A New First Look at DE:HR

[IOOI]

Originally Posted by Foggle

For everyone who wants the tutorial to be skippable:

1) Play tutorial once
2) Manually save after first level starts
3) Load manual save whenever you want to start a new game
4) Never play tutorial again

Not that simple, since - if it's true that there are things to discover about the game in the tutorial - you'll have to play it more than once to fully explore. Even if they decide to make the combat part of the tutorial skippable (with a "six months later" screen message) it would seem strange and break the experience.
The tutorial is integrated in the game; It is considered a part of the main game; It is explorable. You can't just skip it.

[Cronstintein]

Nonetheless: I haven't played Contra, but as you say, while the game itself may not be handholding, that's a handholding feature. The game would be more of a challenge without it, it's everything else around it that means the game is still difficult even with it.

Oh Contra.
It was an NES title that was virtually impossible without the cheat code for 99 lives (you normally get 3). One hit death side scrolling shooter. Picture mario with guns and enemy bullets everywhere. Even with 99 lives I'm pretty sure it was quite possible to run out before finishing it. It was the most UNnoob friendly game ever concieved. And for some reason, even though I didn't play it that much, I STILL remember the cheat code.
up up, down down, left right left right, A, B, select, start.... weird.

Regarding Foggle's quoted post above: I will probably create a save like that (had the same idea last night reading this thread) but whether I use it or not will highly depend on where the opening sequence falls on the Lame <----|----> Awesome scale.

[Ashpolt]

Originally Posted by Cronstintein

And for some reason, even though I didn't play it that much, I STILL remember the cheat code.
up up, down down, left right left right, A, B, select, start.... weird.

That's the Konami Cheat Code. A classic.