The last video tutorial was a complete failure. It should be scrapped completely, and we should learn from it's mistakes.
- Why? It was first of all, boring. It didn't capture any of the excitement of the real game, and wasn't at all entertaining.
- Next, it was too long. Nobody wants to sit through a boring lecture for 10 minutes before you can play the game.
- Also, it taught the BASICS that all FPS gamers knew for the first 5 minutes. Most people shut it down before they learned the things that people actually had trouble with, like overdrive and skiing.
If I were to redo it, I would do this.
- The basics, like WASD, jumping, shooting, etc. would be covered in under 15 seconds.
- The things that differentiate legions from other FPS's like skiing, jetting, etc. would be done in under a minute.
- It would show real game footage, and be much more fast-paced and exciting.
- Keyboard key overlays on the video, to show you what buttons to press.