Quick question for everyone... do you ever cheat or use players / strategy guides when you play games and if so, why?

I use strategy guides/walkthroughs all the time. Because I play RPGs and I mostly play them for the story. I don't really feel the need need to feel smart by figuring out everything for myself. Besides, I play a lot of Final Fantasy games and if you don't use guides, you tend to miss out on a lot of side quests and stuff.

Depends on the difficulty setting in games for me. There are some I have played that have become so frustrating that they are either unplayable or I have lost interest because they are just unfair on average game players (I've never thought of myself as being a top class game player!).

If I can't get past a certain point after playing for days, weeks or however long then I'll either consider getting help somehow, or the game just ends up on the shelf gathering dust.

Yes, but i dont view statedgy guides as cheating.

For instance when i did NWN and NWN 2 i used a guide pretty much the whole way through so i knew what to do.

And i did buy gold in WOW once (i really wanted the flying mount)

Star trek encounters on ps2 is one of the most frustrating games ever and there are no cheats for it :@ X( >:)

I'm playing Zelda wind waker but internet is down at home, so its trying to work out where i need to go & what needs doing to get stuff without any guide to look at. I've found 2 songs while looking around.