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[CDRSkyShepard]

BatmanPWNS wrote...

AdmiralCheez wrote...

shepard1038 wrote...

Actually you can access the Guide in the internet. Just saying

Who cares?  Books are BETTER.

Not when it's based on Mass Effect.

What does THAT have to do with anything? 

[BatmanPWNS]

CDRSkyShepard wrote...

BatmanPWNS wrote...

AdmiralCheez wrote...

shepard1038 wrote...

Actually you can access the Guide in the internet. Just saying

Who cares?  Books are BETTER.

Not when it's based on Mass Effect.

What does THAT have to do with anything? 

Well ever since Deception came out I am scared to touch any book with Mass Effect on it. I know this ain't a novel but still.

[CDRSkyShepard]

BatmanPWNS wrote...

Well ever since Deception came out I am scared to touch any book with Mass Effect on it. I know this ain't a novel but still.

Oh, hehe. I see what you did there.

But Deception sucked no matter if you were reading it on the computer or reading the physical copy. XD At least with the physical copy I could go through and edit it as I read it. 

[G3rman]

naledgeborn wrote...

jreezy wrote...

I hate strategy guides. It ruins the integrity of playing a video game to me.

Pretty much. And getting "the best ending" first time through... on your own is a lot more satisfying. All it takes is common sense and genre savviness. Something that doesn't cost 40 bucks.

I like these two, they get it.

[shepard1038]

Some people like to collect this things, and want to know how to get the best ending.
And websites take time adding the content.lol

[Apollo Starflare]

JeffZero wrote...

Just once I'd like to be able to enjoy my guide-collecting without a dozen people breathing down my neck like priests preventing a sinner-in-progress. I'm not going to read the walkthrough until I've beaten the game. I collect guides for games I love as coffee table pieces and fun, easy reads. End of.

Word.

[shepard1038]

legion999 wrote...

The trouble with guides (for me at least) is that I usually read too far ahead and spoil the game.

Saying that I will be buying this.

You can just read the mission that you are currently doing, If you do that then you won't be spoil.

[Haron50]

And the character secret and mission?

[shepard1038]

Haron50 wrote...

And the character secret and mission?

What do you Mean?

[PrinceLionheart]

G3rman wrote...

shepard1038 wrote...

Guys you Know websites Take Weeks to Months to fill right?
A strategy guide you have everything right away, also are you so cheap?

Ha!  Are you kidding me?  Guides come out literally hours and days after the game's release and at that point all I'm doing is playing through the campaign and I don't need a guide to help me do that.  I have no use for the contents for one of those books these days so it would be a waste of money, not being cheap.

And then there is youtube and message boards. Yeah, Game Gudies are a massive waste of money.

[shepard1038]

Exhaustive squad chapter: Learn everything you need to know about your squad-members from power trees with rank by rank analysis to keys on how to romance them.

[cactusberry]

I pre-ordered the CE of this awhile back. Not because I want to "cheat" off of it, but it's just something to have as a collector's item.

[G3rman]

For those who want to collect it and read it I think its great. I just think its silly how some refer to it religiously to beat the game perfectly when its just more satisfying (to me at least) to reach that ending on my own without help. Its not even that hard either, ME games are pretty straightforward for RPGs.

[Halo Quea]

I know we haven't played it yet, but I'm willing to bet that there really aren't enough things going on in Mass Effect 3 that require a strategy guide.

I remember the strategy guide for DA:Origins, now THAT was a useful and necessary guide. After feeling a little overwhelmed I went back to the game store to get it, there was soooooo much going on with Origins that the guide revealed. You really began to understand not to take even the slightest thing for granted.

But I haven't used guides for any of Bioware's latest releases like ME2 and DA2. There just wasn't enough gear and items, or intricacy in missions and quests to justify purchasing them. Most of the missions were just straight up and down gameplay, and I suspect ME3 won't be that much different.

If I'm wrong, I'll have no problems heading back to the game store.

[Unpleasant Implications]

The only Strategy Guide I bought for a game was Wild Arms 3. For this game it's completely unessesary

[shepard1038]

Halo Quea wrote...

I know we haven't played it yet, but I'm willing to bet that there really aren't enough things going on in Mass Effect 3 that require a strategy guide.

I remember the strategy guide for DA:Origins, now THAT was a useful and necessary guide. After feeling a little overwhelmed I went back to the game store to get it, there was soooooo much going on with Origins that the guide revealed. You really began to understand not to take even the slightest thing for granted.

But I haven't used guides for any of Bioware's latest releases like ME2 and DA2. There just wasn't enough gear and items, or intricacy in missions and quests to justify purchasing them. Most of the missions were just straight up and down gameplay, and I suspect ME3 won't be that much different.

If I'm wrong, I'll have no problems heading back to the game store.

Given that I hear there would be big decisions on Mass effect 3, I think you should buy it.
Plus you can access it digitally, It has the multiplayer maps, is hardcover, it has the class breakdown,
it tells you how to get the best ending.

Modifié par shepard1038, 08 février 2012 - 12:11 .

[Beeno4Life]

shepard1038 wrote...

YungD815 wrote...

I don't know if I should get it. Its $40 USD right?

Yes.

On Amazon it's $25.

[G3rman]

There were "big" decisions in ME1 and 2 though, what makes this any different? It's not like its a requirement to beating the game perfectly.

Not everybody wants to metagame their way to victory.

[shepard1038]

G3rman wrote...

There were "big" decisions in ME1 and 2 though, what makes this any different? It's not like its a requirement to beating the game perfectly.

Not everybody wants to metagame their way to victory.

What is you're problem with me, I Can play the game the way I want. Because this is the Big finale.
No is not a requriment but people like to buy the Game to know because they don't want to wait weeks
before some website has the full information of the Game.Also some people like to collect guides.

[G3rman]

I don't have a problem with you, we disagree so I'm debating with you to find your reasoning. And you don't have to wait weeks for guides (should you choose to use them at all), major game sites have them up very shortly after release.

As I stated in a previous post I totally get the "collector" standpoint, I did the same for the Halo franchise.

I do disagree however that the game has become more challenging or the decisions are any more difficult to choose from the previous two games and that metagaming makes the RPG element lose its original purpose.

[shepard1038]

G3rman wrote...

I don't have a problem with you, we disagree so I'm debating with you to find your reasoning. And you don't have to wait weeks for guides (should you choose to use them at all), major game sites have them up very shortly after release.

As I stated in a previous post I totally get the "collector" standpoint, I did the same for the Halo franchise.

I do disagree however that the game has become more challenging or the decisions are any more difficult to choose from the previous two games and that metagaming makes the RPG element lose its original purpose.

Mass effect 3 is the final Game what makes you think that decisions are less difficult considering that the whole
Galaxy is threatened. Also the Devs have stated that the difficulty of the Game has been increased.
Yeah with Game sites you have to wait weeks. Some people like to collect Guides.

[Eradyn]

I preordered the CE strategy guide. And I'm going to use it. All of it. And I'm not ashamed to admit that.

[G3rman]

You do know that all game review and guide sites that are legitimate receive the games in advance to write reviews and guides yes? There isn't a very long down time.

But if you really think you can't beat the game without consulting with the guide, I can't argue against that. I'm just amazed you don't have confidence your own decisions aren't good enough to win the game. Messing up sometimes because of your own choice is just as fun as winning, it shows the game actually reacts and punishes you.

It seems like if you just follow the guide and do everything perfectly, without any chance of fail, it takes away the "challenge" of the game. Just my two cents.

[Clayless]

What happens if they release DLC afterwards? Like LoTSB or Kasumi? Doesn't that make the guide useless, or not as usefull as the free alternative (AKA the Internet)?

[PSUHammer]

HA...re: OP.

Maybe if I slap an N7 sticker on my wife's old car some ME uber fan will pay me double the asking price. Just have to come up with a catchy Mass Effecty slogan.

Guides are the most pointless money grab out there, these days. Google, folks, it's your friend.