Walkthroughs

[BumblebeeCody]

It really depends on the type of walkthrough
When I was younger I would get stuck in Zelda OoT/MM/ALttP so I would use a guide to help me. Now that I'm older I understand the thinking behind a Zelda game and know what I doing. (I never used a guide for TWW, TP or SS). However I did buy a walkthrough guide (many months after I bought and completed the game). Walkthroughs nowadays are great collectors items. I have a guide for every Zelda game. I love the artwork, posters CDs, special promotions that you get with guides. They're extremely well written and looks great in a large collection.
Even if I don't end up using a guide at all, I love to collect hem. I recently bought Final Fantasy XIII-2, Gears 3, Zelda SS guides. The special editions of Gears 3, FXIII-2 and Zelda SS all come with added bonuses such as: CDs and posters but are also written on different higher quality paper and are all hardback with special designs.

Other walkthroughs like achievement guides from TrueAchievements/x360a are helpful for those who want help on how to obtain a certain achievements, especially the "secret achievements". They often help you on where to find certain collectibles or what task you need to fulfill.

As a fighting game fanatic I buy all the guides that I can. For us they are there to understand frame data and Hit/hurtbox data. This information is crucial if you ever want to get good at fighting games so it's kind of necessary.

The only game at the moment I find myself going back to is this guide for The Witcher 2. I want to progress with the story/quests but sometimes the objective is unclear. I don't see it as cheating because it saves you from getting annoyed wandering around trying to find the objective, then getting frustrated and not going back to it.