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You are aware that I never said people shouldn't use walkthroughs or guides, right ? I merely mentioned something that tend to happen when people blindly follow them without trying to figure it out first. Yes, people can use guides, I've done it myself. I'm just think it's a crying shame some people would rather rush through following the "right anwers" without reading what's in between, aside from sex scenes, especially when they then post about how some event happens out of nowhere because they didn't paid any attention to the events unfolding.People are more than welcome to use walkthroughs if they so choose, as some are only looking to experience the "best" ending possible. Almost any game that has a sizable following will inevitably fall prey to the community optimizing/strategizing the hell out of it. In general this can often be seen as beneficial for ongoing projects as devs can take the opportunity to fix critical bugs or better flesh out story paths.
Some VN games do rely on time sensitive choices and can very easily cause a player to be locked on a "bad" path (I've had this happen once or twice so far). However, LLtP has taken the approach of notifying the player almost immediately of what's required for a good ending as well as giving the player an unlimited amount of time to prepare. It's an example of a game where the dev has done a phenomenal job in fleshing out both the story and gameplay.
I'm not saying using them is disrespectfull to the devs, I'm saying using them to bumrush the story and not pay attention to anything but the porn is ddisrespectfull to the devs.