Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-23790511-20150120211343/@comment-173.58.251.107-20150121045931

73.Anon.52 wrote: ^on some games I agree with you... like MMO's... but that is for the competitive element, but cluttering your mind with preconceptions before experiencing the actual game seriously reduces creativity... like finding ways to kill jedi on star wars, battlefront 1(I became a jedi-killer for sport) or finding ways to unnaturally preserve lives that aren't meant to be saved or fight the truly invincible for hours while they are meant to kill you rapidly... these kinds of situations are amazing if you do it naturally... but kind of lame to do by following instructions. Killing a Jedi in Battlefront 1? Land a vehicle on them. Now 2, fire rockets at their feet. Or run them over. Or stomp on them. I've done them all.

And I don't follow the instructions to the letter, I take them and use them as a reference on whether following them is the situationally best idea.