Why Do We STILL Hate Tutorials?

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Teaching people how to play videogames is a subject that's gotten more and more attention in recent years. Where once videogame tutorials existed as a single boring training room or an incomprehensible list of the controls, now videogame tutorials span epic quests, cinematic adventures and concise, easy-to-digest lessons... So why, in spite of all these improvements do tutorials still not work for many different games?

Try as they might, game designers can't seem to get us up to grips with games through just tutorials alone, and so it falls to The Architect to dive into wormholes, defend ancients and explore strange new lands to try and find out why this is the case. As it turns out, we've been neglecting a bunch of different ways to teach videogames that tutorials have been overshadowing for years, each with their own strengths, and their own weaknesses.

You Saw:

The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword - 2011
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 - 2022
Hi Fi Rush - 2023
Dark Souls - 2012
Terra Nil - 2023
Team Fortress 2 - 2007
Undertale - 2015
Star Wars the force unleashed - 2008
Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon - 2013
High On Life - 2022
marvel's Spider Man - 2018
God of War Ragnarok - 2022
Total War Warhammer 3 - 2022
Shadow of Mordor - 2014
En Garde! - 2023
The Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess - 2006
Project Zomboid - 2013
Magic the Gathering: Arena - 2018
Stardew Valley - 2018
Dota 2 - 2013
Counter Strike: Global Offensive - 2012
A Hat In Time - 2017
Hollow Knight - 2017
Runescape - 2001
Celeste - 2018
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 2022
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time - 1998
Persona 5 Royal - 2017
Baba is You - 2019
Starcraft 2 - 2010
The Witness - 2016
Titanfall 2 - 2016
Metroid Dread - 2021
Tunic - 2022
Crusader Kings 3 - 2020
Doom Eternal - 2020
Dead Space Remake - 2023
Road to Ballhalla - 2016
Cuphead - 2017
The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom - 2023
Teardown - 2022
Minecraft - 2011
Portal - 2007
Portal 2 - 2011
LOK - not out yet
Meroid Prime - 2002
Terraria - 2011
Super Metroid - 1994
Toki Tori 2 - 2013
Elden Ring - 2022
Satisfactory - Early Access
Factorio - 2020
Paper Mario The Thousand Year Door - 2004
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth - 2011
World of Warcraft - 2004
Splatoon 3 - 2022
Armored Core 6 - 2023
The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim - 2011
Outer Wilds - 2019
Street Fighter 6 - 2023
Fire Emblem 3 Houses - 2019
Dark Souls 3 - 2015
DOOM - 2016
Super Mario 3D World - 2013
Super Mario Odyssey - 2017
Half Life 2 - 2004
Can of Wormholes - 2023
Psychonauts 2 - 2021
Resident Evil 4 Remake - 2023
XCOM 2 - 2016
Hearts of Iron 4 - 2016
Cook Serve Delicious 2 - 2017
Baldur's Gate 3 - 2023
Prey - 2017
Metal Gear Solid 4 - 2008
Hearthstone - 2014
Marvel Snap - 2022
Slay the Spire - 2019
Offworld Trading Company - 2016
Pikmin - 2001
Manic Miners - 2023
Pikmin 4 - 2023
Super Smash Bros Ultimate - 2018
Dusk - 2018
Chop Goblins - 2022
My Friendly Neighbourhood - 2023
Warframe - 2013
Oxygen Not Included - 2019
Risk of Rain 2 - 2019
Fortnite - 2017
Gears of War 5 - 2018
Kingdom Hearts 2 - 2005
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - 2002
There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension - 2020
Descenders - 2018