... Uhm... your post has more text than most pop-ups

I am just saying the game can't get much more stupider. Get smarter than the software.

Its an FPS.

You don't have to read the tutorial pop ups. Its not like your navigating space with a dodgy point and click interface that didn't have simple stuff like "align to object" options on the UI for 8 years.

Later once you've got some Isk reading the tutorial on the market might help.

Can I just add, if your one of these people that can't or won't read the instructions on games because its "too hard", CCP games are not for you.

Did you think for a second that just because it's a FPS does NOT mean it's a call of duty "wack-a-terrorist" clone.

The only pop ups I see are from the sign-in screen right before the character selection. If you're talking about the loading screens with various tips posted, those are there to keep you busy while you wait for the match to load.

Also, and here is something your friend hasn't considered, WE BETA TESTERS ASKED FOR MORE TEXT!!!!!!

One more thing. Even then, there is not that much text compared to Eve Online. I didn't even bother with the bare-bones tutorial it has. If your friend is incapable of reading through such miniscule text then obviously your friend is not worthy of being a merc in New Eden.

And for being a troll, I say this to you:

"May all your clones be out of date."

Turning 37 this year, if you really need to know.

And yes, it's elitist to talk about a PS3 shooter and say "if you don't want to read a wall of text, DUST is not for you". It's also a very stupid attitude and I really hope CCP is not going to try and pull HTFU on the PS3 crowd, because - mark my words - it's not going to work.

Dust, like EVE, has a complex system. If you don't know what you are doing you may not know to place points to level up skills and setup your dropsuit fittings.

Those "walls" of text are there to familiarize new players that may not have any idea how the system works. So they are completely necessary. Take that away and you'll have many players complaining that they have no idea what they are doing.

That being said, they can also be completely skipped. If you are so awesome that you don't need a tutorial explaining the complex systems the game has then hit the "SQUARE" button and you'll never see the pop up again. You at least read THAT part right......?

It's in beta. It's not complete. The NPE has yet to be created.

And proper beta, rather than 'here's the game like we're going to release it. thank the marketing department for this demo' beta.

I'm amazed you and your friend know how to read, considering you hate it so much.

I really hope so. They really need to have proper tutorials in place instead of those walls of text to attract a larger playerbase. There is no need to try to submerge the new player (who probably has never even heard of EVE, much less is familiar how the game systems work) into a torrent of info from the get go.

The poster above said it well. You have to think outside your EVE box. Think about the average console gamer and how much time they want to invest in finding info about the game instead of just playing it. They bought the console to make it easy to play games.

.... frankly if no one reads the "wall of painful words" it won't matter. It's not like you can "screw up" your character.

He does have a point. If you get text presented to you, it may be important, so you read it. If it takes too long to get to the action, you may lose interest on the way, whether you'd like the game once you actually tried it or not.

Perhaps a better solution would be to make the initial pop ups shorter, with a "press triangle for detailed help" text or similar.

Beta