Do Games Need To Do A Better Job Of “Starting On Time”?

Lately it feels like a lot of games fail to grip gamers from the jump. In a world where it’s so easy to move on to the next game, that’s a problem

[P_Bomb]

“How often have you heard online or from a friend oh game X gets really good, you just have to get past the first 5 hours.”

A lot, lol! If you look at trophy/cheevo stats, most games go unfinished. Do games need more 007 intros, (a big scene before the opening credits)?

[porkChop]

One thing that's wrong with a lot of games is the overly long tutorials and handholding. Just show me the controls and start the game. I don't need to spend so much time being taught how to do everything while being fed a bunch of unfunny cringe dialogue.

[JEECE]

Yep. You are right on. If the devs feel I need a little time to learn how to play, start me off in a smaller area with lesser enemies early on so I can learn the controls, etc. But let me just play the game. Don't force me to play drawn out tutorials. Breath of the Wild did a decent job with this.

I'm constantly put off from starting new games because I'll only have an hour to play and I don't want to spend the entire hour bogged down in crappy tutorials.

[JEECE]

Yes. I'm frequently in a situation where I have between 45 minutes to an hour and a half to play games, and I'm always reluctant to start a new game in those situations, because I'm usually pretty sure it is going to be painfully boring tutorials for the first hour.

I thought Doom 2016 was a little overrated, but I have to give it a lot of credit for getting out of your way and just letting you start playing.