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Violeta Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:18am
Is a game bad if it requires a wiki to play?
What do you think.
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MikeBob2013 Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:20am 
Not in my opinion, no.
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Nomad Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:23am 
If it requires a wiki just to install it and get it to run, yes.
If it requires a wiki just to understand basic game functions... probably but not necessarily. A lot of Early Access games don't have proper tutorials yet and explanations can be flaky. If it's a full release, then that is a bad thing.
If it requires a wiki to understand more advanced information to formulate strategies and playstyles, then no.
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Radene Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:31am 
Yes. If it "requires" it, that's bad design.
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MoJean Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:31am 
well minecraft has a wiki. and that game is pretty simple and very popular
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Radene Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:36am 
Originally posted by MoJean:
well minecraft has a wiki. and that game is pretty simple and very popular

But you can play MC without ever touching the wiki.
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Violeta Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:39am 
Originally posted by Radene:
Originally posted by MoJean:
well minecraft has a wiki. and that game is pretty simple and very popular

But you can play MC without ever touching the wiki.

With no wiki/watching letsplays and until recently, you would probably never figure out how to make netherportals. Or make the wither boss.
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𝑺𝒏𝒌𝒌 Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:40am 
is and not is
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Watchful Liz Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:41am 
Originally posted by Radene:
Originally posted by MoJean:
well minecraft has a wiki. and that game is pretty simple and very popular

But you can play MC without ever touching the wiki.

Yeah... NOW you can.

Before you start in a world left to your own devices figuring out how to craft a portal to the Nether. Or how to craft a boat.
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MikeBob2013 Mar 25, 2021 @ 9:45am 
I think it depends on the player to a certain extent.

You might not need to rely on a game related wiki, but I'm not too proud to admit that I'm not as good at figuring things out as others are, so I might feel like I need to.
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Moogal™ Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:01am 
Yeah, i prefer games that you can progress in without using a Wiki. Some puzzles in some games are near or totally impossibe to figure out.
Last edited by Moogal™; Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:02am
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Blargo Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:04am 
"Glances at Terraria*
Hmm...
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GhostyOsty Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:06am 
Terraria is pretty unplayable without the wiki, so I'd say so. Bad and flawful game design. Tries to adapt self learning. There's too many things you have to know to make progress now.
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AustrAlien2010 Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:08am 
Then a lot of tabletop games are bad, because hardly anyone understands them without a manual.
Last edited by AustrAlien2010; Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:18am
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it's love Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:08am 
Originally posted by Radene:
Originally posted by MoJean:
well minecraft has a wiki. and that game is pretty simple and very popular

But you can play MC without ever touching the wiki.
before they introduced crafting recipes in the game I have literally zero idea how people could have played the game without a wiki, so many items that you wouldn't even know existed because you wouldn't think of crafting them
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Albemouff Mar 25, 2021 @ 10:09am 
A good question in OT... Are you OK OP ?
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