Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
Opinions are opinions. Mine is that a good game teaches you how to play it. That's also a fundamental of good game design. Every time I go through a tutorial I cringe b/c its just evident of a lack of the prior to an extent. |
If you must see it as a learning process, then this is still learning. You learn what lies ahead so you can then use that knowledge to inform a later playthrough without invincibility. Observing and adapting, that's learning. It can also help you learn the controls while you're observing. Punishment isn't an essential component of the learning process.