Celebrate Those Who Let You Play In Peace

[Susan Arendt]

Using a strategy guide, especially on these types of open games, just takes things one more step towards the "I know this game like the back of my hand now and never want to play it again" phase.
I don't know, I'm just not sure why people would want to dilute the coveted first play through experience. The play through where things can actually surprise you and there are still discoveries to be made.

Oh well.

You seem to be assuming that once one owns the guide, one follows it with slavish devotion. And some folks do, certainly. Some players, however, simply use them as a reference point if they get well and truly lost or stuck.

I, for example, have a really hard time finding my way around. (I have this problem in real life, too. Something in my brain just doesn't process direction very well.) So for me, it's helpful to have a physical map that I can lay out in front of me and refer to. Granted, for a game like Fallout 3, it's a bit tricky, as you don't want to learn about locations unnaturally, but having the guide can still be a big help.

 

[Untamed Waters]

Thanks mom!

My mom is great about letting me play for hours if I so desire at night.

It's great.

CoD 4, Gears 2... >_> When I get to it, Fallout 3, The last remnant... Like five other games that I bought and still haven't played...