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One A Wednesday: Wolfenstein: The New Order Online Strategy Guide

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Wolfenstein The New Order

I’m more than disappointed that there isn’t a print strategy guide for Wolfenstein: The New Order. I realize that since it’s a shooter, it won’t have the depth needed for a strategy guide such as a JRPG, but I have so many strategy guides for shooters that I’ve loved for various reasons. Sometimes I needed help figuring out where that one little prick was hiding, sometimes there are crazy collectibles, and sometimes there are fun Easter Eggs to find.

Even though there is no print strategy guide, Prima Games has a completely free online strategy guide for the game. While I bet it’s fantastic, just remember that it may not be as great as a print guide because, well, you get what you pay for.

I already have this online guide bookmarked on my iPad for easy access in case I get stuck. Although, I am curious if it’s a walkthrough for a stealth or a mayhem run or maybe a combination of both.

One A Wednesday – My Favorite Strategy Guide Cover

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It’s hardly a secret I don’t like the Mass Effect 2 strategy guide. That said, this guide’s cover is still one of my absolute favorites of all of my strategy guides (and I own quite a few).

Mass Effect 2 has been on my mind a lot lately since writing about my favorite game of all time for The Daily Crate. If my stack of shame wasn’t so great, and if I didn’t have to finish Dragon Age: Origins over the summer, I’d probably start yet another playthrough of the trilogy. Not sure what I’d change in my decisions, but I just love running around in that world.

Really Wish Bound by Flame had a Strategy Guide

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I can’t remember the last time I played an RPG without a strategy guide, and Bound by Flame is reminding me why.

I recently finished another RPG for review, Child of Light, but the game was so simple, I can only think of two reasons for needing a strategy guide. Well, okay, three:

  1. Oculi crafting guide (I’m sure there are several oculi I never thought of!)
  2. Location guide for all of the confessions
  3. Strategies for playing on Hard difficulty

All in all, that’s not asking for a lot with an RPG, but Child of Light isn’t the deepest, most extensive RPG out there by a long shot.

Bound by Flame, on the other hand, is quite a bit deeper. It has multiple skill trees, side quests, paths to follow, partymembers to befriend and/or hook up with, yadda, yadda, yadda. I didn’t think it would be that big of a deal or stress me out until I failed two side objectives for a mission early on. As these weren’t pertinent, I just got a big fat red X and moved on.

I wanted to start the mission over. How important were those objectives? Did I just totally screw myself for side quests down the line or partymembers? Did I let someone die on accident? Will my comrades hate me now for not finding him right away? OH GOD, WHAT NOW?

If I had a strategy guide, I would have known the outcomes of those side objectives, if any were important, which ones were most important, etc. I wouldn’t be wigging out that I possibly ruined an ideal playthrough, if that is possible.

On the one hand, not having a strategy guide will give me the experience of a more “real” playthrough, one that will be reminiscent of the first time going through a Choose Your Own Adventure title. Yeah, I’ll be stressed over every little thing I do wrong or I think is wrong.

Maybe I really should stick to first-person shooters. At least there the only mistake you make there is missing that one shooter hiding in the corner.

One a Wednesday – From the GBA Archive…Minish Cap!

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I’m not sure I have every single The Legend of Zelda strategy guide out there, but I think I’m pretty darn close. I thought of The Minish Cap earlier this week because someone on Twitter called it “Minish Crap”, and then I couldn’t get the game out of my head.

I do own the game, but I don’t think I’ve started it up once. My poor Zelda games never get the love they demand. But do they get the love they deserve?

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