[General Discussion] Playing with a walkthrough

A lot of the time, I used to be a perfectionist, so I would go through my RPGs with walkthroughs only to get items and such that I never wanted to miss (eg. All 8 flame jewels, and best ending requirements in Valkyrie Profile), otherwise I would have to repeat all the events again, despite knowing what happens.

Nowadays, I only glance at a walkthrough when I actually think I'm stuck or don't want to do something too risky, like wasting an item on a difficult fight when it it is more urgently needed for a later fight.

Sometimes, I'll just look at the walkthrough even if I'm doing fine in the game, to see if the writer interpreted certain points of the game to be tricky or easy in comparison to me, and I'll just read up to the point where I'm at in the game.

Jam it back in, in the dark.