Games That U Should Buy Strategy Guides For?

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#1 Kleeyook
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I'm just wondering about which games u want to buy strategy guide to play with the game. For me, it's any Final Fantasy games. It feels more comfortable playing with guides. And that's why I haven't played any games because I don't have ones.

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#2 A_Mobile_Doll
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I used to always get a strategy guide for rpgs until I bought the FFIX strategy guide.

That was such a waste of money. Those who bought the strategy guide should know what I'm talking about.

I haven't bought a strategy guide since then.

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#3 OreoMilkshake
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None. That's what the internet is for.
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#4 Mr_Versipellis
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I used to when i was younger, beforee I discovered the internet... however, the "Jak" series has great guides.
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#5 Canvas_Of_Flesh
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I found the guide for Fallout 3 to be invaluable. At the time, the internet didn't have a very good guide.
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#6 Bigboi500
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For me it's Little King's Story. I've stopped playing it until I can get a strategy guide for it.

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#7 muthsera666
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TESIII: Morrowind. Great help and great read.
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#8 BigDaddy973
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I think guides take all the fun out of a game, if a guide is needed then it should only be from the internet for free and for areas of great frustration, but to me if a game has such an area than it was not that good of a game, a game should be fun and amazing not frustratiing and annoying. thats just my take on it.

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#9 muthsera666
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I think guides take all the fun out of a game, if a guide is needed then it should only be from the internet for free and for areas of great frustration, but to me if a game has such an area than it was not that good of a game, a game should be fun and amazing not frustratiing and annoying. thats just my take on it.

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What about games with secrets and hidden items?
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#10 DestroyMonsters
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I got the guide for the original star ocean, cuz that game confussed the crap outta me....

I got the guide for FF12, I really REALLY think you should get that freegin guide if you buy that freegin game, or at least if you wana do more than 30% of the crud the game has to offer, espers, quest, the Zodiac spear.....

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#11 Kenbo325
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Any kind of strategy or RPG game.
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#12 tequilero
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The only strategy guides I keep buying are the ones of the Legend of Zelda games;I like to collect those. :)

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#13 majadamus
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I buy strategy guides every once in a while. If there's a deal that comes along with the game I might but it. But, most of the time I don't have much trouble playing the game on my own. Strategy guides kind of ruin the unexpected experiences that comes with the game.
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Chrono trigger for the 13 odd endings you can get.
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#15 rjxtian
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I have played thru perhaps 50 games, I always have liked having a good guide. In fact, i think that some of the games wouldn't have be completable without a guide or two.

Having said that, I have never bought a Guide. Gamespot, GameFaqs, IGN, etc have some great Guides for free. The people who put a lot of labor and love into the free guides deserve a lot of thanks too.

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#16 Ignostic
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I have played thru perhaps 50 games, I always have liked having a good guide. In fact, i think that some of the games wouldn't have be completable without a guide or two.

Having said that, I have never bought a Guide. Gamespot, GameFaqs, IGN, etc have some great Guides for free. The people who put a lot of labor and love into the free guides deserve a lot of thanks too.

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I think the best thing about guides is the artwork. I only have Crisis Core and MGS guides, but I love the story explanations and artwork that you get in them, good for people who missed out on the artwork book that came with special ed Crisis Core.
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#17 makiveli100
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well I buy them for big RPGs like FF but only allow them after the first play though. Brady guides are never good anyway.

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#18 Ignostic
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well I buy them for big RPGs like FF but only allow them after the first play though. Brady guides are never good anyway.

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Yeah same, I had a gander at the missions every so often when getting lazy for Crisis Core, but that's because 300 missions can get tedious to navigate.
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#19 Archangel3371
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I think you should get a guide for any game you want really. Personally I'll usually pick guides up for the big name RPG's like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest because I really enjoy the artwork and all the various details they usually thrown in concerning characters, enemies, weapons, items, etc. as it can make for a pretty good read. I'll playthrough the game for the first time on my own referring to the guide only if I get really stuck on something for a period of time. After I'll use the guide to check whatever I may have missed.

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#20 horseyjesse
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If I were less cheap, I'd buy guides all the time just for the artwork. As for actual content and use, I would say a Fallout 3 guide would come in handy. I just use teh internets though, since I am so cheap

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#21 wizdom
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I'm just wondering about which games u want to buy strategy guide to play with the game. For me, it's any Final Fantasy games. It feels more comfortable playing with guides. And that's why I haven't played any games because I don't have ones.

Kleeyook
I usually only buy guides for only rpg's and mmo's because of all the content in the games.