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What's your opinion on getting video game achievements with the help of a guide? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by XEAL@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Specially the ones where you have to find stuff.

I usually attempt and manage to get them without looking up any info, but other times I miss something and I don't want to go thru the tedious process of re-combing whole sections of the levels, or even starting over, just to find some stupid note that I overlooked. Yet, I want the achievement, so I end up looking a guide and I feel like I haven't truly earned the achievent.

Yes, I know that playing a videogame shouldn't become a task and that I simply should play it the way I enjoy it the most, but I want too see what others think.

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[–] Saigonauticon@voltage.vn 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I dunno. In the broader sense, I feel like I achieved many things in life with guides. The things I did without guides were significantly worse and are more embarrassing via their poor outcome, than they are satisfying through their sheer difficulty. For example, I learned broken Vietnamese out of sheer necessity by just staring at words long enough -- but the fact is that I'm an adult that speaks with the eloquence of a child. Overcoming difficulty sometimes masquerades as success, but it's not he same.

I don't see why video games would be different. If it helps you be the hero in your story, why not? That's what we all want, isn't it?

Or maybe the real accomplishment is writing guides, in guiding others to be the hero? It's dangerous to go alone ;)

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 year ago

Or maybe the real accomplishment is writing guides, in guiding others to be the hero? It's dangerous to go alone ;)

Absolutely! If not for these unsung heroes, I wouldn't complete 99% of games, since I have very little sense of direction and other ADHD-related issues!