this is the kind that feel among the worst to me actually . They try to pretend its woven so cleverly into the story , when it just feel like pointless fillers .

At least the forced regular tutorials you can force through via mashing the buttons to skip the text .

It needs to be optional period

I fully understand this, and I mentioned in the article that I have no problem with in-game help and optional tutorials :) What I do have a problem with is, and Assassin's Creed is always a good example to use, when I've played the first three games in the series, and really want to jump into the new one and get on with the story, but then there's a twenty minute section explaining to me basic mechanics I've already mastered and forcing me to carry them out as though I've never played a game in the series before.

Ideally, there should be a great balance. We exist in a gaming world full of both hardcore and casual gamers, and I don't think it's too difficult to cater for both in this aspect. Making a game "accessible to newcomers" shouldn't compromise the experience for those who aren't newcomers.

Off the top of my head, this is an example of how a balanced game could work. I already spoke about Deus Ex: Human Revolution in the article, which I thought had great optional tutorials, but let's take Prototype 2. Ideally, you would have a menu option to turn tutorials off. If you keep them on, then in an early mission it would say "Consume this target, take his identity and infiltrate the base." That's all well and good. But I played the original, so I know exactly how to do all of this. So for me, turning the option off should change that sequence to say "Find a way to infiltrate the base" and set me to it.

That's a very basic example of what I mean. Tutorials these days are too mundane and stock standard. They are rarely integrated seamlessly into the experience, optional or subtle. They're often forced onto players and redundant, which takes away some of the magic of exploring the game mechanics for yourself and figuring things out.

There should be a balance :)

Being an experienced gamer doesn't mean you'll know what to do in a given game any more than having never picked up a controller.

My nephews of six, five and three have learned quite a few games entirely on their own. Granted, they're not all that complicated, but if a five year-old can play without a tutorial, why can't a 17 year-old(mentioned because M-Rated games have tutorials in them)?

There's a video on youtube- probably posted in someone else's comment- about how Megaman X teaches you everything you need to know about the game and your goals in the first stage WITHOUT a tutorial, but simply through level design and plot progression. Sure, it was a simpler time back then, but developers hardly even bother with that these days.

I agree, quick concise and informative tutorials aren't awful. It's when they feel like they drag on, that's gotta change.