Should Games Let Players Skip Gameplay?

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Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
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Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (2020)
Duration: 11:00
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Should games let players skip levels? Video Games enforce that players don't skip. An idea that exists in no other artform. There's nothing stopping you from skipping to the end of a movie or novel. And yet, the idea of doing that in a video game is unheard of. So today, were going to take a deep dive into the world of skipping content, and some of the people that are affected.

Chapters
0:00 The Problem
0:55 Why Skip
3:08 Problems With Skipping
6:03 Some Solutions

Games Shown:
Helltaker
Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing
Dark Souls
Doom Eternal
Divinity Original Sin 2
Super Mario 64
L.A. Noire
Dragon Age Origins
Braid
Final Fantasy 13
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends
Demon's Souls
Baba Is You
Celeste
Contra
Doom 2
Mass Effect 2
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Cuphead


Research References:


Skipping combat, why not? Or in other words, why gate content anymore?
https://www.reddit.com/r/truegaming/comments/q3s4x/skipping_combat_why_not_or_in_other_words_why/


Escape! Escape! Embracing Skippable Combat
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/escape-escape-embracing-skippable-combat





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