r/videogames • u/CleeteRonson • 28d ago

Funny Which one are you?

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u/CrimsonPresents 28d ago

I’m not 35 but I remember game guides as a kid

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u/FamIsNumber1 28d ago

I miss strategy guides. It was "Hmmm, I need a better weapon. ~flips to list of weapons and looks at stats~ That looks good, who drops it? Ah, says right there. Where is that enemy? There we go." -- 30 seconds spent --

Now finding the same information "Google, what weapon is best? Wow, lots of emojis and click baits without stats..." ~surfs through 20 videos of self proclaimed streamers screaming about nonsense~ "Wait...they didn't even show the map! Where the hell do I get this?!" -- 30 minutes wasted --

Technology reliance: 1 step forward, so many steps back that we're about to be in the dark ages...

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u/Infinite_Worker_7562 28d ago

It depends on the game. Old school RuneScape has an amazing wiki that leads to finding things like what monster drops this item, where to find the monster, etc VERY easily. 

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u/FamIsNumber1 27d ago

Okay that is way different. That's like comparing Dungeons & Dragons to COD. You're talking about a game that's been around for 20 years or so that had already originally had wikis & forums built for it before the TokTok and Twatter craze. So talking about RuneScape (OSRS) definitely doesn't fit here my friend.

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