Best PC Gaming Hint Sites: Where to Get the Best Hints for Adventure Games, RPGS and More

If you're like most people who play PC games, there comes a point where a lot of games just stop being fun. It's not that most of us don't like a challenge, but wasting four real time hours wandering around the same map looking for an item or a secret door is frustrating. Replaying the same level in a strategy game twenty-seven times and still not being able to meet the victory conditions is frustrating. Coming up against a puzzle you just can't solve ... yep, that's frustrating too.

Now, I don't believe in using cheat codes when I play games (after all, how satisfying can it possibly be to "beat" a game if you did it in god mode or with unlimited funds?), but every now and then, I need a hint. And with the number of different PC games I play in an average year, buying a hint book or strategy guide at $12 - $25 each would be cost-prohibitive. Besides which, I frequently pick up older games that no longer have hint books or strategy guides available. So I've spent a lot of time searching the internet for the best PC game hint sites, and have discovered three that I keep bookmarked at all times.

The Best Hint Site for Adventure Games - http://www.uhs-hints.com/

There are many reasons I love the Universal Hint System website, but the best part about Universal Hint System (in my opinion) is that you can look at just the tiny section of the game you're stuck on. Most of their hint files offer some general game play tips, then are divided into categories by section of the game (each of which is a clickable link), which will usually lead you to even more subdivisions of each section (again, clickable links). When you reach the hint you're looking for, Universal Hint System still doesn't hand you the solution. Instead you are presented with a hint, which, if it isn't enough to help you through that part of the game, you can click on, and get a more specific hint.