What is your "Playstyle"?

[LostLegend]

Originally Posted by snork

The little white baby-demon-things ? I found those really freaky.

I strongly prefer to play the games on my own, but sometimes I can't find a solution.

For example the cook in the submarine, I always tried it some wrong way (no details in black print, as I have not understood if LostLegend has already played it or not.)
spoiler : I always tried to crawl towards the cook as I thought this way the ovens and such would like hide Lara.

So I had a peek in the "official Eidos/Core Chronicles solution book" that came in package with my Chronicles CDs (ebay).


Lol, what a waste of paper - maybe 100 pages of screenshots with text, and from screenshot 60 or so on, there had been a layout mistake and all the following screenshots have the wrong text with them.
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The first time ever I looked up a walkthrough and used a savegame from that walkthrough, it fouled up things severely.
That had been TR3-London and the savegame had the areas I wanted to go to later already played (Nevada, South Pacific)

Yes the baby demons are freaky. They're evil marshmallows.

I have played Sinking Sub and all submarine levels.

I tried crawling too fist time but .... The game defies logic.

[Rai]

I like to take my time with a game and try to solve what I can on my own. Sometimes though I've been stumped and resorted to a walkthrough to get me going again. I find being stuck on one part too frustrating and boring; I want to get a move on.

[Phlip]

Originally Posted by Rai

I like to take my time with a game and try to solve what I can on my own. Sometimes though I've been stumped and resorted to a walkthrough to get me going again. I find being stuck on one part too frustrating and boring; I want to get a move on.

Same. I always feel guilty if I look at a walkthrough.

[rr_carroll]

It should be fun. There's pleasure in solving something after a long struggle, but you're the best judge of how to enjoy yourself.

One thing about discovering bug solutions, there ARE no walkthroughs!

[Ikas90]

This is the first time I'm playing through TRC properly, and I've only consulted a walkthrough once; on the Submarine level. Couldn't find the Battery (+).

But it's really enjoyable atm. I haven't played the game in years; and on my first playthrough I used cheats to finish it.

[Drone]

TR5 was surprisingly easy to me, after TR4 it was a piece of cake. As always I never read any walkthru. But few levels took more time than others. From the first sight I didn't find the rubberband for the slingshot. It took some time to notice it in the dark corner. I also got some problems in Red Alert level. Buggy stuff and cyborgs were bit annoying.

[Ophelia]

I always find it's six of one, half a dozen of another.
I really feel I accomplished and discover a lot when I do it on my own.
But I've used walkthroughs when I'm truly stuck (this happened to me in TR3 a lot), but I find that I rely on them like a crutch. I'll read an entire walkthrough and then I know exactly what's coming and how to beat it.
I sort of felt that I ruined the surprises in the game for myself whenever I did this, and whenever I felt even the tiniest bit unsure, I was back at the walkthrough again.

[EscondeR]

I'm writing walkies myself... and sometimes correcting existing ones. It's not interesting to use the walkie for the first run - spoilers. It's even less interesting to use it when replaying - I play for pleasure, not for a check mark

[xXhayleyroxXx]

Originally Posted by Rai

I like to take my time with a game and try to solve what I can on my own. Sometimes though I've been stumped and resorted to a walkthrough to get me going again. I find being stuck on one part too frustrating and boring; I want to get a move on.

same

[larafan25]

I remember when I first started playing chronicles...I got stuck in the optional tutorial section in streets of rome

then I realised I didn't need to do that