Zelda: OOT Comparison

[Alpha Six]

Having a Super Guide does not magically make a game badly developed. Again, if a game is badly developed because the developer decided they didn't have to try to make a good game because they have a super guide, that is the fault of the developer. That is not the fault of the mechanic. The mechanic is not badly designed. The game is badly designed, by a bad designer. That's it. There is no argument here.

Saying a super guide represents the failure of the developer to create a proper system is absolutely ridiculous. Especially considering I have never heard of a video game with a super guide feature that was actually required to play the game, or even to beat it. Why? Because these games were designed well-- even with a super guide.

Also, super guides aren't lazy, it requires additional coding to program in a super guide feature, for every area of the game, and detect where the player is and what they actually need to do to get through the level, etc. If anything, a super guide requires more effort than just making a level.

And like I said, if you think a super guide will automatically make a game badly designed (which is what everybody continues to imply blindly), you are legitimately downsizing developers as a whole. Sort of like saying all Wii games are bad because of shitty developers making shitty waggle ports!