10 Video Games That Hold Your Hand WAY Too Much

10. The Legend Of Zelda: Skyward Sword

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is in many respects a fantastic game, even though it's also by far the hand-holdiest of all the mainline Zelda titles.

The opening hours in particular are frontloaded with a stamina-obliterating number of tutorials which, for those acquainted with the series, feel like wading through treacle.

It's a game where players are never really encouraged to veer off the beaten path or do anything except precisely what they were supposed to in order to advance linear progress.

And let's not forget about companion character Fi, who regularly interrupts gameplay to patronisingly tell you something you probably already know.

It's almost as though Nintendo was scared of newer fans of the series being lost for even a second. Thankfully for 2021's HD re-release, Fi's intrusiveness was scaled back and many of her disruptive remarks made optional.

And further to their credit, Nintendo has at least pivoted in the exact opposite direction of Skyward Sword in recent games, with Breath of the Wild quite famously hurling players into its open world with the ultimate objective "Destroy Ganon" and largely letting them forge their own path to the endgame.