should I buy strategy guides with my games?

I got a big backlog of unfinished games. I think if I had a strategy guide I would have finished all of them. Strategy guides cost $20 at retail I think. But I think on ebay for older games the strategy guides are cheaper. Should I buy strategy guides for all my games? I dont like gamefaqs because its hard to navigate to find the part your stuck on and the computer isnt in the room I play in.

I also think a strategy guide is better than buying the limited edition of a game and its a good read.I think im the type of gamer that needs strategy guides to finish games.

No. They are over priced and provide information that can be found for free on the internet

Some games Strategy Guides are attractive and entertaining in their own right but that asides others are correct the Internet is a much better source of information when you get stuck.

I amazed they even still make strategy guides anymore. Especially with the quality of most of the ones put out. I've seen a few that are probably worth the $20, to be used as bathroom reading material, but that's about it.

I think you should, but certainly not for all your games, just a select few that have a good amount of depth and potential information, and especailly for a game you really enjoy. Yes, of course all the information u would ever need is amongst the internet, but a guide not only provides convenient info, it's also real fun to read through on your own time and learn a lot of the little things about the games you love that you probably would never have intended to look up in the first place.

I love my sc2 guide right now, and i'd really love to get my hands on a demons souls guide. But too bad a copy of that runs for $100+ on ebay or wherever since it was limited time...I have no idea why they would make something like a strat guide a limited time/supply thing :(

I got a big backlog of unfinished games. I think if I had a strategy guide I would have finished all of them. Strategy guides cost $20 at retail I think. But I think on ebay for older games the strategy guides are cheaper. Should I buy strategy guides for all my games? I dont like gamefaqs because its hard to navigate to find the part your stuck on and the computer isnt in the room I play in.

I also think a strategy guide is better than buying the limited edition of a game and its a good read.I think im the type of gamer that needs strategy guides to finish games.

slipknot0129

I would say yes, as it's far more convenient to have the guide right in front of you. I only have 3 guides right now, and I hope to get more, sooner or later.

No and yes, there are some very nice written guides for free on the internet. There's almost always one guide or two over at GameFAQS. Of course, they're text documents and don't look very pretty. I personally think it ruins a lot of the fun having a guide telling you how to do stuff. But at the same time it can also be a bit fun, perhaps for games like Oblivion and Zelda. I personally only bought a strategy guide for one game, Ocarina of Time, when I was quite young.

Go for it if you think you can afford it. I cannot so I'm staying away from them.

Strategy guides usually contain a lot of errors, so I'd say save your money and use the internet.

I guess if the guides make the games more enjoyable for me then they would be worth the money. I'll try to beat a game with gamefaqs to help.

Sure, if you like wasting money. Most games don't require one, and you can look up info on the net.

Sure, if you like wasting money. Most games don't require one, and you can look up info on the net.

Bigboi500

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Sure, if you like wasting money. Most games don't require one, and you can look up info on the net.

slipknot0129

Just use gamestop/gamefaqs/youtube

just go to gamefaqs

There is no clear cut answer to your question OP.

I think you have to evaluate it by a game-by-game, case by case manner.

I feel that some guides enhance your enjoyment (in that you would never have stumbled upon some content or appreciate a game section better w/o the guide), wheras others just have a spoiling effect