Between my recent sessions of Deus Ex Human Revolution playthrough I found the guide book pretty cheap and am happy to have it. I don't like to have a guide book tell me every little step of how I should play a game, but I do like having them around for a reference to check if I missed something important, or to maybe even warn me about what is ahead so I can properly prepare for the upcoming challenges. I try to get guide books for games I really enjoy or am looking forward to. There is something about having that physical book to reference that feels a lot better than using the Internet for information.

Does anyone else like having guide books?

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Re: Guide Books
By: Ganiman to All on Thu Aug 03 2023 12:11 pm

Does anyone else like having guide books?

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I am not the sort of person who uses guides, but I have a magazine I bought for some Shadow of the Colossus Ester Eggs (it turns out you can pet the horse, yay!) and also have the Megal Gear Solid 3 official guide.

What sucks is when they make a game so the only way to beat it is asking other players for information or getting a magazine with the solution. Original Legend of Zelda, I am looking at you.

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Re: Guide Books
By: Arelor to Ganiman on Fri Aug 04 2023 07:26 am

Re: Guide Books
By: Ganiman to All on Thu Aug 03 2023 12:11 pm

Does anyone else like having guide books?

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I am not the sort of person who uses guides, but I have a magazine I bought for
some Shadow of the Colossus Ester Eggs (it turns out you can pet the horse,
yay!) and also have the Megal Gear Solid 3 official guide.

What sucks is when they make a game so the only way to beat it is asking other
players for information or getting a magazine with the solution. Original Legend of Zelda, I am looking at you.

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It's certainly one way to make guidebooks more useful..

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On 04 Aug 23 07:26:04 Arelor wrote...

I am not the sort of person who uses guides, but I have a magazine I
bought for some Shadow of the Colossus Ester Eggs (it turns out you
can pet the horse, yay!) and also have the Megal Gear Solid 3
official guide.

To which Darklord replies...

I love that game! My daughter and I played it to death when she was
younger. She cried when the hors...er, well - I guess it's possible
someone might plan on playing that so no spoilers, eh?

But yeah, there's several cool things you can do like grab a pigeon in
the temple and fly around for a short bit. Or grab the bigger bird
(hawk?) outside and go for a long flight. You can even grab a fish
underwater and it will pull you around.

And the Secret Garden...! /sigh - so many good memories from this game.

:)


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Does anyone else like having guide books?

Not for Deus, but occasionally as a collectible I liked to have guide books for some games. Old examples include old dungeon crawler games (Eye of the Beholder, Dungeon Master and similar and Ultima), for newer Witcher 3 with art books.. generally RPG genre in particular usually comes with nice guide books and lore books and art books that after years enrich the experience of coming back to the titles.

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Re: Guide Books
By: Darklord to Arelor on Sat Aug 05 2023 08:10 pm

I love that game! My daughter and I played it to death when she was
younger. She cried when the hors...er, well - I guess it's possible
someone might plan on playing that so no spoilers, eh?

But yeah, there's several cool things you can do like grab a pigeon in
the temple and fly around for a short bit. Or grab the bigger bird
(hawk?) outside and go for a long flight. You can even grab a fish underwater and it will pull you around.

And the Secret Garden...! /sigh - so many good memories from this game.

I nearly stopped playing the game when the horse [spoiler], but in the end it was a good thing I kept playing because the horse [spoiler] and all was good again.

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On 04 Aug 23 13:35:53 hollowone wrote...

Does anyone else like having guide books?

Not for Deus, but occasionally as a collectible I liked to have guide
books for some games. Old examples include old dungeon crawler games
(Eye of the Beholder, Dungeon Master and similar and Ultima), for
newer Witcher 3 with art books.. generally RPG genre in particular
usually comes with nice guide books and lore books and art books that
after years enrich the experience of coming back to the titles.

-h1

To which Darklord replies...

If you get a chance, grab the guide/story for the original "Bards Tale".
It's crafted as a short novella and man, that story left me wanting to
cry at the end! :)

https://tinyurl.com/2sejxyjd


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On 08 Aug 23 09:49:57 Arelor wrote...

I nearly stopped playing the game when the horse [spoiler], but in
the end it was a good thing I kept playing because the horse
[spoiler] and all was good again.

To which Darklord replies...

Exactly. My daughter was so happy after being totally distraught. It was
an emotional rollercoaster ride for sure. :)


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