Games should include a menu option like "I haven't played in a while, give me a quick 5 minute refresher on the controls"

[guigui@wetdry.world]

@kenney thinking about the fact that default controls in my game are never shown besides the non basic platformer things outside of the keybind rebind menu

[xanathon@social.phantanews.de]

@kenney Absolutely!

[ruisan@masto.es]

@kenney in case you are >40, this should happen each time you start the game

[hadeur@metalhead.club]

@kenney Kingdom Come II actually does this.

[jetlagjen@gts.phillipsuk.org]

@kenney they should also have a selectable complexity scale from "I want to memorise a hundred different moves" to "run, jump, & hit only".

[libffi@kind.social]

@kenney and there should be a way to catch up on the story, too

[melgu@norden.social]

@TabascoEye @kenney Same! I was so lost when I got into my first fist fight after returning

[melgu@norden.social]

@TabascoEye @kenney RDR2 does a great job recapping the story thanks to its journal, but the controls… nothing.

I like how in every Ubisoft title there’s always a button to show the current context-aware controls.

[macronaut@mas.to]

@kenney This. So much this.

[haaseg@hachyderm.io]

@kenney I have actually seen this before recently, but I can't remember which game. I hadn't played in a while and it literally asked me if I wanted a tutorial. And it included the instructions into my current quest as well. It was an exceptional experience.

[badgerdad@kind.social]

@kenney I went back to Final Fantasy 14 recently after years away and it did give a refresher tutorial! Sadly the HUD did not save my settings so I still had to relearn a lot.