CrimsonCavalier
Fuzzy Pickles
Recently I've been really into Super Metroid. The game is so freaking good. The first time I played it, it took me 8:30 (that's 8 hours, approx 30 min.) to beat, and I only got 88% of the items. The second time I improved my time, but still didn't manage 100% items.
There's just no way someone can get 100% and still have a decent time without knowing where the items are in advance. Some of them are just way too hidden. So after a few playthroughs, I looked up an item guide.
This is when I discovered that some people use glitches and other in-game tricks to do what is called "sequence break"; essentially, playing the game in a different order than the developers intended. Some people use in-game techniques like wall-jumping to get the Super Bombs early, or even tricks the devs did not intend, such as the mach-ball technique.
I have no problem with sequence breaking, but it can't be considered anything other than cheating. However, I do think that people should play the game as it was intended to be played before they try their hand at sequence breaking. I think it definitely takes away from the experience. If you're playing the game just to be good at it, you're missing out on a key element, which is the experience itself.
So what about you? Do you sequence break? Do you not? If you do, do you play the game normally before you try to sequence break, or do you look up every glitch beforehand?
There's no "right" or "wrong" way to play video games, but I think that cheating does take away from the experience, which is (in my opinion) one of the most important aspects of gaming.
There's just no way someone can get 100% and still have a decent time without knowing where the items are in advance. Some of them are just way too hidden. So after a few playthroughs, I looked up an item guide.
This is when I discovered that some people use glitches and other in-game tricks to do what is called "sequence break"; essentially, playing the game in a different order than the developers intended. Some people use in-game techniques like wall-jumping to get the Super Bombs early, or even tricks the devs did not intend, such as the mach-ball technique.
I have no problem with sequence breaking, but it can't be considered anything other than cheating. However, I do think that people should play the game as it was intended to be played before they try their hand at sequence breaking. I think it definitely takes away from the experience. If you're playing the game just to be good at it, you're missing out on a key element, which is the experience itself.
So what about you? Do you sequence break? Do you not? If you do, do you play the game normally before you try to sequence break, or do you look up every glitch beforehand?
There's no "right" or "wrong" way to play video games, but I think that cheating does take away from the experience, which is (in my opinion) one of the most important aspects of gaming.