Strategy Guide Review Policy:

My goal for these strategy guide reviews is not to discuss whether one needs the guide to complete the game. Every gamer has different strengths and skills, and one may need every bit of a guide, another may need to look up information for quick assistance once, and another may laugh at the idea of ever using a guide, even the online freebies. My goal is to determine whether the guide is 1) helpful in the first place, 2) does it encompass gamers who need hand-holding as well as those who need a quick reference and 3) how much information does it really have.

Review:

While a strategy guide for a puzzle game like Super Scribblenauts may seem like cheating, the best way to think of it is a suggestion guide for when you’re feeling uncreative. Let’s face it; Super Scribblenauts demands creativity, at times even more so than the first game, because now there are adjectives to be used and often required. The guide follows this philosophy of offering creative pointers, and it does it very, very well with the inclusion of crazy solution suggestions, a giant word list, and an even larger list of adjectives. [Read more…]