Do you buy strategy guides?
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The Internet is a giant free strategy guide. Why would I spend money on what I can find online with BETTER information that is usually regularly updated and errata'd
I've bought them before and while I haven't bought any recently, I do enjoy them. It's true, all the same information can be found for free online but I consider strategy guides to be sort of unofficial art books for the games they're about. Besides, in this day and age you can't rely on the game manual for great game-art like you used to be able to.
I have a few, but I don't usually look at them since I just go to the interwebz most of the time. I get certain ones to collect just because they look cool or something. Like I have hardcovers Assassin Creed's, Starcraft 2's, and God of War 3's just to name a few. Aside from God of War 3's I never used any of them, but they look damn fancy on my shelf.
On occasion usually for huge open world games like fallout oe TES it makes the later playthroughs different because I just look for places I haven't been to or quests I haven't done or loot I've missed, sure it's all on the wiki but this way I can play and look up stuff at the same time since I normally browse on my ps3.
I was bought the Baldur's Gate 2 stategy guide by my parents, and I now know the game inside out because of it, but I was playing the game at like age 10 so I suppose I needed it.
Was a good buy, but I don't think I'll be doing it for any other games.
Was a good buy, but I don't think I'll be doing it for any other games.
Not only do I not, it confuses me that anyone else would and that they even still bother making them anymore. It's been well over a decade since the free ones online have been more accurate and up to date than anything you could buy in a store. It just doesn't make any sense to me that someone would pay that kind of money for something that's less good. If all you want to do is collect stuff, they sell all sorts of other crap to go along with the games.
Nope. I like to figure things out on my own and if i hit a wall i look it up on the internet, the last time i actually needed some help with a game was when i got stuck in skyrim because of a door puzzle, when i found out that the symbols were on the claw i felt stupid.
Very occasionally. Mostly just for RPGs and stuff. I'll be getting the Kindgom of Amalur one, and the last one before that was Skyrim.
Very rarely, but yes, I do. In most cases it's for RPGs, Final Fantasy games in particular (all those tables really come in handy), but I also pay attention to design and art work; if a strategy guide looks stunningly beautiful from start to finish, sure, I'll at least consider a purchase.
Sometimes.
For "The Sims" I tended to buy all of them. They're just so useful for getting the most out of the game (which considering how many bloody expansion packs they churn out is quite essential), and discovering things that you wouldn't have thought of. I mean, the secret "Grilled Cheese" aspiration would never have opened up to me otherwise.
For "The Sims" I tended to buy all of them. They're just so useful for getting the most out of the game (which considering how many bloody expansion packs they churn out is quite essential), and discovering things that you wouldn't have thought of. I mean, the secret "Grilled Cheese" aspiration would never have opened up to me otherwise.
Very rarely. I'll sometimes pick them up if I especially like the game. For example, I bought the one for the first Drakengard and also for Resonance of Fate. But I think those are the only ones I've ever bought. I do want to pick up the Collector's Edition guide for Dragon Age 2 someday just because I absolutely love the way it looks.
But otherwise, I've never really had a reason to buy the guides. If I get stuck, there's always online help.
But otherwise, I've never really had a reason to buy the guides. If I get stuck, there's always online help.
No, never. It feels rather silly doing so, while I still have a working internet connection; but I do see the appeal, however. It does add to that uncanny consumerist-collector feeling, that I've... honestly never felt in my life. But, hey, whatever rocks your boat, I guess.