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I grew up when games didn’t have tutorials that held your hand for the first 5 hours. When games had paper manuals that weighed more than an encyclopedia book. When you didn’t have full walkthroughs. The glory days.
Don’t get me wrong, I love the variety we have today and the endless selection but I need a challenge as well or it’s just not worth it.
Downloaded a snes emulator and Zelda link to Ike past for my wife about a year ago. Watched her play through most of it, was one part where we were absolutely fucked about what to do /where to go next. Turns out, you had to go on this plot of land in the forest, walk off the screen 4 times and back and some chest or something would appear.
Im all for this meme, especially given the faggotry of Far Cry 6, but some of those old games that didn't hold your hand were fucking impossible without prior knowledge, or calling the Nintendo Power hotline at 99 cents a minute. Kids please get your parents permission before calling 1-900-909-9900
That sounds like the kind of puzzle in the original Zelda. LttP was child's play in comparison, especially outside the dungeons.
This, https://www.amazon.com/Legend-Zelda-Nintendo-Players-Strategy/dp/B000AMPXNM, was the bonus for subscribing to a year of Nintendo Power when LttP came out. I don't know what percent of people with LttP had this but I'd bet nearly 100% at least knew someone who had it.
I remember watching a "let's play" on the original NES Megaman, and the host commented on the fact there was no tutorial. All you had was a gamepad with two action buttons and four directional buttons, and you very quickly figured out what all the buttons did.
See that ladder over there that you can't get to without jumping? I'm sure you'll be just fine.