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• Bryn

  

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  July 22, 2015 11:57 AM EDT

  I got the Collector's edition guide for Witcher 3... I spent 3 hours reading it an I only got past the prologue... So much....

• Idesto

  

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  July 22, 2015 12:06 PM EDT

  Funny, I didn't find Witcher 2 that complicated. I printed out and read the manual and after that I was fine. 

• Borommakot

  

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  July 22, 2015 12:06 PM EDT

  I love that aspect. I hope the Fallout 4 guide is that in depth, because I'm seriously considering getting one.

• Borommakot

  

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  July 22, 2015 12:08 PM EDT

  Hm, I personally haven't played a game that has no explanation at all how to play, but I wouldn't want to either. Guides aren't cheap, though. Like Vaz said, if you're patient, all that stuff ends up on the web for free anyways XD

• Legion

  

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  July 22, 2015 12:12 PM EDT

  And I didn't have the manual.  It got to the point where I was quite lost and felt that I shouldn't have to read a book to figure out what everything does, so I returned it.  I actually bought The Witcher 2 because I wanted a challenging game that didn't hold my hand.  Only after a few hours did I realize that I didn't have the energy for that anymore.  

• Idesto

  

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  July 22, 2015 12:16 PM EDT

  Now that you come to mention it I can't give you a specific example. I'm sure there were 1 or 2 though. I think. 

• Dovahspleen

  

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  July 22, 2015 12:39 PM EDT

  The first game guide was for TES Oblivion. It wasn't so much the gameplay information which I found most interesting, although I did use it as a reference tool, but it was the little facts about the world which I couldn't get enough of. I read that from cover to cover because it contained quite a bit of personality for a guide.

  The Skyrim's guide isn't a patch on Oblivions, in my opinion. Much like the game itself...

• Borommakot

  

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  July 22, 2015 12:46 PM EDT

  it was the little facts about the world which I couldn't get enough of.

  Definitely the best part.

• Overhate

  

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  July 22, 2015 1:48 PM EDT

  That's probably the wisest way to use them. Beat the game once on your own, only "peeking" for help on extremly hard bosses or puzzles, then "overuse" them for creativity in play.

  Nowadays there are games with tons of content that is extremely hard, near impossible for one gamer to discover all on his own, unless he's bolted to the game all day long.