discussion Walkthrough yay or nay?

[adepticus]

For the most part yeah, some games would be an absolute nightmare without it. Looking at you Daily lives of my countryside

 

[Rimuru12]

Walkthrough's are great. they help you know what you need to do and in visual novels basically just prevent you from missing scenes

 

[umbradreadfang]

If it's available i always get it with the game.

 

[traveler3]

In one game peeking gets you positive points. In the next game peeking results in game over. I can't read the author's mind, and the results are ambiguous, so walkthroughs are necessary.

 

[ObservantShadow]

Walkthroughs are for people who hate failing and dead ends

It's also good in sandbox games that require being in a certain place at a certain time to trigger an event

 

[heroahoy]

After so many games with choices that are completely nonsensical and random along with sandbox games that don't have any hints, I just started downloading every walkthrough.

 

[Coran]

I see them as a necessary evil - ideally a game provides enough context and clues to indicate to everything without being as heavy-handed as a walkthrough (after all, I choose games over other forms of medium for a reason), however I can't fault these small games and small designers not being able to pull it off all the time.
It sucks when I end up with a game that really doesn't do anything to signpost optional/missable-content or has some ill-concieved "puzzle" that forces me to pull up a walkthrough to continue, but I'd rather have the quantity of content that we do than much sparser content that meets this ideal.

 

[sijas]

In most of these games it's pretty obvious what choice leads to what. I used to install them, but i haven't used them in a long while.||
but i do use savegames, so I can always fix what i broke

 

[Playbot7]

Definitely a yay, especially in some of the older vns some of the specific stuff you had to do was crazy, i dunno how you would get that done without a walkthrough or days of trying

 

[jerry18]

Depends on what kind of game, RPGs and sandbox games I'd probably go with a walkthrough.

 

[RodriguezQueso]

I think it depends a lot on the type of game. When there are only two paths, I don't think it's necessary, but when there are multiple endings and everything changes because of one or two choices, then I do think it's necessary.

 

[S_I_B]

I think walkthroughs takes moste of the fun out of a game. the whole reason by playing a game is to explore.
only when you have played thrugh a game, you can use walkthroughs to see if you missed something.
or if a game developer has made so many endings to a game and its hard to know if you have completed all endings.

 

[aafaazoi]

yay for vote but it really depends on the game. Like some are quests are not always super self explanatory and getting stuck because of that sucks.

 

[spectrobb]

I prefer to know ahead which option is better. It eliminates the need to constantly save before a choice and then go back and try them all. When there are a lot of choices, saving and reloading can waste a lot of time. Some games there isn't "better" or "correct" choices, and having a few branching paths where you can save and try different routes can be fun. Overall, I prefer to see as much content as possible in 1 playthrough.

 

[Republican Bear]

Walk-trough mods are necessary for games with a lot of content you easily miss, but for first time plays it's better to play blind.

 

[Ttian]

With games with plenty of different routes, a walk through is a life saver in stopping from accidentally going off course.

 

[D00IVI]

I sure would like a walkthrough available, so I can choose to use it or not

 

[strika13]

I refuse, good games should be experienced

 

[DanilS04]

Only on second+ playthroughs. I like having my first time with the game as pure as possible.

 

[Xeno_Frost]

I do prefer having a walkthrough especially if it gets a mod and get put in the games