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kainemaxwell
02-15-2003, 11:19 AM
How do you prefer getting your guides for games?

Achika
02-15-2003, 11:30 AM
For Square games I usually end up buying the guide, mostly because of the artwork etc. They've been slowly going downhill after FF8 & Tactics though. For other games, I don't buy the guide unless I found them at Funco for a penny. Otherwise I go to gamefaqs if I'm in a bind and I need a tip.

maxlords
02-15-2003, 12:36 PM
I love buying the guides whenever I can, because I like the art and the look of the guides. I also like having nifty color pictures that show me rather than a faq that just tells me. However, I buy few guides anymore as the prices are $21.99 + 15% tax here. I pick up used guides whenever I see them available, but no stores carry them used here, so that's not often. Suffice it to say, I use guides when I can, and gamefaqs when I can't. I never print off faqs though, cause ink cartridges cost more than the damned games! :)

EnemyZero
02-15-2003, 12:55 PM
Personally I try to stay away from guides unless I REALLY need them or in the case of FF games I usually miss out on like 35% of the game so I use the guide BOOKS to go back through again....I guess if I really need something at the last minute I jump on GameFaq.com

Arqueologia_Digital
02-16-2003, 07:55 PM
Long life to Digital press

nesman85
02-16-2003, 09:40 PM
Long life to Digital press
uum.....okaay..... :/

i prefer to buy the guides for adventure games and rpg's.

Queen Of The Felines
02-16-2003, 09:48 PM
Gamefaqs. Most of them seem to copy the guidebooks anyway. (But not the three faqs I wrote. ;) )

Kristine

kainemaxwell
02-16-2003, 10:04 PM
RPGs especially I'll get Guides for if/when I can..any others I use GameFAQS off-and-on.

Starcade
02-16-2003, 10:15 PM
Gamefaqs for me, if I don't get what I need there(which rarely happens) I won't buy the guide, but I will go read the guide in Gamestop, the guys don't seem to care...

Happy_Dude
02-16-2003, 10:54 PM
No Faqs. I like figureing it out on my own (yes even RPGs)

Goodwill Hunter
02-16-2003, 11:23 PM
If you want cheap game guides, hit your local Gamestops (or Funcos if the assimilation hasn't hit you yet). Almost all of their used guides are $1.99 (used newer guides for popular games can be $3.99). I've recently picked up guides for Ogre Battle PSX, MGS2 PS2, Final Fantasys 7-10, FF Tactics PSX, and lots of others, all for $1.99. Guides are what I've been picking up lately as the older games start to dry up.

Rich

kainemaxwell
02-02-2009, 06:15 PM
If you want cheap game guides, hit your local Gamestops (or Funcos if the assimilation hasn't hit you yet). Almost all of their used guides are $1.99 (used newer guides for popular games can be $3.99). I've recently picked up guides for Ogre Battle PSX, MGS2 PS2, Final Fantasys 7-10, FF Tactics PSX, and lots of others, all for $1.99. Guides are what I've been picking up lately as the older games start to dry up.

Rich
Depends on the stores and the sales involved.

bangtango
02-02-2009, 06:59 PM
Print them off GameFAQ's, if I need them.

I generally don't like to use guides for walkthrough stuff, though.

I primarily refer to GameFAQ's for cheat codes that I can't remember, i.e. infinite ammo or invincibility in Resident Evil 2 for Nintendo 64.

Mobius
02-02-2009, 07:17 PM
Is it just me, or are a lot of really old threads being bumped lately?