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Cannot tell when MissionControlIsOffItsMeds and when it's helping? - Check.

This is particularly necessary when dealing with random [[TheMaze maze sections]], determining RelationshipValues, or trying to achieve HundredPercentCompletion (to avoid having anything LostForever).

Most of these examples are basically just poor design, where the manual or in-game instructions just fail to elaborate on some things. There were also some more sinister versions where the developers ''wanted'' you to spend money by calling their hotline or buying their hintbook or [[Magazine/NintendoPower Magazine]]. Now that GameFAQs, {{walkthrough}}s, forums, and even dedicated wikis are ubiquitous and easily accessible, this practice has died out.

Most of these examples are basically just poor design, where the manual or in-game instructions just fail to elaborate on some things. There were also some more sinister versions where the developers ''wanted'' you to spend money by calling their hotline or buying their hintbook or [[Magazine/NintendoPower Magazine]]. Now that GameFAQs,{{walkthrough}}s, forums, and even dedicated wikis are ubiquitous and easily accessible, this practice has died out.

->''They make it so you can't defeat Zurg unless you buy this book! It's ''extortion'', that's what it is!''

Most of these examples are basically just poor design, where the manual or in-game instructions just fail to elaborate on some things. There were also some more sinister versions where the developers ''wanted'' you to spend money by calling their hotline or buying their hintbook or [[Magazine/NintendoPower Magazine]]. Now that GameFAQs and {{walkthrough}}s are more common, this practice has pretty much stopped.

Inventory decisions must be made with ESP? - Check.

Most of these examples are basically just poor design, where the manual or in-game instructions just fail to elaborate on some things. There were also some more sinister versions where the developers ''wanted'' you to spend money by calling their hotline or buying their hintbook or [[Magazine/NintendoPower Magazine]]. Now that GameFAQs is more common, this practice has pretty much stopped.

-->--'''Rex''', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''

** GuideDangIt/TheLegendOfZelda

Instead of doing something within the actual game, [[BreakingTheFourthWall the player themself]] [[InterfaceScrew has to mess around with the game interface?]] - Check plus.

Cryptic puzzles that [[MoonLogicPuzzle betray common sense]], like resetting the game to move on when normal logic would dictate that doing so means losing all your progress? - Check.

Similarly, out-of-the-box puzzles that require you to think beyond the confines of what you can do inside the game and may involve [[BreakingTheFourthWall the player personally]] [[InterfaceScrew messing around with the game interface itself when such was never an integral part of the game?]] - Check plus.

After you get used to seeing a menu or message pop up as part of the game, [[PoisonMushroom a deceptively phony version of it pops up to catch you off guard]] and [[FissionMailedand you might overlook it?]] - Check plus plus.

TalkToEveryone and TryEverything 3 times or you will miss crucial stuff? - Check.

->''"[[DeadpanSnarker It's not that hard.]] You just have to use abilities they won't discuss and techniques they haven't entirely taught you via controls they never quite explain."''
-->--'''[[WebComic/PennyArcade Tycho]]''', ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/05/25/ Penny Arcade]]''

** ''[[GuideDangIt/DarkSouls Demon's/Dark Souls]]''

-->--'''[[WebComic/PennyArcade Tycho]]''', ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5/25/ Penny Arcade]]''

Most of these examples are basically just poor design, where the manual or in-game instructions just fail to elaborate on some things. There were also some more sinister versions where the developers ''wanted'' you to spend money by calling their hotline or buying their hintbook or [[NintendoPower Magazine]]. Now that GameFAQs is more common, this practice has pretty much stopped.

-->--'''[[WebComic/PennyArcade Tycho]]''', ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5/25/ Penny Arcade']]''

-->--'''[[WebComic/PennyArcade Tycho]]''', ''[[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5/25/ Witchin']]''

Inventory decisions must be made with ESP? - Check.

TalkToEveryone and TryEverything 3 times or you will miss crucial stuff? - Check.

Most of these examples are basically just poor design where the manual or in-game instructions just fail to elaborate on some things, there were often some more sinister versions where the developers ''wanted'' you to spend money by calling their hotline or buying their hintbook or [[NintendoPower Magazine]]. Now that GameFAQs is more common, this practice pretty much stopped.

->''"[[DeadPanSnarker It's not that hard.]] You just have to use abilities they won't discuss and techniques they haven't entirely taught you via controls they never quite explain."''