General Do guides help, or do they ruin the learning experience

[quietoffensive]

Guides can spoil things if you’re not careful. I tried following one step-by-step before, and I was just copying without understanding anything. The moment something changed, I was lost. Guides are useful for basics or ideas, but if you depend on them too much, you won’t develop your own thinking. That’s the real danger. Strategy games reward understanding. I still check guides sometimes, but I use them as reference, not totally depending on them.

 

[blitzmaster_84]

Guides are very helpful but if you lean on it too much, you won't be able to understand the game very quickly. Following the guides step-by-step is not a skill, it's a copywork. Once the opponent do something off-script, you’re finished. I use guides sometimes but it's like a hint, not a full solution.