Do You Even Buy Guide Books for Single Player Games?

I think its useless and kinda kills a game's charm if youre just gonna read a guide/walkthrough. Bout you guys?

I'll never understand buying a $60+ game only to use a guide book to tell you where to go and what to do. What ever happened to experiencing a game?

No, if I need guide or don't want to miss any missable stuff then I'll ask around GameFAQ board and read their user made guide.

I will if they're ridiculously cheap, during the summer I bought the GTAIV guide book for £1.

Otherwise no.

I buy game guides - but I rarely use them for walkthrus. Usually I only buy the guides for the games I know I'm going to love (sequels, new games I've really been anticipating etc.) and I get them more for an "expansion" of the experience than for a walkthru. Guides often times have tons of neat secrets and information about the game that you wouldn't nessessarily get from the game alone. I look at them more like the extras you find on DVDs or Blurays - there is the game itself which is the main experience, but then you can read the guides to get some extra enjoyment out of the whole experience.

And hey, if I just so happen to get stuck and can't find my own way out. No need to surf over to gamefaqs when I have a guide right here.

If I'm trophy hunting I'll just look up an online guide. I've never bought a guide, from what I've heard they rush them out as fast as possible and they're far less accurate than the online stuff.

It depends on the game, i got one for dark souls and ff13 but not for the 30+ other games i have. I like to play the game myself, but i like knowing that if i get stuck somewhere i have a guide to give me some ideas on how to get past where im at.

Never bought a guide book except for an console MMORPG(FFXI)

I'll never understand buying a $60+ game only to use a guide book to tell you where to go and what to do. What ever happened to experiencing a game?

PolygonBust

Thats the whole point. People want to experience the game but if you get stuck then how are you to experience it? You cant.

Anyways in the days of the internet there really isnt any reason for these guide books when we can find all this information along with video walkthroughs for the game. This stuff is usefull for sure. After 25 yrs of gaming i dont have the patience to spend an hr or more stuck in a game. I want to keep the game flowing without any frustraing hitches.

For some it may ruin it & for others it may save the experience. I dont care whether i have the patience or skill level to complete a certain task, i just want to go throught the motions of doing it. You will also learn from it & become a better game because of it. These walkthroughs can show a gamer things he/she might never have seen or known otherwise & therefor will learn from it.

Not particularly. The last guide I bought was for Halo: Reach.

Only for collection purposes and it has to be hard cover.lbjkurono23

[QUOTE="lbjkurono23"]Only for collection purposes and it has to be hard cover.Dracula68

all the time. I had around 90 at one point. I like the pretty colors.Allicrombie

I don't bother with them they tend to spoil the games.

I don't bother with them they tend to spoil the games.

sukraj

I absolutely bought the guide for Dark Souls, and it in no way spoils the experience... it greatly enhances it, actually. Rather than bringing up my computer and looking at a wiki, I have a guide to read on the toilet and elsewhere. It's really enhanced my game. Now, for most other games I agree... it's a waste of money. But Dark Souls doesn't give you much to go on. The manual is like 3 pages, and basically consists of saying, "Good luck!".donalbane

No. Never. The closest I've ever come is going on line to find some help when I am extreamely stuck.

I won't buy them for an MMO either.

This is a faction of the industry that never should have existed.

Nope, if I need a guide I'll just refer to one online for the part of the game I am stuck on. Other than that I'll use guides all the time specifically for trophies but not to beat the game, I can do that without them.

You're right. Guides kills the climax and interest in any game. But they come in handy if you're stuck and desperate(generally happens with newbies).

I think its useless and kinda kills a game's charm if youre just gonna read a guide/walkthrough. Bout you guys?

Me_Ann

isnt this what youtube is for?

I can never understand why some people like buying them when you have the internet for free guides unless they themselves don't have it.

Not often. When I buy the guides I never look at the walkthrough, typically just use the data they have for Synthing/crafting/alchemizing as well as look at items guides, gear guides, and bestiaries.

Aguide just takes the fun out of things.. The whole point of gaming is to explore.

When Assassins Creed 2 came out I bought the guide book for that....then never read it. It's in the most immaculate condition ever.

Anyone wanna buy it?! Haha

I used to when I was younger just because they were so much fun to read.

Now though I just come here or anywhere else if I need help on a game.