Using guides the first time through

[NekoBot]

Do you use a guide or walkthrough the very first time you play a game? Why? I personally don't, I like to play the game through first before seeking the help, if I need it, to find little bits and bobs

[dark 5FVD]

No I don't even if it takes 20 hours or 20 days for one mission. I never use a walkthrough

[senpai_FisT]

I use walkthroughs for games like Street Fighter to learn of specific methods to unlock characters. For everything else there's my sister, she has an uncanny eye for such stuff.

[O:\msg]

No way, never ever for the first playthrough. I always use them after that though, helping me get achievements and find secret stuff etc.

[Arikado]

It depends on the game. If it's really cryptic, then I'll use a guide.

[Swagmaster]

I only use a walkthrough/guide my first time through in 3 Cases:

1) I haven't played the game in forever and I open it up in the middle of a place and I have no idea where I am or what to do

2) I'm only playing the game to finish it and I don't care about "playing" it, only care for story, experience, etc. (Only ever happened once)

3) I've been stuck on a part for too damn long and I felt its time to move on before I start to get frustrated (Happened a few times)

[PriomBlazer]

I only use guides to find things that would normally be impossible to find on my own

Like super secret side quests and the likes.although if I get seriously stuck at some point then that's a different case

[Kiss x Miz]

When something really frustrates me, I might use a guide solely to get past that thing.

[NekoJonez]

When something really frustrates me, I might use a guide solely to get past that thing.

+1

[O:\msg]

When something really frustrates me, I might use a guide solely to get past that thing.

Oh yeah, good point. Finding all those ingots or whatever they were on that one Fallout 3 DLC that I forget the name of would have been impossible without a guide. I admit I used one for that.

[NekoBot]

I only use guides after I completely through a game. In most cases anyways. Sometimes, I need help, like with Zelda 2

[senpai_FisT]

I sometimes use guides to follow builds on RPGs.

I was just looking at a guide for a fighter in NWN.

[NekoJonez]

Like I said earlier, I only use guides when I am totally stuck.

[BloodcatNS]

I have this compulsive need for everything to be perfect. I use guides to get perfect things on just one run. Builds, rare items, anything that would get me an advantage in the game. Metagaming, if you will.

However, I refuse to use it to spoil the story or puzzles. Unless I'm stuck.

[Joel16]

Same here. It's better put in your own effort in trying to pass the level/area that you're stuck in. It automatically makes it more interesting, but then again as you keep trying over and over it can get boring haha.