06-07-2011, 12:24 AM
i don't think the point people are making (caruso anyway) has anything to do with him or any of us using it personally, but rather the idea that a super guide will likely be seen as a necessary feature in the future and therefore people who grow up with it won't be accustomed to games without it
imagine a future where people can't play a game like donkey kong country anymore because it was too difficult to beat a certain level and there was no super guide to do it for them when they lost a hundred times; this is obviously worst case scenario, and it likely won't be to this extreme, but i could see a LOT of games from older eras be considered unplayable by the new audience who simply have too much trouble with a certain part and won't bother to try to beat it due to the impatience possibly caused by the super guide
i mean shit, we're all talking about how it's optional and we won't use it, but in the future people who don't use it could be seen as a minority if the practice really catches on
now obviously we're looking ahead here, and the immediate effects of super guide aren't nearly as severe. the only effect i was complaining about is that navi bombards you with requests to watch a hint movie every ten seconds apparently, which takes you out of the atmosphere of the game AND is annoying for people who are trying to figure it out for themselves - it has nothing to do with how optional it is, it has to do with the game requesting that you use it over and over (which admittedly, is NOT a problem in most games with super guide, but from the early shit about oot3d ive heard, it is a problem here)
imagine a future where people can't play a game like donkey kong country anymore because it was too difficult to beat a certain level and there was no super guide to do it for them when they lost a hundred times; this is obviously worst case scenario, and it likely won't be to this extreme, but i could see a LOT of games from older eras be considered unplayable by the new audience who simply have too much trouble with a certain part and won't bother to try to beat it due to the impatience possibly caused by the super guide
i mean shit, we're all talking about how it's optional and we won't use it, but in the future people who don't use it could be seen as a minority if the practice really catches on
now obviously we're looking ahead here, and the immediate effects of super guide aren't nearly as severe. the only effect i was complaining about is that navi bombards you with requests to watch a hint movie every ten seconds apparently, which takes you out of the atmosphere of the game AND is annoying for people who are trying to figure it out for themselves - it has nothing to do with how optional it is, it has to do with the game requesting that you use it over and over (which admittedly, is NOT a problem in most games with super guide, but from the early shit about oot3d ive heard, it is a problem here)