Elite: Dangerous
Creating a game where the player base is expected to go and learn everything is becoming quite the norm recently, and usually it works out. Throwing a player into the heavily complex world of Elite: Dangerous with next to no guidance, though, is simply a sin of the highest order. To succeed in Elite: Dangerous without any physical reference point like a manual is nigh-on impossible. In all fairness, there is a full digital manual which can be accessed by anyone.
As a totally new player who may not even know the website even exists though, Elite: Dangerous is without question a difficult game to get into. Anything from turning off modules in your craft to optimize power usage right down to how you mine or even how you freaking land is not conveyed in any way by the game itself. Every single activity requires an extensive amount of research to really see any success in. Having a manual of some sort just to guide players through the process without the need for a Google search or trawling through the developer’s website would’ve been nice. Just sayin’.
