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Strategy Game Guides

What is a game guide? Where do you find one? What if I cannot find one? All of these questions can be answered with this simple GUIDE TO GUIDES!

What is it?

A game strategy guide (or walk through) is usually a text display or a video display in which it shows you how to complete the game successfully. Many consider this cheating. But, lets say you are stuck at the hardest level of a game. You are very frustrated that you cannot get by. You then go to a game guide for help. This can help users/players to complete the game while still feeling like they did it. Instead of watching someone beat the game, you carry out hints or actions that are given in the guide. However, this is a complete individual opinion of players. I am not saying that it is not cheating. Everyone has a different idea. If you do feel that using a guide is not acceptable, this article is not for you. If you do feel interested, please read on and jump into the wonders of guiding!

How to find one If you are ready to find a game guide, try looking on "Google" for: "NAME OF GAME" then one of the following keywords: "WALKTHROUGH  GUIDE    STRATEGY    HELP    CHEATS" Keep looking around until you find one. IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ON THE FIRST PAGE OF RESULTS!! At first you don't succeed, go away and then try again later If you have been looking for a really long time and have been fruitless, then try doing something else for a while or try to beat the level again. Then later, go back and look. At second you don't succeed, well try not to get mad If you still cannot find it!!!! Then it may not exist (look at bottom of page). But, if you have tried many many many times to beat the level and you really really really want to get by, it is time to take out the big guns! You will have to go and dig deep in webpages to find one. Some websites have links that say like, other guides or links or other links to external websites. You will have to dig really deep to find one!!! TRUST ME! I AM NOT JUST SAYING THIS! I HAVE DONE THIS X700 TO FIND ONE AND IT WORKED! THIS IS POSSIBLE FOR MANY MANY GAMES!!! Keep on going!! If you get too frustrated, then it is probably not worth finding. You should either stop for a long period of time or keep trying by yourself. I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU ARE STILL GOING FOR IT! THIS IS YOUR LAST RESORT!!! CALL FRIENDS, INVITE THEM OVER FOR HELP, OR JUST KEEP LOOKING UNTIL YOUR EYES ARE BLOODSHOT!! If you have gone this far, I highly doubt that you can get any help at all. I have only made it to this step 6 times! 3 out of those 6 worked! You should only continue if this means more than anything! If you still cannot get help, then forget it! There is no way you could ever get help ever!! I cannot help you from here! I do not think anyone can! THERE IS NO HELP OK!??!!?!?

What if I finally beat the level/game without help? If you beat it without anything, CONGRATULATIONS! If this level was difficult to beat, then follow these steps: 0. Make sure there is not a guide for the level/game 1.Write down notes about what you remember doing 2.Write a guide for that level/game on a guide website you may have found 3.Be proud! YOU HAVE JUST CREATED A GUIDE OF YOUR OWN! This has been accomplished by completing a difficult level/game and then using the knowledge to record the steps made in said level/game. This has created your very own guide! Be proud!

Not everything is a guide Remember, every single guide is written by a person like you. Not every guide for every game has been created (unless you do). Some websites all about guides and cheats have a list of their pages. If you cannot find it, then keep looking on websites outlined like this. In fact, depending on when the game came out, the popularity, and the fun, will determine how easy it will be to find a guide! Do not get too obsessed with finding a guide. Not everything can be found online!(amazingly)! So keep in mind those aspects of the game and decide whether or not it is worth finding a guide for.

How to use a guide A guide is usually organized in a table of contents. These can help you quickly get to the part of the guide you need. Some guides give hints and then give answers. If you want to use the hints, then try looking at one hint at a time and then spending a while to figure it out. (ect.) If you cannot understand the answer, then try going to "youtube" to look for a video guide for more detailed help. Video guides are much much rarer though. These video guides can be extremely helpful for very difficult levels.

How to create a good guide First type in a table of contents to show the users what you will be talking about. THIS IS NOT A RESEARCH PROJECT! This is something you completely make up from your own words! Because all game guides explain things differently. So you want to give YOUR explanation. You then want to organize your sections. By narrowing down into subcategories the category text. This also can help users get to exactly what they want. It is also very important to include any help sources from maybe another user or a friend.

Cites My own experience gameguides.com ign.com google.com youtube.com gamefly.com gamefaqs.com gamespot.com wiiguides.net gamespy.com

--Apoofanickymama (talk) 16:24, 30 May 2009 (UTC)