of it could be learned from just playing the damn game and pressing buttons, figuring it out for myself.

@shaww8721 2 года назад

wow man this is a great video. very underrated

@filmotter 2 года назад

Thank you, I do my best!

@jacobwright5542 Год назад

I have to wonder how much being a reviewer/streamer might effect a person's patience with a game; as opposed to someone who only plays one or two games every couple of years and is more prepared to be methodical and experimental in their first playthrough, and is also not being observed by anyone who might razz them for not playing well right off the bat, or be counting on them to play the game in a watchable way.

@Siferiax 9 месяцев назад

I guess for Hellblade it was just me doing my own learning style. The "what does this button do?" 😂 Experimentation goes a long way for the basics. These kinds of videos have made me more aware of tutorials in general. I feel tutorials need to be there when you need them. Which is to say the game should be aware when you're struggling or fail to use a concept over and over and then give a little hint. Hey did you know this was a thing? Like in Hellblade if you keep losing fights and never block, just a little "hey press this button to block" would be helpful.

@rgb-robloxgamingmore5062 11 месяцев назад

Metroidvanias are in my opinion prime examples of how to make a tutorial. At most, they'll just tell you the name of the ability and the hotkey for it when you unlock something new, and you get learn through experiences thst are often immediately provided for you. And since these games' whole purpose is unlocking new additions to your moveset or combat skills, you don't need one long tutorial, so it's less boring.

@weewoo7877 2 года назад

Unrelated to the topic of the video, I like the everhood outro music [:

@filmotter 2 года назад

All the music in that game is so good! I feel like it's so underrated.

@alexoxy5061 2 года назад

French guy here. "Gris" is simply pronounced "Gree".

@filmotter 2 года назад

Thank you!

@alicepow260 Год назад

Honestly though I love the kh2 opening

@logansaxby7224 Год назад

Great video, definitely subbed, love video essays. I also love and own jrpgs, I do not play them unfortunately

@filmotter Год назад

Thank you so much! And may I ask why? Is it mostly a time commitment thing?

@mikey6467 2 года назад

You think JRPGs have bad tutorials? Try picking up any fighting game. I've been trying to get into street fighter and all the best advice is OUTSIDE the game, either on youtube or twitter. It's so bad

@filmotter 2 года назад

Ok that's a great point honestly. I have never gotten into fighting games for the reason. I remember downloading a Guilty Gear game a while back and trying so hard to understand what was happening. 😆 I should have mentioned it in the script somewhere.

@redseagaming7832 2 года назад

Resident Evil remake on the GameCube doesn't even have a tutorial you have to learn how to survive on your own which is what made the game fun

@filmotter 2 года назад

True! And I felt like it was intuitive enough that it didn't need a real tutorial, which is one of my favorite things about it.

@-Scrapper- 2 года назад

I like this guy

@therealdudeski 2 года назад

Having spent two hours just to get through the tutorial missions of Dying Light 2 just so I can finally play with friends. I've suddenly grown very interested in this topic.

@filmotter 2 года назад

LMAO I haven't played Dying Light 2 yet, is the tutorial really tedious? Give me the details! lol

@Deadforge Год назад

I genuinely hate tutorials nowadays jut enjoyed them as a kid maybe lol. I live diagetic tutorials and the world showing you how to play intuitively and naturally.

@revuman Год назад

no mention of Hollow Knight? incredible tutorial

@KulFox 2 года назад

Shout out to all the games I couldn’t figure out how to play as a kid and thus gave up on - I swear a good half of them didn’t even try tutorials bc it wasn’t a thing I guess? Something I really pay attention to lately is how much reading ability is needed for regular gameplay and tutorial, because I hang out with my lil sib who is still learning to read and wants to spend time with me playing games. They can remember things like “that button does that” but if the screen has a popup it’s not an effective teaching method aha. (that’s probably why Mario levels are designed that way, so kids regardless of reading ability can play) I think untitled goose game and botw are some of my favorite tutorials. Here’s basic stuff, go wild and explore. Oh wow, you can use that basic stuff to do color stuff! That was intended but the players discovery of it makes the gameplay feel more fun

@filmotter 2 года назад

Exactly! I love being given tools and just let loose into a world to cause havoc. That's one of my favorite things about games like that. I feel like I just happen upon things, even when the game was made to lead me to those things. So good! Also that's a good point about Mario levels being design in that way to be accessible to everyone. Might be one reason that games with very little text end up being so popular with a wide range of people!

@-Scrapper- 2 года назад

13:06 worth it

@Vode1234 7 месяцев назад

Instead of making everyone play a tutorial, just have challenge areas that if you loose funnel you into the tutorial. Like cross a curved bridge, if you fall at the bottom show them how the analogue sticks work. experienced players wont even notice.

@filmotter 7 месяцев назад

I like this line of thinking for sure!

@SquallTheBlade Год назад

Twilight Town is one of the best parts of KH2 wdym lol

@jeofthevirtuoussand 2 года назад

Dark souls 3 tutorial is one of the best

@filmotter 2 года назад

DS3 did it so much better than 1 in my opinion!

@emptyforrest Год назад

i just hate the vast majority game tutorials because they treat me as if its the first time i am playing a video game ever.

@-Scrapper- 2 года назад

No way that beard is not a wig

@filmotter 2 года назад

LMAO I wish. That would make maintaining it a lot easier.

@koloblicin4599 Год назад

Tutorials for first person camera games are one thing, but there are only so many buttons on your controller. However there is a plague of new games which simply refuse to tell you how their stuff works: Oxygen Not Included (vague text boxes, missing essentials), Surviving Mars, Stellaris and Space Engineers: highly complex games which expect you to visit websites and watch youtube tutorials?! And even worse: many are 'finished' games with DLC packs (!)

@archdukegrand9706 2 года назад

It's not a tutorial per se but the worst for me is the non existence of anything in the demo for Katamari Damacy. That game controls very strangely and so anyone who doesn't know will run out the 1 minute timer before even slightly understanding the game and it is not fun.

@filmotter 2 года назад

I completely forgot to touch on Katamari, because I agree. I loved the game but yeah the non-existing tutorial in addition to the timer really frustrated me the first time around.

@OysterMilk 2 года назад

65+ hours into Xenoblade and I still get tutorial popups for new mechanics?? Just let me to see the anime fan service swords explode everything and move on with the story

@filmotter 2 года назад

65+ hours in????? What... the fuck? I mean I get that some games want to weave in mechanics slowly, but... wtf?

@SpacedogD Год назад

@@filmotter you get a tutorial pop up in the final boss fight lol

@DavisGSee 2 года назад

Okay, but the Twilight Town opening in KHII is the best part of the game.

@filmotter 2 года назад

It was definitely nice the first time around to set the tone and begin with a bit of mystery. But I've replayed the game a couple of times and for me, being re-taught how to fight on multiple occasions was a little tedious. All the struggle matches, the Shadow Roxas fight, the Vivi clones, etc. Not my favorite. But I will say the VIBE and visual design of Twilight Town is really nice.

@F2t0ny Год назад

The Dying light 2 tutorial was awful

@filmotter Год назад

Haven't played it yet. What made it bad?

@F2t0ny Год назад

It took like an hour or more, was unskippable, and was very slow.

@bluesun5429 Год назад

huh, why do half the buttons on my controller have no use? I better not test them. Boy i wish there were more options of actions in combat, they could have mapped them to all these buttons i'm refusing to press!

@filmotter Год назад

Thank you for your valuable insight wowee

@bluesun5429 Год назад

@@filmotter sorry for being snarky, but many games have controls that aren't explicitly told to the player. I think expecting the player to test the buttons on the controller shouldn't be such a big leap of faith.

@mesawidcho4409 2 года назад

I’m an ex pro gamer was born 1990 my step father was a gamer so I started super young playing all sorts so all these new games that try and give me a tutorial is probably the hardest part of any game for me and usually ends in an uninstall before I actually get through it, basically I’m a gamer who picks up anything and can jump straight into it, there are websites that bypass this by allowing you to download save files so you can skip that bullshit

@mesawidcho4409 2 года назад

For instance when I was like 4-6 years old I didn’t need a tutorial in doom telling me the red key unlocked red doors and shooting the gun I’m holding kills monsters ya know?

@mesawidcho4409 2 года назад

Like when pre alpha rust hit pirate bay back in 2013 I didn’t need it to tell me shit apart of the fun was figuring out wtf I was doing same as minecraft pre alpha, I remember joining a server with friends who already had bases and all I knew what to do was carry a bone from an archer skeleton I obliterated with my fists was holding a bone and digging into a mountain of dirt to make a cave base and the running joke was I looked like a cave man so I learnt how to change my skin and picked a cave man, no tutorial will teach you how to unlock your imaginative explorative mind and the fun to behold just experiencing, probably one of the most underrated and best fps games was Americans army 2 1.8 coalition all my friends were playing it but the tutorial was so brutally boring you even had to take a real life medical test that teaches you about removing foreign objects from fallen team mates, but hearing my mates reactions to gunfights using good comms in team speak and ventrilo I knew the grind was worth it