strategy guides

[Shrygue]

If I'm really stuck on a game and think I won't be making any progress no matter what, that's where I look online for any hints for it. A lot of the time when that happens it points at stuff that would have been so easy to do which leave me thinking: "What, I can't belive it was easy as that.? DOH! No way, I should have picked up on this earlier..."

[kcajblue]

i hate it when that happens.
its so annoying to find out that what you needed to do was so easy.

[Triv1um]

I dont like stratagy guides.

You have to pay like £10 for something that takes the fun out of a £40-£50 game. Waste.

[Shrygue]

I don't buy them either. I might quickly flip though them to see if there was anything good but only after someone had removed the wrapping that the magazines usually come in.

[Napalm-Death]

If I'm really stuck on a game and think I won't be making any progress no matter what, that's where I look online for any hints for it. A lot of the time when that happens it points at stuff that would have been so easy to do which leave me thinking: "What, I can't belive it was easy as that.? DOH! No way, I should have picked up on this earlier..."

I promised myself that I wouldn't use a FAQ for Ninja Gaiden Sigma (it's the only game outside of fighters that I'm playing atm), and I ended up having to do this; it made me hate myself.

[dejkirkby]

The only time I ever bought a strategy guide was when I was stuck on one of the Tomb Raiders (No. 2 I think). I was at the part where you must cross the piranha infested river. The strategy guide said you have to run and jump then swin quickly before the piranha got you. Codswallop!
You actually had to distract them with a dinosaur that was in the trees, all tied up. I vowed to never buy one again.

[acn010]

internet was my solution cause im cheap, and i hate to read long walkthroughs with pictures...

[ICE]

The net has all but killed the strategy guide business. Why buy what you can view on the net for free?