6 Awesome Gaming Guides for Cheats, Walkthroughs and FAQs
As games evolve and become
more complex, they start out
as fun, but they can often be
so challenging to the average
gamer that it becomes
frustrating. If you’re stuck on a level, have no fear,
we’ve pulled out 6 of the best
gaming guides you can find on
the Internet for cheats,
walkthroughs, and FAQs. 1. IGN IGN is the epitome of game
guides on the Internet, and
usually most people debate
whether it or GameSpot
possesses the better style
between the 2 giants. While GameSpot tries to preserve
the old-school feel of the
yesteryears with a touch of
personality and nostalgia that
older gamers can relate with,
IGN does away with the human aspect completely and
goes for a mechanical and
objective image. Its delivery
of content is sleek, modern
and efficient, all wrapped up
in bright lights, perfect sound placement, and shiny
packaging much in the same
way Apple does. Having said that, IGN excels
where it is supposed to, and
that is in its provision of game
guides, which are nothing
short of effective. They have
game guides for almost every game of every console on the
planet; and if you need extra
help, they also have numerous
video playthroughs, specific
strategy guides and reviews
on Youtube which may give insight into things you may
never have realized. 2. GameSpot/GameFAQs If you’ve been around in the
tech industry since 1996, that
means you’ve withstood the
tech bubble of the 2000s and
the recent financial collapse of
2008, which means people think you’re relevant. One of
the oldest names in PC gaming
guides, GameSpot has
managed to maintain its top
status in gaming by
constantly revamping their techniques to keep up with
the competition and what
users want. Their pages are updated daily
with game guides, reviews
and developer commentary,
and the range of guides they
provide are truly dynamic –
there are guides in the form of videos which walk you step- by-step through the game
(hover over the Cheats tab for
more options); while its sister
site GameFAQs is frequented by elite gamers who write
their own ‘wiki’ of guides for
gamers to peruse, so you
actually have at least 2 or 3
different walkthroughs to
consult for any one game. 3. CheatCC Back in the day, CheatCC
(Cheat Code Central) was an
absolute behemoth of a game
guide collection, with tons of
walkthroughs and cheat code
databases stored on their servers. It lost its top gun
status in the early 2000s by
retaining its 1990s grey-
against-white look while IGN
and Gamespot made major
cosmetic revamps, but that doesn’t mean that it lost the
terabytes of cheat codes and
guides still locked away in its
databases; and today, CheatCC
is still a household name in
providing cheats to gamers worldwide. Since then, CheatCC has kept
with the trends and updated
its look to suit modern tastes,
while retaining the essence of
the game guides that it has
long been known for. A quick search for Megaman X3 (a
game I played in 1998) reveals
that the guides are still there,
so if you’re looking for old-
school advice, you have some
form of assurance that you’re getting quality stuff. 4. 1UP 1UP.com is one of my favorite
go-to websites for gaming.
Unlike the heavy relevance of
user-contributed information
that its mightier brethren
employ, 1UP seems to write its own guides, so each game’s
walkthrough bear the same
distinctive style of the 1UP
trademark. It also means that
instead of being heavy walls
of text, the editors have some measure of control over how
their guides turn out; as a
result, it’s picture-heavy, with
some guides having more
pictures covering its real
estate than words. As far as usefulness goes, the
heavy picture reference
makes it easy on the eyes and
easy to follow, although the
non-traditional style keeps it
free of personal bias and hence useful perspectives which
many walkthrough
contributors usually pepper
throughout their work.
However, if you’re a fan of
clean, convenient help, 1UP will become a favorite of
yours soon enough. 5. SuperCheats SuperCheats does not boast
the massive library of
walkthroughs that the above
established sites have, but
where it excels is in quick-
and-easy gaming advice, cheat codes and short, helpful hints
in the same degree that the
bigger gaming sites possess.
Perhaps a blessing of its
sparser inventory of game
guides, it’s an in-and-out, no- hassle kind of place, where
you don’t have to wade
through deep columns of
menus just to find what
you’re looking for. For instance, if you’re just
looking for the location of
certain hidden items on IGN,
you’d have to wade through
a huge body of unnecessary
text and meticulously hunt for what you’re looking for
due to the enormous amount
of information they provide –
which is good for an overall
guide, but less so on a
contextual basis. On SuperCheats, you can
search for the name of the
game, choose from a menu of
perhaps ten cheat items, and
they’ll be listed out in a clean,
orange-against white interface. And then you’ll be
on your merry way again. 6. Mahalo Mahalo is something like a
hand-crafted Google, where
answers are provided by
humans as opposed to
software bots and crawlers
searching the Internet. It covers a wide variety of
topics, but I’ve never used it
much except for its video
games section, and for good
reason – it’s an excellent nest
for video game resources. Mahalo contracts game editors
and freelancers in the industry
to write and provide their
numerous guides, and
everything I’ve seen so far is
nothing short of spectacular. What especially draws me is
their play-by-play
walkthroughs with
accompanying thumbnails on
the sides, so if you’re the type
who switches back and forth between games and reading
guides, this is an exciting
alternative to the pause-then-
play-then-pause-then-play
style of video guides, or the
boring wall of text of traditional game guides. Mahalo also makes excellent
video walkthroughs, which
can be found abundantly on
Youtube and other video
streaming providers. Their
clean narrative, thought-out delivery, simple style and
plain useful gaming advice
sometimes makes me wonder
why they’re not among the
top 3 already
more complex, they start out
as fun, but they can often be
so challenging to the average
gamer that it becomes
frustrating. If you’re stuck on a level, have no fear,
we’ve pulled out 6 of the best
gaming guides you can find on
the Internet for cheats,
walkthroughs, and FAQs. 1. IGN IGN is the epitome of game
guides on the Internet, and
usually most people debate
whether it or GameSpot
possesses the better style
between the 2 giants. While GameSpot tries to preserve
the old-school feel of the
yesteryears with a touch of
personality and nostalgia that
older gamers can relate with,
IGN does away with the human aspect completely and
goes for a mechanical and
objective image. Its delivery
of content is sleek, modern
and efficient, all wrapped up
in bright lights, perfect sound placement, and shiny
packaging much in the same
way Apple does. Having said that, IGN excels
where it is supposed to, and
that is in its provision of game
guides, which are nothing
short of effective. They have
game guides for almost every game of every console on the
planet; and if you need extra
help, they also have numerous
video playthroughs, specific
strategy guides and reviews
on Youtube which may give insight into things you may
never have realized. 2. GameSpot/GameFAQs If you’ve been around in the
tech industry since 1996, that
means you’ve withstood the
tech bubble of the 2000s and
the recent financial collapse of
2008, which means people think you’re relevant. One of
the oldest names in PC gaming
guides, GameSpot has
managed to maintain its top
status in gaming by
constantly revamping their techniques to keep up with
the competition and what
users want. Their pages are updated daily
with game guides, reviews
and developer commentary,
and the range of guides they
provide are truly dynamic –
there are guides in the form of videos which walk you step- by-step through the game
(hover over the Cheats tab for
more options); while its sister
site GameFAQs is frequented by elite gamers who write
their own ‘wiki’ of guides for
gamers to peruse, so you
actually have at least 2 or 3
different walkthroughs to
consult for any one game. 3. CheatCC Back in the day, CheatCC
(Cheat Code Central) was an
absolute behemoth of a game
guide collection, with tons of
walkthroughs and cheat code
databases stored on their servers. It lost its top gun
status in the early 2000s by
retaining its 1990s grey-
against-white look while IGN
and Gamespot made major
cosmetic revamps, but that doesn’t mean that it lost the
terabytes of cheat codes and
guides still locked away in its
databases; and today, CheatCC
is still a household name in
providing cheats to gamers worldwide. Since then, CheatCC has kept
with the trends and updated
its look to suit modern tastes,
while retaining the essence of
the game guides that it has
long been known for. A quick search for Megaman X3 (a
game I played in 1998) reveals
that the guides are still there,
so if you’re looking for old-
school advice, you have some
form of assurance that you’re getting quality stuff. 4. 1UP 1UP.com is one of my favorite
go-to websites for gaming.
Unlike the heavy relevance of
user-contributed information
that its mightier brethren
employ, 1UP seems to write its own guides, so each game’s
walkthrough bear the same
distinctive style of the 1UP
trademark. It also means that
instead of being heavy walls
of text, the editors have some measure of control over how
their guides turn out; as a
result, it’s picture-heavy, with
some guides having more
pictures covering its real
estate than words. As far as usefulness goes, the
heavy picture reference
makes it easy on the eyes and
easy to follow, although the
non-traditional style keeps it
free of personal bias and hence useful perspectives which
many walkthrough
contributors usually pepper
throughout their work.
However, if you’re a fan of
clean, convenient help, 1UP will become a favorite of
yours soon enough. 5. SuperCheats SuperCheats does not boast
the massive library of
walkthroughs that the above
established sites have, but
where it excels is in quick-
and-easy gaming advice, cheat codes and short, helpful hints
in the same degree that the
bigger gaming sites possess.
Perhaps a blessing of its
sparser inventory of game
guides, it’s an in-and-out, no- hassle kind of place, where
you don’t have to wade
through deep columns of
menus just to find what
you’re looking for. For instance, if you’re just
looking for the location of
certain hidden items on IGN,
you’d have to wade through
a huge body of unnecessary
text and meticulously hunt for what you’re looking for
due to the enormous amount
of information they provide –
which is good for an overall
guide, but less so on a
contextual basis. On SuperCheats, you can
search for the name of the
game, choose from a menu of
perhaps ten cheat items, and
they’ll be listed out in a clean,
orange-against white interface. And then you’ll be
on your merry way again. 6. Mahalo Mahalo is something like a
hand-crafted Google, where
answers are provided by
humans as opposed to
software bots and crawlers
searching the Internet. It covers a wide variety of
topics, but I’ve never used it
much except for its video
games section, and for good
reason – it’s an excellent nest
for video game resources. Mahalo contracts game editors
and freelancers in the industry
to write and provide their
numerous guides, and
everything I’ve seen so far is
nothing short of spectacular. What especially draws me is
their play-by-play
walkthroughs with
accompanying thumbnails on
the sides, so if you’re the type
who switches back and forth between games and reading
guides, this is an exciting
alternative to the pause-then-
play-then-pause-then-play
style of video guides, or the
boring wall of text of traditional game guides. Mahalo also makes excellent
video walkthroughs, which
can be found abundantly on
Youtube and other video
streaming providers. Their
clean narrative, thought-out delivery, simple style and
plain useful gaming advice
sometimes makes me wonder
why they’re not among the
top 3 already
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