Comments on: The Anatomy of Games: The Game: The Sequel http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/04/21/the-anatomy-of-games-the-game-the-sequel/ Defunct, amateurish, game design analysis by Jeremy Parish Wed, 25 Nov 2015 23:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.7 By: Googleshng http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/04/21/the-anatomy-of-games-the-game-the-sequel/#comment-2580 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 09:03:45 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10632#comment-2580 Amusingly enough, I just started playing Kirby Canvas Curse for the first time (thanks again BEAT), and I am just blown away by how much it gives the finger to tutorials. Here I am in a time trial course based on a powerup whose use was never explained, not even in the manual. I’m just being asked to work out how to get around with it efficiently on my own, through virtue of having really limited ways to interact with the game! Brings joy to my heart.

]]> By: MetManMas http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/04/21/the-anatomy-of-games-the-game-the-sequel/#comment-2579 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 04:41:55 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10632#comment-2579 I definitely agree. When it comes to learning how to play a game the fastest way is by doing, not watching the game play itself. Before the days of widespread Internet, GameFAQs, and Miiverse, we had to figure out how to shoot floors, bomb walls, and use missiles on red doors our own damn selves when we were “stuffed & don’t know where to go” in games, and that’s what helped us get better at playing them.

And of course there are games that really could use in depth tutorials, too. Koei’s simulation games in particular are poor at explaining how to play them. I couldn’t understand half of what was going on in those until I looked up PDFs of the manuals online.

]]> By: LBD "Nytetrayn" http://www.anatomyofgames.com/2014/04/21/the-anatomy-of-games-the-game-the-sequel/#comment-2578 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 04:00:25 +0000 http://www.anatomyofgames.com/?p=10632#comment-2578 I’ve been mentioning this around, but in light of Game Boy’s 25th and your new Alleyway video, do you think a Game Boy Remix might work to be more on par with the first NES Remix?

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