5 Toughest Video Game Tutorials

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There are three types of games, Id say.

The first key in will go out and find some training wheels for you.

They will hold your hand and guide you through sharp turns.

There’s no way you’re going to trip and fall when they’re right next to you.

You’ll be just fine, they say.

The second key in has no problem plunging you into a shark-infested sea.

It could even be a Dark Souls-style game.

But the developers believe that tutorials are unnecessary.

you should probably figure it out on your own and somehow navigate your way through the chaos.

Then theres the third pop in.

This one doesnt give you training wheels, no.

They give you a mountain bike.

Are you even tall enough to ride a mountain bike?

They don’t give a damn.

If you fall too many times, you lose count.

Or if you come back with cuts and bruises all over, they dont care.

All it will take is a whole lot of back and forth to figure out how the pedals work.

And thats if you dont quit first.

Witcher 2

Dragons are ruthless.

And the many dragon adaptations so far prove just as much.

Fighting a real one, I imagine, could take a whole army.

Factor dragon fire into the equation, and it could take forever to defeat one.

That doesnt mean that its the kind of fight were looking to have in a game.

Otherwise, itll be all work and no play.

ButWitcher 2still went and took the dragon fire concept too literally.

It was so brutal that developers had to fix it in the next patch update.

Still, you cant forget the many tries you had to put in.

Even after dedicating hours to it, youd come out having barely scratched the surface of Act 1.

The Witcher 1was pretty realistic.

But onceWitcher 2brought in the formidable dragon in the tutorial, that was it.

It just shouldnt ever be this hard.

Flying a plane is damn hard.

But it shouldnt be taken literally in a game.

Particularly because they had to perform wild stunts on a keyboard.

With the gamepad, gaming is much easier.

In the end, most gamers just gave up on completing the quest.

Final Fantasy XIII

Its funny.

ButFinal Fantasy XIIIsaid, no.

A few minutes isnt enough.

We think youll need just a few dozen hours.

It took nearly 20 hours to get by theFinal Fantasy XIIItutorial.

It didnt help, either, that the whole thing is linear, throughout.

Running across a linear corridor should take a few seconds.

Not hours upon hours in the same environment, over and over.

You just cant help screaming, Make it stop!

Its sad because Final Fantasy XIII ended up being a pretty decent game.

Jet Set Radios tutorial asked gamers to perform several skating moves.

Theyd do that while grinding or spraying somewhere.

Driver

Imagine going on a road trip through a desert.

What could go wrong?

Just thinking about it gives me anxiety.

Now imagine the same thing happening in a game you just spent a decent amount of cash on.

You cant exactly go into the game and start to make repairs.

Hashtag Ready Player One.

Drivers tutorial started with a car problem that you had no idea how to fix.

There is no manual.

No guide, or hint, somewhere.

Its just you, a list, and a minute to get out of the garage.

Well, unless you knew someone who could show you.

Or had some magazine somewhere with the clue.

Most gamers had no choice but to fly in blind.

Evans I. Karanja is a freelance writer who loves to write about anything technology.

When not writing, he can be found playing video games or watching F1.