Do you use guide books to help you complete a game?

I don't because I enjoy discovering the secrets packed in every game for myself.

I'll be moving this to General Gaming for you, love. :3

I don't use guide books to help me complete a game. :3

My friends do, though.

Nope, I like to discover the game myself. Getting stuck sometimes isn't so bad. Finding the way out yourself is more fun.

No, it pretty much makes the game a waste of money. I'll go on gameFAQs for cheat codes after I'm done with the game, but that's about it.

I'll use one if I need to.

I've use one once or twice while play Resident Evil. Honestly, I could only get eaten by a massive shark so many times before I was like "**** it".

And I don't buy the book. Gamefaqs, ladies.

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(Though rarely; I think I last used it for a puzzle in Proffesor Layton I was stuck on. Befroe that it was for finding some stuff in Metroid: Zero Mission, which I'd already beat5en at the time)

i use it sometimes.
i dont use it when i am adventuring.
only when i have to get like heart pieces, and some other things.

I always try to defeat a game on my own steam, but if I get stuck somewhere and am to the point of near psychological collapse, then I might give gamefaqs a buzz. Otherwise I do it myself.

Now, looking up after beating it, sure I'll get help for the extra stuff.

If I really am stuck and I keep dying, then I use Gamefaqs. The only other time I use it is if I want to discover some secrets.

not really unless im so stuck that i wont be able to continue without using a guide, because i like to discover secrets and beat the game on my own

I use WikiHack when I play NetHack, but it's much more fun with WikiHack.

Guides are for pussies.

I use it if I simply can't get past a challenge or I have beaten the game and want to discover secrets that I missed.

When I first started playing, I did use a guide. Now I only use parts of walkthroughs if I can't proceed with the game after hours of trying on my own.

I used them often in the past. I'd like to stop using them for future games.

Originally Posted by Matt

Guides are for pussies.

And that's a bad thing?

I use guide books when avalible. I sometimes get them as gifts with my games. I hate using them, but when I'm completely stuck or am trying to find some secrets in a second playthrough I use it. If I don't have a guide book I just use GameFaqs. Guidebooks are much more convienient though, since it can sit on your lap instead of trudging back and forth from the desktop to your game.

On occasion. Not only depends on the game, but even if it were a game that I would use one on, I typically don't.

Never.

The reason you'll see me with a guide book is because:

A) The game was so great I wanted to get the artwork for it.

B) I got it for free.

They ruin the gaming experience.