discussion Do you think hand holding in games is ruining the games we play ?

[kot9ira]

Deliberate delaying of the game, for example "treasure od nadia" or anything fron this developer. A game with an interesting plot, good drawing and animation, but useless wandering around the locations is annoying

 

[MattShizzle]

No. Who wants adult games to be difficult?

 

[plainjane]

I'd rather have hand holding then have a game take hours and nothing happens because you can't figure it out.

 

[Leashun]

I think it's important when a game gives you a hand from time to time, but when it holds your hand all the way through?, that's just boring, but if you're just playing to relax and you don't want a challenge, then it's more than OK if you just want to chill and enjoy

 

[ragglesnaggle]

a little hand holding is never a bad thing imo but too mach can definitely ruin a game. an example of to much is when a companion npc is shouting out puzzle solutions or what you need to do to beat an enemy or boss.

 

[cullarn]

there are times where i find handholding absolutely infuriating (when it is done in the extreme)

 

[Hyo]

One of the reasons I couldn't finish Pokémon X. I had played and beaten every single Pokémon game, since Red and Blue, yet, dropped the entire series since X/Y. I don't understand why it's not a priority to teach trough design, instead of forcing the player to make a tutorial. That just kills creativity. Is literally when you get homework as a kid, you complete, but, it's a different way than the teacher wanted you to, so you are failed, that's just bs.

 

[User_111574]

Depends on the particular game. In some cases it is an unnecessary multiplication of entities, in others it is a useful feature. There are games, such as Ring of Lust, that are just not passable if you rely on intuition. True, this is mostly due to the developers' crookedness.

 

[fallfallen]

in normal games i don't like handholding. some pointer here and there so you don't get stuck and have to google is fine. but i prefer to figure shit out my self.
in adult games i don't mind hand holding, objective is a little "different" there.

 

[MattShizzle]

If you're talking about non adult games, definitely no. Gave up on them long ago. Can never get past the 1st level, sometimes the tutorial. I grew up wit games where there was 1 joystick (and no directional buttons, etc) and ONE button. Or the RPGs where combat was all text.

 

[kikswit]

Hand holding? Absolutely disgusting and immoral behavior.

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[HandholdDegen]

Hand holding? Absolutely disgusting and immoral behavior.

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Hardcore pornography? On my lewd site?

 

[kikswit]

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Hardcore pornography? On my lewd site?

You must be the absolute king of degenerates, sir Handhold

 

[andrew2002]

Foot of the mountain let me BEG for hand holding since then I no longer complain no matter what!!! If you hate Hand holding play it. May god have mercy on your poor soul

 

[whydoineedto]

Sometimes lots of map markers and indicators are too much imo but i dont mind some painted walls indicating we can climb or something what do you guys think ?

I thought you meant

I was ready to declare heresy.

 

[elfieeven]

How about.. we just don't.. have STUPID game mechanics that are only there to artificially increase the play time as opposed to being fun/meaningful.

 

[sakolpat48]

Sometimes you just want to jerk off without thinking much

 

[cr503]

I dislike stumbling around aimlessly.

Morrowind is a good example for a game that doesn't need handholding, because the devs went the extra mile to give the players the needed info in various ways. Cyberpunk 2077 is a good compromise during missions as the map markers are only as exact as the character would know.

 

[MattShizzle]

Be better if it was something you had to click (like hints on or such at the start or a "help" button.)

 

[User_3471]

I am a “lazy” gamer. If the game is in any way, deliberately difficult, I delete it. I hate games that are overly difficult, not because of the difficulty but because of how they get in the way of me just enjoying the game. I feel every game should have a “god” mode where you can’t die. If I die 20 times because I can’t figure out how to beat a boss, solve a puzzle or react to some stupid “quick time” button combination, I delete the game. The reason I play many of the games is for the story, not the stupid difficulty, number of people I kill or all of the stupid “achievements” that mean absolutely nothing to me.