oh don't forget to buy a strategy guide for that game young man!
>>336210473
>Enhanced by PlayOnline.com
>>336210473
Over ten years, and I'm still mad.
Gamestop used to never bother me about buying guides, but lately they have. And I just think in the back of my mind "dude there are already fucking complete guides for this shit online I can get for free why would I blow thirty bucks on this fucking waste of space"
>>336212825
B-but what if the power goes out, then you can't read how to beat the game you're playing.
>>336212989
Mobile data, fucker.
Even then the worst part is even in the DS days guides were only like fifteen, which I would be willing to get some for just for the artwork in them, but now they're like thirty.
>>336210926
FFXI is my favorite MMO of all time and even I know nothing was ever enhanced by PlayOnline.com
>>336212989
if the power is out you're a) not playing anything and b) you cannot read the guide
Think before you speak
>>336210473
>Want to know how to beat this boss?
>Go online with code: fuckyou!
>>336210473
I bought the X-2 guide to jerk off to.money well spent
>>336210473
I have this guide and that PlayOnline shit was just awful, especially since I had really shitty internet.It was Net Zero Free Version
So how exactly did the PlayOnline thing work?
>>336216658
The guide was on a site so when you'd get to the section you'd have to enter a code on the page to get the additional details on the bosses and areas.
Are there any functioning game tip hotlines anymore?
>>336216658
>guide tells you almost nothing about an area/boss/enemies/items
>small blue box on the side
>"want to find _____? then enter the code _______ at playonline"
>>336210473
My copy of this guide is sitting no less than three feet from me, and I have been reminded just how many of its pages are filled with, "IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ACTUAL USEFUL INFO, GO ONLINE AND ENTER THIS PASSWORD" bullshit.
>>336216658
>>336216658
Its like buying an ecyclopedia where every article tells a sentence or two about the subject matter then tells you to look up the rest on wikipedia. Now imagine if wikipedia was a dead site, thats this strategy guide.
>>336217691
And the strategies it did use were shit.
>ffix is my first ever RPG
>learning as I go
>get to zombie cage boss
guide says a whole bunch of shit like casting bio and other stuff
>struggle to duke it out
>much later friend shows me that Phoenix downs and cure wreck the boss in a couple of moves
>a fucking professional guide didn't know this
>>336213261
>you don't have a 3ds charged at all times
>you don't have a GBA and batteries
>power only goes out at night
>you don't have candles or flashlights in case of emergency
OK I thought about it
Something truly special about a strat guide that pretty much repeatedly tells you, "YOU WASTED YOUR MONEY. GO ONLINE."
>>336217945
what the fuck
>>336217945
holy shit
I used to buy guides if only for the pictures. The Final Fantasy VIII guide was nice but the XI guide was complete shit with how outdated it was.
>/v/ is too young to remember the DLC strategy guide
40 keks. Ya'll have fun with this thread, it's some fucked shit.
>>336218838
>/v/ is too young
or maybe some of us just didn't play FF, my epic oldfag
>>336213261
>can't even tell who's baiting who anymore
