Comment Contextual commands ruin games (Score 1) 400
Think of all of the electricity wasted being forced wade through in-game tutorials. Getting rid of those and putting the info in a (preferably recycled paper) manual would be much greener while also improving gameplay. Nothing destroys the fantasy faster than when an NPC instructs you, via your character, to execute some button sequence. And it's even worse on replays when you are repeating pointless missions in order to learn something you already know.
Oblig. old man rant - Think about what it is doing to the youngsters' ability to read a book and then use that knowledge, rather than being conditioned to respond to prompts.