I always play with Gamefaqs so I can get all the hidden secrets and items on the go.>It's more fun playing it blind and figure it all by yourself.No, it's not. You will not max your build and you will miss some things. No, I don't have the time for a 2nd playthrough.
>>4096228>with Gamefaqs2bad the websight is dead and woke now. Fandom will probably shut it down soon AFAIK.download all their FAQs before it's too late!
>>4096228Final Fantasy is not an RPG, it's gookslop adventure targeted at failed western men.Additionally, if you didn't go in blind, you didn't really beat the game. It's the same as if someone handed you a list of buttons to press to see the 'You Win' button. You didn't really win.
>>4096238>>4096228Both argument bait. Idgaf
>>4096238It's time to log off.
>>4096238Figuring out is sometimes more exhausting than enjoying the game itself.And I already said it's not optimal. You will not max your characters and you'd still miss some things that you'll regret not getting at.
>>4096273sounds like we gonna get another IP rangeban unless "Milo" is another racist jannie.
>>4096228Man I miss ascii art on guides
>>4096228If the game has permanently missable content, I agree.
>>4096238Yes, only homosexuals like you know how to succeed.
>>4096228Why play the game at all and not just watch a playthrough?You do not actually engage with the mechanics and you do not win or succeed based on your decisions.You could even watch at 2x speed to waste even less time
I've read through some 'guides' for games I'm familiar with and every time the author was giving terrible strategy advice. Why are the people who make these things so bad at video games?
>>4096593name and shame them or you're a bot
>>4096238Guides are fine, boss strategies are a big no-no without being mega stuck. That's the fun part.
How are you supposed to naturally intuit to leave specific chests unopened so they get upgraded in WoR?
>>4096228Based, JRPG devs wanted to sell guides so they intentionally included shit you'd never find without one. Using a guide is the intended way to play.>>4096238Cringe, of course it's a namefag who has these pathetically insecure takes.
>>4107327you don't. maybe they wanted gamers who "speedrun" WoB to get better stuff in WoR.
>>4107327???I presume they just wanted chests you missed to be fun to open in WoR too.
Who is worse, someone following a guide or somebody who grinds to an absurd level to completely erase the challenge?
>>4107560i enjoyed killing absurd number of dinosaurs with my yeti bro, so my team can do 999 mahou damage in the endgame dungeon.
>>4107327As a kid I genuinely did not understand that the point of Zodiak Spear in 12 was to sell guides.
>>4096228>You will not max your build and you will miss some things.It's usually more fun that way. Games are designed around the assumption that the player will not find everything or be super optimized.>>4107560The grinder is at least making his own choices and discoveries, rather than following in someone else's footsteps.
Eh kinda. Depends on the game I guess but the thing is you'll never know if this is the one (4u) until you play it. For example I played Underrail blind on release and it was fun learning stuff and I still keep coming back to this game. And I also played Look Outside for the first time this summer and I didn't have an internet access so it was also blind. And I missed so much stuff, interesting stuff, but I have zero intensions to replay it in the foreseeable future. There's also a question of balance. If you know the game you might want to handicap yourself to make it harder/more interesting by playing suboptimal. But it also sucks when you do that on your first playthrough just because you chose wrong class or ability etc. and know no better.
>>4107560>grinds to an absurd level to completely erase the challenge?Just did this in Ultima 2, game still had brutal moments. Maybe it's different in JRPGs, though.
>>4096228Learn to let go, anon.Row your boat gently down the stream.
>>4096233I write my own because the ones on there are way too huge and full of useless info.
>>4109084This guy FAQs.
>>4109084upload them on Strategywiki or something, brah
>>4108487jokes on you, I read guides to tell me the optimal grind strategy
>>4096228Based
>>4096228I don't play enough games to not have time for second playthroughs. I'm on like my seventh Deus Ex playthrough by now, I like seeing things multiple times, doing things a bit differently on each go.Cry about it.
>>4096228>You will not max your build and you will miss some things.So? FFVI is braindead easy
>>4096228I don't like to play with a full game guide at the side and having to follow step by step what the walls of text say, but I search for some light spoiler guide for some secret stuff, how to get "x weapon" and "how to to not miss x event/reward". People say that guides in first playthrough ruin your run but unironically missing some op shit and stuff ruins the game more for me than just reading a spoiler.I don't replay games either, it's a fucking waste of time with the amount of games there's to play out there. Specially me who plays fucking everything. CRPG, ARPG, WRPG, JRPG, RPGMaker slop, P&Click Adventure Games, Racing Games, Total Conversion mods, WEGs...
I haven't looked at it in like 20 years, but I remember reading the Manhunt guide just for fun
>>4096243>>4096273>>4096281>>4096587>>4107291>responding to Milo's "not an RPG" fpwp in a threadSure is touristy in here today.
>>4129194>fpwp>touristy
>>4129196>implying
>>4129209youre referring to the second reply in the thread, not the first reply
>>4096228Finished this game earlier this week. Damn near a masterpiece. The only flaw is how the undermining of the job-like class abilities in late game in favor of overpowered magic.
>>4108638You can beat Ultima 2 without increasing any stat but HP.
>>4096228>No, I don't have the time for a 2nd playthrough.You don't even have time for a 1st playthrough buddy.
>>4135304Lol I wasted an entire day grinding then. Fuck lmao
