Walkthroughs

[Peter Quill]

Simply put, I decided I was going to make a walkthrough for one of my favourite games. Fire Emblem Thracia 776, this got me to thinking... many people frown upon the use of walkthroughs in the gaming community. Personally, I don't see anything wrong with it. It's almost like calling a friend on the phone for help.

Simple: How do you feel about the use of walkthroughs? Do you completely dissaprove, after awhile do you go and look for one? Also, if you wanted to make one, which game would it be for?

Walkthroughs certainly are helpful aren't they?

 

[BlitzBlast]

I really don't think it should matter how someone beats their own game.

Especially since some games are nigh-impossible without them.

 

[Slick]

I would say going through a whole game with a walkthrough is bad, but I don't care if someone uses it for puzzles here and there.

 

[Cobalt_Latios]

I tend to use walkthroughs, mainly in games that have 100% completion for things, or for those certain puzzles that really get on your nerves. And maybe for some boss fights too.

However, I've recently leaned towards video walkthroughs. More specifically: Next Gen Walkthroughs. Did I mention that I used this to get me through the water temple in OoT? (*awaits sniper hits...*).

I don't see anything wrong with them. I use them all the time. I've recently opted not to use them too much lately, but I'll side with them for getting through areas in some games that really just piss me off.

*C_L*

 

[Lord Scalgon]

Walkthroughs are also for people who plan on being perfectionists.

I only use walkthroughs if I happen to be stuck in a part in any game.

 

[Sapphire Phoenix]

I mainly use walkthroughs if I'm stuck in one spot, or if I'm looking for a certain item/monster/etc (and I'm too lazy to figure it out myself). I think it's perfectly fine if someone uses a walkthrough, but it does take much of the fun away from the game. Not to mention it's tempting to read ahead to see what happens (I've done this to many games, like Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones)

If I had too, I'd write a walkthrough for either Zelda: Wind Waker, Baten Kaitos Origins, Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones or Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance, simply because these games are fun to me and I'd enjoy dissecting them for other people

 

[ShinyManafi]

I don't use walkthroughs for the game myself, nor do I have a problem with anyone else them.

I use only the In-Depth Guides on GFAQs since I'm a perfectionist and I'll never be able to live with the fact I left something uncompleted.

 

[Cobalt_Latios]

I use only the In-Depth Guides on GFAQs since I'm a perfectionist and I'll never be able to live with the fact I left something uncompleted.

I don't usually use GameFaqs, but when I do, it's just so I can see where I'm supposed to be heading. I prefer video walkthroughs. Also, I ain't a complete perfectionist, but I do know when there is something that I just can't accomplish with my current skills. Also, I tend to use walkthroughs for strategies. I'll kind of mix and match till I find one that I can effectively use.

There were a few that I found for Bioshock that I deployed rather effectively. In fact, that was a decent video walkthrough that I saw. Gave me hints, tips (one of the main things I like about walkthroughs), and general strategies.

*C_L*

 

[ShinyManafi]

I don't usually use GameFaqs, but when I do, it's just so I can see where I'm supposed to be heading. I prefer video walkthroughs. Also, I ain't a complete perfectionist, but I do know when there is something that I just can't accomplish with my current skills. Also, I tend to use walkthroughs for strategies. I'll kind of mix and match till I find one that I can effectively use.

There were a few that I found for Bioshock that I deployed rather effectively. In fact, that was a decent video walkthrough that I saw. Gave me hints, tips (one of the main things I like about walkthroughs), and general strategies.

*C_L*

Video walkthroughs are pretty useful. I had to use one to defeat Digital Devil Saga's Demifiend and Satan optional superbosses.

 

[Surfing_Pikachu]

I only use them if I desperately need help or am trying to 100% something. Or in a game where if you are constantly missing power-ups you're screwed.

 

[Ohshi]

I use them as a last resort thing. Especially when trying to get 100%, like how are you supposed to know that this power up was here and stuff. Its like impossible.

 

[Krake]

I use them if I'm completely stuck on something, particularly in RPGs.

 

[Zazie]

I really don't think it should matter how someone beats their own game.

Especially since some games are nigh-impossible without them.

This. There are some games like, Persona 4, that will even go so far as to try and trick into get the worse endings and preventing you from playing the last 2 dungeons.

I personally prefer not to reqd through the whole walkthrough to avoid spoilers and I don't like to sit in front of a computer when I want to play the games so I rarely end up using them.

I prefer spoiler free advice that can gives me general tips for beating the game than a walkthrough anyway and it bugs me when the wlakthrough writer doesn't even know what they are talking about (like a majority of Pokemon R/B walkthrough writers).

 

[partyboi927]

I mainly use Walkthroughs well... for lack of a better term "being a perfectionist".

I don't really do it to help me get through parts... it's more or less so I NEVER miss an item, summon (Djinn in Golden Sun lol), stuff like that...

Not really for getting stuck I don't think... I mean maybe OCCASSIONALLY..

And I guess same for Boss fights... lol

 

[Mr. Lex]

I read gameplay tips, but I generally don't use walkthroughs unless it's a game that's evil to you and a tiny mistake gives you a **** ending.

Nothing's more uncomfortable than playing for 40 hours and getting some crap ending. I usually don't use a walkthrough on a first playthrough, though, that's the time you're supposed to FIGURE OUT the game and have some fun.

 

[~Spacial_Rendation~]

I use them when I'm compleatly stuck. Or when I suck balls at a certian game that I need to use it to beat the first boss.

How should the way I play a game effect you?

 

[(s.i.e)]

my point of view is that walktroughs are good, but any person should first try to do it without them. i for myself make use of guides and walktroughs from time to time to collect things like hidden packages, enemy intel, collectable symbols or whatever you call them on the second playthrough of the game and besides that i also use them to see if i missed anything that prevents me from a 100% completion, that is all, i rarely use it for the storymode itself.

 

[Satoshi]

I don't use guides or walkthroughs unless I run into a REAL Guide Dang It.

 

[noobers]

I dislike using them. Not because I don't want to ruin my reputation as a gamer or something silly like that, it's just annoying to constantly look at my laptop when I'm playing through a game.

 

[TydinRyn9]

Walkthroughs are made for people who have no other options, if they're stuck, if they're trying to get 100%, or if you're like me, you know you might have a hard time getting through it. The last walkthrough book I ever got was a walkthrough for Final Fantasy XII.

And frankly, even it only helped so much.