Well charlse, that is unfortunately true. For me at least, I actually enjoy
reading the game instructions. I suppose it's because growing up, I never
got to read the manuals for games, being that they were always in print and
thus inaccessible to me, indeed one of the first really fun uses I got out
of the internet was looking up info on some of the games I'd been playing,
and learning things like the names of enemies and weapons etc. So, even
though these days that is no longer an issue, for me reading a manual is all
part of the anticipation of playing so it's something I always do, ----
particularly in pc games where I need to learn the in game keys (it's not
like playing games on my Snes or mega drive where I could usually just hit
buttons to find out which were attack, jump, shoot etc).
There are however other occasions when i've found game insturctions
inadequate, indeed I can think of several devs who, while great at
programming games don't find writing instruction files their main forte, and
others where the instructions are unclear, (though in the latter case when
compiling entries for audiogames.net I do try to include appropriate
information there).
As to people instantly asking questions, well while I agree there are people
with little patience or ability to try, equally as you said yourself it's
their own fault that such people don't get as much enjoyment out of games,
and I can think of a couple of individuals I've encountered who either ask
for help at every opportunity or constantly play with cheats, then are the
first to winj about games being too short and easy, however I wouldn't want
to generalize from a few people to the majority, especially as there are
also plenty of people who genuinely get stuck, or simply don't have the
experience or computer skills in games and so ask, ---- which is of course
fine.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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