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Title: Using guides the first time through
Post by: NekoBot on December 05, 2013, 06:26:44 PM
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
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: dark 5FVD on December 05, 2013, 07:15:05 PM
No I don't even if it takes 20 hours or 20 days for one mission. I never use a walkthrough
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: senpai_FisT on December 05, 2013, 07:59:25 PM
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.
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: O:\msg on December 05, 2013, 08:00:46 PM
No way, never ever for the first playthrough. I always use them after that though, helping me get achievements and find secret stuff etc.
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: Arikado on December 05, 2013, 09:32:53 PM
It depends on the game. If it's really cryptic, then I'll use a guide.
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: Swagmaster on December 06, 2013, 05:56:46 AM
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)
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: PriomBlazer on December 06, 2013, 08:19:43 AM
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
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: Kiss x Miz on December 06, 2013, 12:28:37 PM
When something really frustrates me, I might use a guide solely to get past that thing.
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: NekoJonez on December 06, 2013, 06:00:38 PM
When something really frustrates me, I might use a guide solely to get past that thing.
+1
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: O:\msg on December 06, 2013, 07:51:25 PM
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.
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: NekoBot on December 06, 2013, 08:40:25 PM
I only use guides after I completely through a game. In most cases anyways. Sometimes, I need help, like with Zelda 2
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: senpai_FisT on December 11, 2013, 12:27:06 PM
I sometimes use guides to follow builds on RPGs.

I was just looking at a guide for a fighter in NWN.
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: NekoJonez on December 11, 2013, 12:35:30 PM
Like I said earlier, I only use guides when I am totally stuck.
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: BloodcatNS on December 11, 2013, 01:31:53 PM
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.
Title: Re: Using guides the first time through
Post by: Joel16 on December 11, 2013, 03:09:29 PM
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.
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