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[cJohnOne]

I really like owning these and appreciate them as reference material.  I'll definitely get the game guide for DAIII:Inquisition.

What do you think of them?   I liked the Piggyback a little better than Prima but both have there good qualities.

[-TC1989-]

I have to agree with you. It's almost like a collection thing. It's dumb I know, considering I can find out everything online for free. But for some reason I have to get them. Especially Collector's Edition guides like for Mass Effect 3, or Skyrim.

[Direwolf0294]

I never get guidebooks. Most games don't require them, and if they do it's easier to alt tab and search up the answer online than it is trying to find the right page in the guidebook and hoping the answer is even there.

They can have some cool pictures and stuff in them, but for an average of $30 they just cost way too much for something that I'd probably only flip through once.

Edit: 

I'm actually surprised they still make guidebooks/strategy guides. They stopped making game manuals because it wasn't environmentally friendly and the physical game magazines are all going out of business because no one gets them anymore because of the net, but they still keep making these huge strategy guides. It's odd.

Modifié par Direwolf0294, 26 avril 2013 - 02:01 .

[2Pac]

I don't know i haven't bought a guide book for any games I've played except for skyrim. Though if i have trouble with DA3 I might buy one.

[Conduit0]

Direwolf0294 wrote...

I never get guidebooks. Most games don't require them, and if they do it's easier to alt tab and search up the answer online than it is trying to find the right page in the guidebook and hoping the answer is even there.

They can have some cool pictures and stuff in them, but for an average of $30 they just cost way too much for something that I'd probably only flip through once.

Edit: 

I'm actually surprised they still make guidebooks/strategy guides. They stopped making game manuals because it wasn't environmentally friendly and the physical game magazines are all going out of business because no one gets them anymore because of the net, but they still keep making these huge strategy guides. It's odd.

 They quit making game manuals to up their profit margins, being environmentally friendly was just a convenient PR spin to justify it to consumers.

Edit: On topic, no I will not, because I can get all of the information I need off the internet for free.

Modifié par Conduit0, 26 avril 2013 - 02:21 .

[Steppenwolf]

I always get the guides for RPGs even though they're usually crap. Why don't they ever use side panels for sidequests in the section of the walkthrough where you actually do them? Putting them in their own section after the walkthrough is stupid.

[DragonMage95]

I've never purchased a game guide. If I want to know something i'll google it or look in the little guide that comes with the game. I personally don't like using guides or cheats, I liked figuring out things on my own.But, I will say i've thought about getting a guide for Skyrim, I am not as good as most players at it. Another reason I don'y buy them is the price. My local Gamestop doesn't sell many so I can normally find them at Best Buy, but they're like $20-$30.

[Steppenwolf]

DomRod95 wrote...

I've never purchased a game guide. If I want to know something i'll google it

Kids today have it so easy. When I was your age we had to draw our own maps and get info via the longest games of telephone in human history. Vidya ain't what it used to be.

[DragonMage95]

BasilKarlo wrote...

DomRod95 wrote...

I've never purchased a game guide. If I want to know something i'll google it

Kids today have it so easy. When I was your age we had to draw our own maps and get info via the longest games of telephone in human history. Vidya ain't what it used to be.

That actually sounds like more fun than google. I was born in the 90's so I had to read the guides that came with the games or got a friend to help. Though I mostlly just rage quit when I couldn't beat a level of a game, good think i'm not impatient an impatient child anymore.

[Swagger7]

I used to buy guides all the time since I found them far better than user-created walkthroughs, but now I just use the wiki. Not only is it free, the information is better organized, quicker to look up, and usually more accurate/detailed. Now if there's a lore book or art book, then I'll still throw down the $$$.

[Swagger7]

DomRod95 wrote...

BasilKarlo wrote...

DomRod95 wrote...

I've never purchased a game guide. If I want to know something i'll google it

Kids today have it so easy. When I was your age we had to draw our own maps and get info via the longest games of telephone in human history. Vidya ain't what it used to be.

That actually sounds like more fun than google. I was born in the 90's so I had to read the guides that came with the games or got a friend to help. Though I mostlly just rage quit when I couldn't beat a level of a game, good think i'm not impatient an impatient child anymore.

Believe me, it isn't.  Neither is relying on an internet walkthrough that may or may not have been written by a moron.  Wikis are the best thing ever to happen to video game guides IMHO.

[themikefest]

BasilKarlo wrote...

DomRod95 wrote...

I've never purchased a game guide. If I want to know something i'll google it

Kids today have it so easy. When I was your age we had to draw our own maps and get info via the longest games of telephone in human history. Vidya ain't what it used to be.

Very true. I still use a rotary phone that I've had for the last forty years.

On-topic

Yes I will get the guide book and even may purchase the collector's edition if there is one. I get them only to get the most out of the game as possible.

Modifié par themikefest, 26 avril 2013 - 04:22 .

[Malanek]

No. From a strategic point of view they are dreadful, the best ones are always written by players. From a content point of view I would never want to play from a guide, it feels more like work than playing a game.

[I SOLD MY SOUL TO BIOWARE]

Nope.

Guide books are for cowards and elderly women.

[Sith Grey Warden]

No. I always feel it's a weakness when I decide to look something up. I would be more tempted to do so if I had a game guide on hand, and more frustrated if the solution wasn't there.

[Mr.House]

Nope. Guide books spoil everything.The only guide books I own are the Metroid Prime and Zelda ones, and that's less to do with it being a guide and all the nice art inside.

Modifié par Mr.House, 26 avril 2013 - 04:44 .

[ref]

People still buy guide books? Games today are so easy why is it needed... the internet has all this stuff for you for free.

[Fast Jimmy]

DA2's guidebook (which I got free with my pre-order, otherwise I wouldn't have gotten it) was one of its best redeeming qualities. The quality of its artwork and design, coupled with the very useful information about how mechanics such as the cross-class-combos worked (aside from the two or three sentences about it in the manual shipped with the game) and information on Attributes (like how putting one point in Cunning for every four points spent, or one point for every three if you were a rogue, would give you the optimum build since, for random reasons, Cunning affected Defense).

Eventually, you could get all of this stuff online. But in terms of explaining some rather fundamental concepts that were needed from the get go, it was invaluable. I didn't use any of the quest information my first playthrough, but still wound up using the guide a lot... simply becuase the manual explained little of anything of the numbers involved with any process and the in-game guide/descriptors told even less.

[Bfler]

Such a guide is only useful in large games like Skyrim, if you want to do every (hidden) quest and discover hidden places. Bioware's latest games are action games with straight corridor levels and almost nothing to discover. And if it is like ME 2 or 3, then you also can't miss-skill your char.
If you want pictures, then do screenshots or download them from the I-net.

Modifié par Bfler, 26 avril 2013 - 05:25 .

[The Spirit of Dance]

Well, since I still got the image link copied.

[Fiery Phoenix]

Refara wrote...

People still buy guide books? Games today are so easy why is it needed... the internet has all this stuff for you for free.

From my experience, it's less to do with the books being guides than all the nice stuff you get with them. I own the Collector's Edition guides for both ME2 and ME3, and while I didn't really need them, I'm still glad I bought them since they make for some interesting bonus material. And there's something about grabbing your shiny new copy of a game with a huge book along with it (like a true video game junkie!).

I might end up buying the guide with DA3, but then again we'll see what happens.

[BouncyFrag]

If I really like the game I'll try to get a hold of a nice hardback edition but only if the artwork is topnotch and is enjoyable to thumb through.

[slimgrin]

Guide books are for the color blind.

[Realmzmaster]

I do not normally buy guidebooks. I wait for my son-in-law to bring them to me. He works for video game store. All if have to do is wait a while and the guide will drop to 1 cent and he will bring it to me. He just bought me the original guides for Skyrim (since the new revised edition is out), Soul Calibur V, Ghost Recon: Future Warrior and Saints Row the Third. So no real hurry to get the guides, but they do make interesting reading as I head off to sleep. I did pick up the guides for DAO and DA2 for less than $4 from Target on their clearance shelf.

[sunsphere5]

BasilKarlo wrote...

DomRod95 wrote...

I've never purchased a game guide. If I want to know something i'll google it

Kids today have it so easy. When I was your age we had to draw our own maps and get info via the longest games of telephone in human history. Vidya ain't what it used to be.

Ahhh, the good old days.  Anyone remember grabbing the graph paper and mapping out those dungeons in the Bard's Tale series?  Goddamn spinners and teleporters!  And they even put in a location spell just to help out with mapping...

On topic: the only way I would EVER consider buying any type of guidebook would be if it also doubled as an amazing collection of game related artwork...