I usually don't get game guides even for Bethesda games but I think I'll get the CE for this guide just for my own reading and owning pleasure in my spare time.

I don't even like to see other people use guides, I certainly wouldn't use one myself.

Pretty much Blind, once the reviews come out, I'm going in my Vault until Nov 10th.

Personally, I prefer playing blind on my first run. Though I can understand why some working advlts with family obligations, and not too much free time on their hands may want to play with a walkthrough guide within arms reach.

I never use a game guide. I have 1000 hours in New Vegas and still find new things once in a while.

I do story/plot wise..... but I don't with maps and areas. I really enjoy clearing areas and exploring.. . So I guess I've never played a Bethesda game completely blind. I always like to know where I am and what loot I can find.

Like I do with every game, I will go a blind playthrough several times before I look up info.

I purchased the hardback guide along with the Skyrimvgame disc and left it on the shelf for the first 400 hours or so. After that I used it to learn more of the potion ingredient mixes, and also to figure out what to do on the few quests that seemed to stall out. This go round, I'll get the later edition that has the DLC content written in. Still not sure I'm playing FO-4 immedio on release...

i always do blind playthroughs first, although i did order the hardback guide though... but i don't remember really ever having to feel the need to consult gamefaqs on fallout 3. not like morrowind "where the f is this cave?! she said it was south of the tower... the f?!?!" lol

I always go blind. I love spending hours and hours searching every nook and cranny in these games. Both the Fallout games and the Elder Scrolls games. It's amazing some of the strange stuff you can encounter.

A guide will save me a lot of headaches with my character build. I want to know the strength required to use certain weapons since I will likely be starting off the game with a strength level of 1 or 2. If I have to stick with handguns then I want to know if it's even worth it to invest in the perks that deal with weapon mods just to use it for one-handed energy weapons. I want to know how much I can increase my attributes during the game and where the bobbleheads are.

The biggest thing is whether or not I need that Local Leader perk to build a good town or settlement. That's something that I probably wouldn't know until I'm 50 hours or so into the game.

If I got it I would play without knowing much in advance. I would probably know a few things, but not much.

I've actually never bought a game guide... ever. Are they worth it?

Depends on the game type, the guide, and the person, really.

Like I mentioned, I found them useful in JRPGs with absurdly hidden "secrets", during my second playthroughs where I was trying to find everything. But I'd never get one for a Beth game, since random exploring & finding things is the entire point for me. But even then, some guides have been better than others. The Final Fantasy 9 guide, for instance, was one of the worst ever made - Square really wanted people to use their then-new "PlayOnline" network, so the guide only had half the information on anything, with every single page having multiple boxes saying "To find out more, go to PlayOnline and enter !" It was terrible.

(I also don't understand the point of guides for games like MMOs or online games with frequent "balance" and "content" patches - the information in the guide will rapidly become outdated.)

And they were much more useful in the early days, before you could find everything on the internet. I bought lots of them in the 90's and early 00's, but nothing since Final Fantasy XII or Xenosaga 3, whichever was more recent.

edit: ah, they were both in 2006.

That's always been the main reason why I never purchased one. Why spend $30 on something when I could find it faster and for free? Other than the "collectors" feeling of having a guide I guess.

My first play through will be blind. I like to see how much stuff I can find on my own first. I will eventually use a guide if I cant find certain items such as missing bobbleheads.

Blind playthrough to start, probably going to get a little instruction as I plan to do a 24 hour stream. Probably won't consult any guides until I have ranked up a good 100 hours or so.

I use it if I want to look something up but usually I've read much of what the game is about and can answer questions in the spoilers section before I've ever had the chance to play the game. I've become used to that and it doesn't bother me too much anymore.

I do adore blind playthroughs. What's the point of even playing if I know everything beforehand and/or have to hope out of the game constantly, breaking the flow and immersion, to look at a book? Play first, look things up later.

The only strategy guide I even own is for Dragon Age: Inquisition and that's because both it and the game were Christmas presents.

What do you mean that you'll play the game not being able to see anything or what?

It means to go in with as little plot-knowledge as possible, thereby going in "blind". You know nothing, everything is being learned as it happens.

a blind one is always more fun besides i loveto explore these kind of games in my own pace , once after a few weeks i might look at soe guides to see how other people aproach certain problems or if there aree things i missed

Im such an elite gamer so i need to play blindfolded to get a challenge.

Thus playing "blind"

I'm going in as blind as a bat .

I don't see the point in using a guide for a game like fallout which encourages the player to explore and do things at their own pace. There is no right or wrong, you can really mess up to the point where you would need to start over.

I'm going blind, at my own pace, reading and listening to all the notes, holotapes, etc. There's nothing better than wondering to the bottom of a cave or an old vault only to find some awesome loot or intriguing story. Guides take that away from the game.

If fast travel is still in game I'm thinking of not using it for my first play through with hopes of finding more locations, items, and just enjoying the world.