10 Worst Video Game Tutorials Everyone Hated

By Jack Pooley /

1. Jet Set Radio

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Cult classic skating game Jet Set Radio may be gorgeous and fiendishly addictive, but it also features one of the most infuriatingly over-difficult tutorials in the history of gaming.

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The first few lessons start off easy enough, teaching basic movement and spray-tagging, until the final test of the tutorial challenges the player to perform 50 tricks in a row without touching the ground or breaking the combo.

The tutorial previously asked players to pull off 20 and 30 tricks in a row, but 50? Between the relatively floaty controls and limited environment you're given to pull off the combo, this one took hours for most unseasoned players to finish.

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What was supposed to be a light introduction to the game's mechanics ended up feeling like a legit late-game challenge sequence. As a result, only 4.3% of Steam players have actually even completed the damn tutorial. Jesus Christ.