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Q&A Is it ok to temporarily break immersion in a tutorial for a game?

At the start of a game, you sometimes have some character explaining things to you, the player, instead of the character, telling them to press A to do this and that. Paper Mario I think even makes...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by noClue‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:14:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/40348
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar noClue‭ · 2019-12-08T10:14:53Z (almost 5 years ago)
At the start of a game, you sometimes have some character explaining things to you, the player, instead of the character, telling them to press A to do this and that. Paper Mario I think even makes a joke by saying that what they are about to say is for a higher being who might be watching, aka the player.

Is it ok to do this in dialog, even if your game is a bit heavier on the story side? It's not like this will happen every time, it's mostly just at the start, so it should be ok, right?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-11-24T16:33:11Z (almost 6 years ago)
Original score: 1