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| 17 FEB 2006 at 1:37pm |
ElfstoneGuild Master
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Unless the guide/walkthrough is really really pretty and I absolutely must have it. Which hasn't happened so far, because there is no such thing for adventure games.
However, guides for Nintendo games back then were pretty cool. I had one for Super Mario Bros 3 although I didn't even have a NES!
My cousin had this game and we played it a lot together.
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 8:17pm |
SonicIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 49
Joined: 17 NOV 2002
Status : Online | I don't really understand well what "custom walkthrough" means...
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 9:47pm |
papillonSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 340
Joined: 3 JUL 2003
Status : Online | Similarly, I don't know what it means.
Guide books with lots of pictures and helpful information you really can't get in just a text file might be worth paying a bit for. But just a walkthrough, no.
(But then, as previously mentioned, if the style of game defies walkthroughs, I probably just won't be playing.)
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 9:50pm |
ShanyGuild Master
Posts : 3313
Joined: 19 JUN 2003
Status : Online | Why would I pay for a walkthrough when I already payed for the game?
I think a walkthrough you have to pay for will only annoy people - 'not only am I stuck in the game, I have to pay to get through that point!'.
Unless the game is very open ended and offers lots of extras that will juystify getting a custom walkthrough, then I'm doubtful anyone would but it.
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 10:01pm |
hlalexSpace Cadet
Posts : 127
Joined: 19 JUL 2004
Status : Online | If an adventure game has all the proper hints in the game then a walk through isn't something you need. A good adventure game has hints and clues in all the right places including puzzles and mazes and find inventory items.
If a walkthrough has a lot of great pictures and was an addition to the game then I might concider buying it for a couple bucks but not for the fact it would be a walkthrough.
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| 17 FEB 2006 at 10:01pm |
IviniaGuild Master
Posts : 4459
Joined: 7 JUN 2003
Location: US
Status : Offline | Chris Brendel does this with his game guides. They are kind of neat. A bit of background about the game, designer notes, information on the voice actors, where all the easter eggs are, and of course, etc. He sells them for $7.99 or you can bundle it with the game and save a bit. Not sure how many he sold, but he did sell some.
You might want to ask him.
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| 18 FEB 2006 at 3:44am |
Jenny100Guild Master
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Status : Offline | Although I said I wouldn't pay for a walkthrough in this poll, I did get Chris Brendel's game guides when I bought his games. They included things like Easter Eggs and a few other things besides just the walkthrough part. And buying them was a way to support the developer, which I'm more inclined to do with independently produced games than with commercial games.
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