StaceyPowers Posted October 28, 2021 Posted October 28, 2021 I think a lot of games are hesitant to provide optional hints (often providing none) because devs are likely concerned about spoiling fun or breaking immersion. As a gamer, do you feel optional hints disrupt your experiences in these or other ways? Or do you generally appreciate them? What is the least disruptive way to present them?
m76 Posted October 29, 2021 Posted October 29, 2021 Some games are too aggressive with hints. If you are taking your time or try to explore they start to bombard you with hints. I think unsolicited hints are bad 9 out of 10 times. A few games were made like you could manually ask for a hint when stuck. I think that is the best way.
Head_Hunter Posted October 29, 2021 Posted October 29, 2021 I've been guided many times through the optional hints, I simply learn from them whenever I'm playing new video game. Its just like a guide to me, playing any game which I am still learning to master.
Heatman Posted October 30, 2021 Posted October 30, 2021 22 hours ago, m76 said: Some games are too aggressive with hints. If you are taking your time or try to explore they start to bombard you with hints. I think unsolicited hints are bad 9 out of 10 times. A few games were made like you could manually ask for a hint when stuck. I think that is the best way. Too much of everything is bad. Whenever the hints gets too much like they believe I don't have a brain to think logically on how to complete a task, it feels like an insult in a way.
Head_Hunter Posted November 2, 2021 Posted November 2, 2021 I don't see the hints as something ridiculous in my gaming satisfaction. It makes it more fun though, because I learn from it.
Boblee Posted November 5, 2021 Posted November 5, 2021 If the hints are abused and over used, it breaks the game's immersion or fun for me because it will look like I can't do anything on my own.
Empire Posted November 5, 2021 Posted November 5, 2021 I always turn off opportunities when I FIRST play a mission. After that? I turn them on in order to complete achievements / trophies. Story first then rest later I see 🙂
skyfire Posted November 5, 2021 Posted November 5, 2021 I feel some of the time you need those hints and the guidance while you are in the game. For some games that is a necessity.
Head_Hunter Posted November 5, 2021 Posted November 5, 2021 1 hour ago, skyfire said: I feel some of the time you need those hints and the guidance while you are in the game. For some games that is a necessity. Yes, it is very necessary for the hint, I've been around video game for long now. When I don't know much about a particular game the hints helps me as a guide to show me how to go about the game.
Boblee Posted November 5, 2021 Posted November 5, 2021 5 hours ago, skyfire said: I feel some of the time you need those hints and the guidance while you are in the game. For some games that is a necessity. If the game comes with a task that you can't be able to figure out on your own no matter what you do, then the hints can't be discarded.
Justin11 Posted November 7, 2021 Posted November 7, 2021 I don't see hints breaking my immersion when it comes to playing and seeing them before the game starts or around the corners of the game, they are helpful to me.
Heatman Posted November 7, 2021 Posted November 7, 2021 1 hour ago, Justin11 said: I don't see hints breaking my immersion when it comes to playing and seeing them before the game starts or around the corners of the game, they are helpful to me. Yeah, there is no doubt that they are helpful especially when the tasks are too hard and demanding.
Justin11 Posted November 7, 2021 Posted November 7, 2021 25 minutes ago, Heatman said: Yeah, there is no doubt that they are helpful especially when the tasks are too hard and demanding. You're there, we learn from the hint because you'll be notified how to go about it when you're playing a new game which you aren't familiarized with.
Heatman Posted November 7, 2021 Posted November 7, 2021 33 minutes ago, Justin11 said: You're there, we learn from the hint because you'll be notified how to go about it when you're playing a new game which you aren't familiarized with. Yeah, only when they don't get to make it so silly like it comes up every time without limit, then it's definitely going to be very annoying.
Justin11 Posted November 7, 2021 Posted November 7, 2021 33 minutes ago, Heatman said: Yeah, only when they don't get to make it so silly like it comes up every time without limit, then it's definitely going to be very annoying. If they make it very much complicated that it interrupts my gaming I wouldn't ON it, I'll just switch it off, due to the act of blocking the screen for me. Boblee 1
