(06-28-2018, 11:58 PM)Bullseye Wrote: I thought about making this into an entirely new thread, but since it's about beating video games, I decided to add these questions here.

These questions involve, for lack of better phrasing, video game ethics.

If you get off to a bad start in a game do you have any qualms about re-starting the game?  For example, if you are playing Madden, and because you hit the wrong button on a pass play, you end up throwing a pick 6, do you play through or would you restart the game?  Why?  

If it is a sports game, if it became obvious you were going to lose, would you restart then to keep the loss off your record or play through the schedule?  Would your answer change if it were a playoff game?  What about a computer opponent vs. an online opponent or a friend at your house?

Do you buy/use video game guides?

Do you have any problems using "cheat codes" in games that give you things like unlimited lives, ammo, invulnerability, etc?

If you get stuck, do you have any qualms about going online and looking at a walk through?

If you believe in "going it alone" without any help of any kind, why?

If it is early on in a game, I will restart if I do a dumb.  If I've already blown 30 minutes of time playing, and do something to set my progress backward, I usually just write it off as a whoops, and play through.  I don't sit down for marathon sessions much any more, so that time played is likely more important than perfection.

Walk throughs and cheats are only used when games are enjoyable to play in spite of the frustration of not being able to do something without help.  I won't give up easily, but if I'm stuck, I'm not afraid of peeking at an answer key, so to speak. If a game is so tough I can't beat it and it's frustrating the heck out of me, I usually just put the game down or move on to a different game.

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