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If you use a walkthrough or watch someone else beat it and copy, then you did not beat the game. You did it the right way.

I had an apple IIgs computer a long time ago with a series of games called Kings Quests. I spent a long time not beating it or getting anywhere in the game. Years later I looked up the walkthrough of the first game in the series instead of trying to beat it when I was older, and I still regret it. Figuring that game out would have been an achievement.

I think it is a waste of money to cheat on the hard parts of games.
I loved adventure games when I was growing up but I learned that if I got stuck too long in one area, I would end up quitting and never playing it again. That was not due to frustration but simply having better things to do with my time.

While those situations were rare, I would look up how to get past that one part because I knew it was either that or I would have stopped playing.

Most of the adventure games I played and finished I did so without any help, but I have no regrets on the ones that I did get help with in one area.

On non-adventure games though such as RPG and FPS games I avoided using any cheat codes, cheat mods, etc. regardless of getting stuck because there was enough action to keep it fun while continuing to try to beat a tough area and a greater amount of satisfaction once I did.
 

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I love the XCOM series. Have played that sucker to death through the years. Speaking of freebies, no telling how many freebies I missed out on because I didn’t realize until recently that Amazon Prime offers several free PC games every month. I don’t get to game as much as I would like, and when I do, I usually stick to a strategy game. It’s something that’s relaxing, and I can pick up two weeks later and not have lost my place or the storyline. The Amazon Prime service has given me a few good ones that I never would’ve known about otherwise. Some recent ones that I spent a lot of time enjoying were Frostpunk and Surviving Mars. Frostpunk is a city building game in an apocalyptic survival setting, and Surviving Mars is a colony builder on Mars based on the maybe not too distant future.
 

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I loved adventure games when I was growing up but I learned that if I got stuck too long in one area, I would end up quitting and never playing it again. That was not due to frustration but simply having better things to do with my time.

While those situations were rare, I would look up how to get past that one part because I knew it was either that or I would have stopped playing.

Most of the adventure games I played and finished I did so without any help, but I have no regrets on the ones that I did get help with in one area.

On non-adventure games though such as RPG and FPS games I avoided using any cheat codes, cheat mods, etc. regardless of getting stuck because there was enough action to keep it fun while continuing to try to beat a tough area and a greater amount of satisfaction once I did.

One thing I wish I would have known about those games was map drawing. I think I could have beat them or done better, if I had made maps with what char's and objects were on each screen. I quit quite a few of them as well.

One of my favorite wins was on Ninja Gaiden Black on the original xbox. I got to the spider chick boss late game, and got it saved with around 20percent life and no health potions. I must have fought her 50 times until I figured out every movement, how to beat her, and got the flawless victory. It was very close to me taking my xbox out into a field and doing the office space thing on it.
 

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WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!! I got a PS5. :flagwave:

I've been signed up to Sony Direct. They sent me an invite to their event about a month ago. I just couldn't make it due to schedule conflicts. They sent another one yesterday and it worked out great for my schedule today. It started at noon here. I hopped in, was in a queue that said an hour wait. It quickly went from 1 hour, to 45 minutes, to 5 minutes, to 2 minutes, to the product page loading. I checked out super fast! haha Whole thing took me about 10 minutes. I threw in a controller because I like having a second one, and, it made me eligible for free express shipping.

So yeah, I'm stoked. About time. :laugh:
 

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WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!!!!! I got a PS5. :flagwave:

I've been signed up to Sony Direct. They sent me an invite to their event about a month ago. I just couldn't make it due to schedule conflicts. They sent another one yesterday and it worked out great for my schedule today. It started at noon here. I hopped in, was in a queue that said an hour wait. It quickly went from 1 hour, to 45 minutes, to 5 minutes, to 2 minutes, to the product page loading. I checked out super fast! haha Whole thing took me about 10 minutes. I threw in a controller because I like having a second one, and, it made me eligible for free express shipping.

So yeah, I'm stoked. About time. :laugh:
Very nice Good for you brotha! I would check out Miles Morales as you definitely feel the controller feedback and it's a smooth game/satisfying game. Miles himself is a bit annoying though :laugh: I would rent Returnal too to try it out bf buying it...one of the few games I gave up on due to the rogue like set up not saving any progression (until Biome 3 anyway) but a lot of people loved it. Ratchet and Clank was really fun but a short game.

Gran Turismo I'm sure will look and play great as well...ENJOY!
 
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Finally got it tonight around 7pm. Got it all hooked up and started loading some games. In the meantime I played Astrobot. That is such a fantastic game (it's also the best VR game experience I've ever had on my PS4 Pro). Anyway, the haptic feedback controllers are a trip!! I'm impressed. I've always been more of an Xbox homer, but I have to admit, those controllers are a big win for Sony.

Gran Turismo 7 loaded enough to be ready to start, but didn't have the whole game ready. The couple races I could do, wow, it looked great!!! Look forward to having this console.
 

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Finally got it tonight around 7pm. Got it all hooked up and started loading some games. In the meantime I played Astrobot. That is such a fantastic game (it's also the best VR game experience I've ever had on my PS4 Pro). Anyway, the haptic feedback controllers are a trip!! I'm impressed. I've always been more of an Xbox homer, but I have to admit, those controllers are a big win for Sony.

Gran Turismo 7 loaded enough to be ready to start, but didn't have the whole game ready. The couple races I could do, wow, it looked great!!! Look forward to having this console.
Don't forget to add the additional SSD for the extra storage. I was amazed how quickly I ran out of space with the included HD.
 
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