'Elden Ring' Discourse Continues As Players Express Frustration Over Missing Entire Tutorial Area - Comment #5,943,459

On the last article on Elden Ring I mentioned it's always amusing to watch people try and stir the pot and find things to complain about. Sounds like sour grapes again from game devs of competing studios/games.

Is this a genuine issue? Eh, I guess it comes down to if you missed it or not and had a hard time. The game won't let you progress past that area until fully installed so I imagine most of the people playing day one were funneled there regardless. If you did miss it, you can always warp back at any time and the controls are simple enough if you just push random buttons to see what they do(IE crouch is for sneaking).

IMO the biggest argument on the side of "it's fine" is that the game encourages and rewards exploring everything. If it wasn't a tutorial but instead just an item in a pit with a ladder out, I'd put the onus on the player if they miss it. I wouldn't mind if they tweaked it a bit to encourage people to jump in, but either way I view this as extremely minor.