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You might want to read this recent thread on the same subject.

But to answer your question: Everybody uses hints or walkthroughs from time to time, the only difference is how often, and how long we are prepare to be stuck before we give up and uses hint/walkthroughs.

If I remember Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island correctly, then there are 1 or 2 puzzles that are very difficult, but you should be able to solve most without help.

I usually do my best to avoid walkthroughs, though I often end up using it atleast once or twice during a playthrough. I find that when you’ve first resorted to it, you’ll consult it quicker a second time, and even quicker a third, and so on. This snowball-effect have ruined many a game for me in the past. However, If I find a game to be rather mediocre, but still don’t feel like abandoning it, I feel no shame in looking up a walkthrough rather frequently. Broken Age (which is the nr.1 game on my personal hype-o-meter), is a game I would never dream of spoiling with a walkthrough (unless it turns out to be shite, but I doubt it will ).

Completing an AG (that isn’t too easy) entirely without using hints gives a very satisfying sense of accomlishment. Resorting to a walkthough can often feel like being defeated, and nothing is more frustrating than looking up a solution that you in hindsight feel you should have been able to figure out on your own, and nothing is better than finally figuring out a puzzle that has had you stumped for days. Just make sure to sit back and think when you’re stuck, rather than engaging in the trial and error routine. Solving a puzzle through trial and error doesn’t give any sense of accomplishment anyway. Asking for hints in this forum may be a better option, or you could check the web if the game in question has a UHS file, which is much less spoiling than an ordinary walkthrough. Or like you asked about in another thread, play more than one game simultaniously, and switch game when you get hopelessly stuck. When you get back to it at a later point, you’ll often see things in a different light, and come up with new ideas.

To answer your question: offcourse it’s okay to use hints, in some cases, you may even ruin the experience by NOT looking up hints, but as a general rule of thumb, you should avoid them like the plague

Iznogood - 06 August 2013 11:09 PM

If I remember Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island correctly, then there are 1 or 2 puzzles that are very difficult, but you should be able to solve most without help.

The great thing about Ghost Pirates is that you have three characters you can switch between whenever you want, and you can complete each characters part in whatever order you choose, so here there’s no need to switch game to get fresh ideas, you can simply switch character But as Izno said, there are a couple tricky puzzles that may require some hints.

There have been a few times in Tex games where you have to hide in a specific location in order to continue the game, I wasn’t a fan of those bits. Plus they were terrifying.

To answer your questions: yes, I use hints, of course it’s ok to do so, but it’s also better to think things through.

As for more details on my use of hints (or walkthroughs), see my response in that other recent thread.