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The revenge of the video game manual (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/retrogaming
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Instruction manuals died out as video games introduced tutorials instead. But now games such as Tunic and The Banished Vault are bringing them back

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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's pretty much the only game where saying how to play, beyond basic movement and attacking, is spoilers because of how they implemented it. Definitely worth the play

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

The game is so unique, and its puzzles so novel, I don't it could be replicated successfully.