Half-Life 2 (2004)

At Black Mesa East, Alyx's gravity-gun lesson turns into a game of catch with Dog. Picking up, launching and catching objects have a playful purpose before the tool is used in more dangerous situations. The useful detail is the change of context: you can learn a powerful device without immediately facing a firefight. This is a midgame lesson in the 2004 campaign, not a promise that the opening teaches every first-person skill or that later combat becomes easy.