Based on comments found in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=re_LWmRJK-g
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use of a ‘hint book’ is detrimental to the gaming experience because once we
get stuck we resort to a hint book to get us through a puzzle or on to the next
location. As Tim Schaefer said in the kick starter video, while speaking on the
“Indiana Jones” series; the use of the red page to divulge hints to help solve
puzzles turns the games’ once well-thought out obstacles into tedious tasks. Gamers
in the internet era have easy, free access to the internet where they can find
out how to get past anything within any game at any time. Not only does the use
of hint books take away from the enjoyment of the game, it also boils the
purpose of games down to completion. Rather than a ‘gaming experience’ the player
now sees the game as a challenge, searching the internet for answers to the
game as an online school student would search for answers to a test.
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