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re: Do you think you could have figured out FF7's golden chocobo without a guide?
Posted on 8/5/23 at 11:16 am to Thundercles
Posted on 8/5/23 at 11:16 am to Thundercles
While people like to shite on modern games for holding players' hands (which they do), they like to forget that a significant amount of older games intentionally included content so obscure as to nearly force people to buy the game guide. Before the proliferation of home internet, people didn't have a lot of other options if they wanted to see everything a game has to offer. Hell, there's an old game that I can't remember the name of offhand that had some random NPC give you an obscure hint about resting on a cliff, when you were require to stand on some random arse platform (said cliff) for like 30s (because you couldn't actually "rest") before being whisked away in a whirlwind. And if I recall correctly, this wasn't to go to a secret area; it was required to progress in the game
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Posted on 8/5/23 at 11:22 am to Joshjrn
I remember reading a review for Escape From Monkey Island that gave it a 7.5/10 and the review ended with "factor in the price of a strategy guide because you're going to need it". And they weren't lying.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 1:17 pm to Joshjrn
Do you think it was to encourage people to buy the game guide or were they just creating some extreme Easter eggs? Either way, that golden chocobo quest was fricking insane.
I think Earthbound had a few of these spots where without the internet or a guide your life could be extremely difficult.
I think Earthbound had a few of these spots where without the internet or a guide your life could be extremely difficult.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 2:14 pm to Joshjrn
Sounds like Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest. There's no way in hell someone actually completed that game with no help.
Posted on 8/5/23 at 5:19 pm to Joshjrn
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Hell, there's an old game that I can't remember the name of offhand that had some random NPC give you an obscure hint about resting on a cliff, when you were require to stand on some random arse platform (said cliff) for like 30s (because you couldn't actually "rest") before being whisked away in a whirlwind.
That’s Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest. So much was messed up and lost in translation in that game.
Posted on 8/7/23 at 1:44 pm to Joshjrn
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Before the proliferation of home internet, people didn't have a lot of other options
You'll sneak around the Wal-Mart electronics section with the Nintendo Magazine like everyone else and you'll like it
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