LA Noir Walkthrough

L.A. Noir, the adventure-esque AAA title that has set the console world ablaze, can at times be taxing. That's why this link to Gamespot should be rather helpful. It includes a walkthrough, achievements, trophies and an unlockables guide. More hints, tips, guides and another LA Noir walkthrough can be found here.

The Next Big Thing Walkthrough

Let's keep this short; if you love Pendulo's lovely but flawed comedy adventure The Next Big Thing and are slightly stuck, here are two walkthroughs to help you beat the thing: GB's Walkthrough, GP's illustrated Walkthrough. 

The Witcher 2 Guide & Walkthrough

Ah, the glorious Witcher 2. A fantastic game and a uniquely dark CRPG, isn't it? And it starts off  in a much more difficult way than one would expect. That's why the following links should come in handy:

• The Witcher 2 @ GameFAQS
• The Witcher 2 Walkthrough Guide
• Combat and Skill Trees
• Video walkthrough / strategy guide

Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 1 Walkthrough

Hector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 1: We Negotiate With Terrorist, to give this lovely adventure its full title, is one of the best comedy adventures I've recently played. Really;check this review out. What's more, it's refreshingly challenging too and you might just need a walkthrough to help you out. Here's a properly demented, brilliantly written and very helpful one.

Total War Shogun 2 Strategy Guide, Tips and Walkthrough

Quite a verbose title I must admit, but it does feel properly descriptive, really. This post, you see, is quite a bit about beating the excellent Shogun 2 (or II) Total War and crushing your hated online adversaries, while developing all the skills Sun Tzu would have used. Thus, it's not a game's review, as you apparently have already figured out, and I'm in a silly mood. Anyway, here are the links you'll be needing:

• The complete Shogun 2 walkthrough
• The Economy Guide
• Diplomacy Guide
• Complete Shogun 2 Guide
• Guide to units and tactics
• Advanced Units Guide
• Strategic Guide
• How to build an army
• Shogun 2 Steam achievements 

Grim Fandango Walkthrough

Tim Schafer's Grim Fandango is, hand's down, one of the best adventures games ever and most probably the second best Lucasarts offering to date. Then again you know that. What you are looking for is a little bit of help, isn't it. Of course it is. Well, here is the excellent selection of UHS hints for Grim Fandango, though you could also go for a full walkthrough or even a pretty glorious video playthrough.

Portal 2 Walkthrough & tips

Portal 2 impressively lived up -and at times even exceeded- the lofty standards Valve itself had created. It's a hilarious, innovative and downright brilliant first person puzzle game. Here's a selection of hand-picked links to help you avoid each and every possible (yet awkwardly enjoyable) frustration:

- Walkthrough & strategy guide at MyCheats
- Video guide & walkthrough
- One more walkthrough by Gamespot
- And one by Gamefront