RolStoppable said:
It is Pikmin. My nephew's favorite series. The problem with those games (particularly Pikmin 2) is that the player doesn't get penalized much. You can play really, really, really awful and still keep going without getting frustrated and giving up. At least now that he is older he has grasped most of the mechanics, so his play has become bearable. |
Yeah, that's a big problem. Heck, I can enjoy watching people suck at certain games, and not in a masochistic way -- it's because I can watch someone make mistakes in Monster Hunter or a Souls game and know they'll learn from it. I can laugh and say, "He'll never try that again!" With Pikmin, I'm equally frustrated with the player for being lousy and with the game for not making the player aware of how bad he is, of what he's doing wrong.
I can even watch someone play through Zelda poorly, and that's my favorite series. Even the games that aren't necessarily punishing do at the very least force you to learn the proper way to play the game.
