You're HURTING Your Gaming Experience

[@venomrider8052]

I pretty much only look up stuff for a game when they game has... 1. A puzzle I spend an hour or more on and I just can't figure it out 2. A boss that I've spent hours on and want to know some kind of easier solution to what I was doing or something better than what I was doing 3. Search up codes for a game to get certain rewards I most likely wouldn't have found otherwise in the game

[@BlankName358]

true

[@notyourjakey]

My first BOTW playthrough I only looked up the mirror mountain shrines (somehow I kept getting it wrong for like 20 minutes?) and locations of mini bosses I already defeated but couldn't find again after the red moon

[@MoSalah-sg7kb]

I kept on looking up how to get to Zoras domain in botw as I kept on trying to climb the mountains when they were slippery and I got so frustrated

[@Jetstreamsamsbiggestglazer]

Counter point I am not searching around for 50 hours for a achievement which means nothing

[@ProjectLethargic]

I think I've started realizing that I'm just so insanely more ok with spoilers than other people, I fully knew the plot of a hat in time before I played, I knew almost every puzzle boss and area, and yet when I finally got my copy I still fully enjoyed the experience as much as I would've normally. Hell some games I've went in blind and enjoyed less than I did when I went in knowing what was going on.

[@ptolemyhenson6838]

I was playing Minecraft like this for a while. I learned that Minecraft is absolutely not designed to be intuitive, even regarding the most basic features. The only true saving grace was the tutorial worlds that were available on console editions before Bedrock took over. Now, those worlds are almost completely forgotten.

[@Justachamp772]

simply said, I don't have time for put hours in a puzzle that can be done in seconds

[@MrYogurtExists]

I only look stuff up when I don’t know if it’s bugged or not.

[@samlincoln1]

I found out the hard way to not look anything up about a game the hard way, was trying to look up how a game mechanic worked in rdr2 and got the ending spoilt.

[@AroAceGamer]

I don't know. Soulsborne games, in particular, seem to have been made to be played with shared info with how obscure they can be.

[@synthesun]

Yeah but stuff like notes and community chats are kinda different

[@ProjectLethargic]

I feel like maybe we have different points when we looks things up, I have minor anger issues and get frustrated easily, I look stuff up when I'm two seconds away from throwing my console at a wall. If I cannot solve a puzzle or cannot beat a boss I am not spending hours throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks because the final result won't be rewarding, instead I'm going to be pissed I tried every solution in the world and the right one was right there

[@brobladeroblox3100]

You dont want to play the game if your constantly struggling it's not fun so knowing where you went wrong is good and also teaches you about key parts of the game

[@thelastwindwaker7948]

TOTK only became fun for me when I started looking up heaps of info online. None of the shrine solutions though. But god, as soon I saw people talking about the hover bike, game changer.

[@ProjectLethargic]

TOTK definitely feels like it was designed for you to watch other people play or see what other people did because seeing the insane shit people build or the stuff people fused together

[@thelastwindwaker7948]

@@ProjectLethargic Specifically to post videos on social media. Since they were no doubt inspired by all the twitter videos of physics tricks and shrine breaks from the last game.

[@inazuma4811]

I have a habit of doing this, I should really stop doing it

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

I agree in general, but especially agree when it comes to single player games like Deltarune, i wouldn't have been creeped out by the basement in chapter 2 if i hadn't decided to go in completely blind, and i think it made the experience perfect for me. Planning on doing it for Deltarune future chapters

[@Yeugeo]

I tried to explain this to my younger brother but effortless

[@Tom-is-not-human]

Honestly the biggest problem I have when I look up a solution to anything in game is that videos on said game flood my homepage and it normally results in story spoilers. Also not helping things I never play games on release (more often than not they're too pricey, and there's usually some bugs that won't be fixed for a few months anyway) point is in all that time people upload videos of the full game, so its not like its only a small spoiler, no its usually an important character dead in the thumbnail Its only the last two games I played for the first time that I genuinely got to experience them fully by myself

[@demetriam2408]

What if I'm reeeeaaally stupid

[@wafflesyoung3667]

This is so true, I got red dead redemption two for my birthday and was playing story mode and having fun… until I saw a video on my recommended that was just called author, and the first thing I saw was the comment section talking about what happens at the end of the story mode, I won’t tell you what happens but if you know, you know😭😭

[@rachelpinho5715]

Wow! Been a while man!

[@enemyk2800]

The internet carried my elden ring experience

[@huwdte]

when playing totk and botw, I always make sure I don't look up something unless I absolutely need to within the main objectives then i see the forest -children- demons and i use an online map to find those motherfuckers

[@appsnake7225]

What do you even wanna collect them for?

[@huwdte]

@@appsnake7225 100%

[@CloudIsOk]

I definitely do agree man, whenever you have to look up what to do in game it definitely does ruin the experience by a bit as your not rly figuring it out yourself making the experience less enjoyable. Also man fire vid xD 🔥

[@decayedphoenix8865]

Damn, didnt know asking for help was ruining my experience lmao 😅 yall need to stop

[@gauravbhim7111]

Thanks for uploading 😊, I agree with what you're saying. There are still some games (like Elden Ring) where no matter how many videos I look up, I still suck cose I lack the skill at the time lol

[@mainjosh]

It’s crazy cause just this morning I first got sonic adventure and I kept looking up how to do everything. Next time I play, I’m actually gonna try to beat it on my own. On the first boss battle I spent like 5 minutes on a boss that cna be beaten in legit 30 seconds.

[@gadazlin6264]

Friendly reminder, if you're playing a game like Black Ops Zombies, it is almost complete nonsense steps on how to beat the game sometimes.

[@williamhappyworld]

When the World neediest him the most. He returned.

[@Skyler_Moose]

Really wish I found this before I look a lot of things up

[@ODDMARIOBROS]

We’re have you been

[@tbonea1sauce]

I try my best not to look up anything, unless something is bullshit.

[@Gallery1743]

To be fair i look up stuff to find materials for upgrades

[@lio1shibossi]

I want to know how do the people who make tutorials figure out some hidden mechanics

[@milo_e]

In uncharted four I tried to look up a tutorial to apart because I spent over an hour

[@MaximeLafreniere433]

I never really look up anything online, the very few times I did it was for puzzles that stomped me (or almost all of Zelda II, this game is cruel). And even there, it pained me every time and I rarely did it. Nowadays, I don't look up anything about the game until I'm done with it.. For BOTW, I will find the last 200 Koroks myself or not at all, I won't use a guide. Same for TOTK and the last 80 Koroks I need to find. The little exceptions are other people's walkthrough, I will watch it after I've done most of the game, if I have anything left, it gives me a new perspective to what's left, "Hey, that gives me an idea, I can try that there". Puzzles analysed in a new way, especially if I haven't done them, or new ideas on what to do. To go back to the Koroks, I won't watch a video dedicated to them, but trough someone's normal video, I might see a Korok I haven't found yet, or maybe I have it already, but I will go check by myself.

[@SoulMC]

I already know this is gonna be good

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

I’ve been doing this exact thing ever since I got BOTW I literally did it yesterday.

[@Yunnika]

yep i haven't looked up anything in no mans sky where to get stuff and it felt so much more fun and rewarding when i found it :D

[@logeyperogi1805]

This is why I loved Elden Ring so much more than God of War Ragnarok I hadn’t even played God of War (2018) when Ragnarok released and I knew they were more story centric games so I indulged in the story It didn’t hit nearly as hard when I played the game for myself since I’d spoiled myself, similar to a lot of games and movies, I spoiled it and ruined it But then there was Elden Ring, I got Elden Ring in November 2022, but never realized it had released until then, I’d heard about it, yet knew nothing, but what I did know was that FromSoftware had a reputation for making serious bangers of games So, with an opportunity to head in blind, I did exactly that And Elden Ring was probably the closest I’ve played to a masterpiece since WII SPORTS But the reason it was so great, was because I had no knowledge prior to ANYTHING in the game, other than the times where I’d get hopelessly lost and look up tutorials on where to go, I did everything on my own, hell I didn’t even know about the bosses I’d be fighting I struggled through the Altus Plateau at level 65 for an hour before asking a friend who’d beaten the game whether I was ready for it or not, and she told me I was around 30 levels below where I should’ve been Elden Ring became my favourite game because I knew nothing about it prior to playing and kept it that way, watching videos only up to points I had reached in the game

[@abhikergaming7783]

Bro I accually am in the exact same situation with ori like you do. I got stuck And eventually stopped playing it,should I go back and look up on how to continue the game??

[@mangomixgaming]

Les go ur back I love u

[@littlenice-ve5pb]

I feel you so much

[@HHHjb_]

I didnt look up anything for portal and portal 2 till i got to a part i couldnt do without help due to the high difficulty of the second game being high, i only looked up like 3 puzzles even then bc the find the specific portalable wall puzzles arnt fun even if you struggle

[@HHHjb_]

Note the wall after the fall w/ potatoDOS the portalable wall above didnt render unless i zoomed in on it hence i would never find it since the game never required the zoom feature till this point and the notif to use zoom disappears wayyy too fast

[@HHHjb_]

Tldr: If a game is frustrating portion i search it, if its challenging ie searching for a single portable wall is a frustration not a challenge Same with portal 1 and the spot where theres about a 5px hole you have to shoot a portal through that didnt even look like a hole due to my crappy pc

[@VERTlGOAWAY]

Finally bro fucking uploaded

[@jr9478]

Cool video j perm😁

[@frogglen6350]

Your skill issue doesn't mean anything to me.

[@synthesun]

I argee with this video. Honestly I felt bad when I looked stuff up for games. But also I think your examples using Slay the Spire and Risk of Rain don't really work because they're Rougelikes means it's going br random(most of the time) Also another point with using guides or bluids from other people is that they could be wrong

[@musicexams5258]

for Slay the Spire, the top comment of that reddit post even straight up said "it depends" The only unanimous advice you can get from other players about that game is that your starter strikes and defends are shit and should be removed with impunity

[@WarpScanner]

I'm in agreement with you but I feel you missed one other exception: old heavily imbalanced RPGs where the expectation was that was the only game you'd play for months. Its pretty reasonable to look up at least a guide on how *not* to build your character. Fallout 1 and 2 come to mind.

[@somedorkydude6483]

Personally, I only look up guides if I have to or if the game isn't really about the exploration or discovery plus there is a grey area on second play through. Ill admit i have slipped back into bad habbits but this mentality of imersing my self in a world where i share the same level of knowlege as the charater and i dont got youtube i got myself is what made me love super metroid Super metroid isbt my first metroid but first play through unimpressed but when a wise man said "people ask me what to do if you get lost and i say enjoy it get immersed in navigation find landmarks discover things because as soon as you got it mapped out the world gets a lot smaller" With a bit more context and a new perspective i found my favorite snes game and i loved super metroid. For its feeling about navigation Second note playthrough I got creative with my tools I had I got lost stuck and used my brain to solve the problems and my second playthrough is better than my first. I'll admit though since I drop games like children I haven't finished the second play through because I have trouble with dedication to one game unless it really hooks me like for example re4r hooked me that in 3 days I beat the game granted it's summer break but I like games like both more than bf1 and yet since some games feed my reward center I play them a lot. Anyways Get lost and only look up a guide if you get really stuck like spend like an hour on a puzzle than at that point you either drop the game or realize your an idiot thanks to youtube and there was a key at the entrance you missed

[@somedorkydude6483]

This is un related but i Just started watching your video again and you returned coincidence I think yes

[@sno7599]

Came in expecting go disagree but then I realized you have the dame rules as me, the exact same.

[@thod345]

I do agree with this.Someone holding my hand all the time is quite braindead if you think about it you didnt experience the game you simply followed some instructions some guy told you.The only thing i would consider fair is if you finish the game best you can and then look up guides for collectables and such.

[@Jumpyman_thegamerYT]

What about if the game is so broken and badly designed that it’s practically impossible to figure it out by yourself?

[@thod345]

@@Jumpyman_thegamerYT Those are quite rare, most games make sence if the game is so badly designed i dont think its worth it a good escample for this for me is kane and lynch 2 dog days on the xbox 360 that game was broken many thing just did not work i still beat it with out a guide so if you really want to play badly desgned games go for it

[@Jumpyman_thegamerYT]

@@thod345 I don’t like playing badly designed games. However, it’s not my fault that I discover it’s bad after purchasing it.

[@CxPoland]

PAUSE!!! 5:16 🫵😳

[@ProfessionalPFChangsExpert]

Tutorial lore

[@JYAFB]

*ahem* skyrim *cough*

[@VoidRA1Nplays]

Watch dogs go in blind

[@ktothev2333]

idk what to comment i feel pressured um um idk happy happy video video why am I still typing this um um um

[@flavivsaetivs5738]

5:06 wait you've beat celeste TWICE? Hmmmm 🏳️‍⚧️

[@reddwastaken]

ok

[@opal7197]

Hello?

[@nolife1410]

not last

[@thomasthaxton3395]

19th

[@zephyr0001]

First?

[@its_darkside9469]

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