A lot of people prefer to play games without knowing what to expect. It's definitely more challenging and more fun to learn as you go. And I daresay that method is more "hardcore" than looking everything up on youtube before you try it.

The cool thing about video games, is you can try something, fail, and try again. Nobody is really dead and nobodies life is truly effected. It was meant for fun. Why try to fight the fun so much?