Hi Charles, I think most people do that. In my earlier message when I was making reference to walkthroughs I was actually speaking of written walkthroughs from game FAQS, Game Spot, etc in which the author talks you step by step through a level, tells you where all the secret items are hidden, and other specific information. I have no problem with these kinds of walkthroughs on principle, but I do have a problem with people reading them before even trying the game as such walkthroughs often give away or spoil a lot of the fun involved in discovery. As a game author myself I take it personally when someone always wants a spoiler instead of figuring it out on his/her own.
Cheers! On 11/9/11, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > Although I can get tips on how to get through games by listening to them, I > listen to walk throughs just to see how other people play the games, and I > think they are just fun to listen to. > > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > you! are! finished! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "dark" <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2011 1:44 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] require cheat codes and key bord > commandsforGMAtankcommander > > >> Hi tom. >> >> Well as I said cheats were a thing I used fairly constantly on the amigar >> sinse a lot were available, but as I've grown up I pretty much stopped >> that precisely because it's more satisfying to play without as you said. >> >> In roleplay terms it is irritating, though to be honest the thing I >> dislike most in tabletop games are people who play them as if they were >> automated and just minimax their characters choosing only the best >> abilities and skills combo without any thought of what their character >> actually does. The interest in a tabletop game should be dynamic story and >> >> character interaction with the rules and dice used as an aide to story >> telling rather than them being just the point of the game as some people >> seem to think they are. >> >> Getting back to computer games though, I'll admit I do use walkthroughs, >> though usually in my case I use them to substitute for game instructions >> and item descriptions or as aides for game text. Mega man zero would've >> been impossible to play without walkthroughs, sinse it has about 70 >> different items all of which appear pretty jumbled on the select screen, >> so if I didn't check the faq and see what items were in the next level and >> >> where they were I wouldn't know what I'd found, and that's not counting >> the mission select, menues and dialogue sequences in the game. >> >> metroid zero mission on the other hand I finished for the first time >> without the aide of any walkthru, and only checked one when i was going >> for a 100 percent items run, ditto with super castlevania. >> >> The first game I ever read a walkthru for was mega man x 2 on the snes, >> however I'd got catagorically rustrated with the game up to that point >> after playing for a solid six months, pluss I didn't actually realize I'd >> already found some of the key items sinse they made the same pickup sound >> as when you got an extra life. >> >> These days I actually read some walkthroughs just for fun and to see how >> other people tackle bits of various games. >> >> All the best, >> >> Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
