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The Best of 1UP 2011: Guides

These MyCheats SuperGuides help you share knowledge together so you won’t have to die alone.

By: 1UP Staff December 28, 2011

A
lot of huge games came out in 2011, and with each new release, MyCheats worked tirelessly to bring you some of the best guides on the web. From conquering the tricky co-op challenges of Portal 2 to finding every last Pokemon, our contributors left no digital
stone unturned and built amazing multimedia guides to help minimize your video gaming frustrations. We’ve selected 10 guides that represent some of this year’s best — chances are you can still put them to some good use!

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  LEGO Pirates of the
  Caribbean

  The
  Lego titles are all rife with secrets, unlockables, and hidden areas, so it comes as no surprise that a SuperGuide comes in handy. Chris Robertson created a multimedia blitz of a guide that shows you how to go through all four films in the Pirates of the Caribbean
  franchise and find 100% of the collectibles. Be sure you don’t miss the hand-drawn Hub World map, complete with burnt edges and worn paper.

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  Pokemon Black/White

  Let’s face it, catching
  them all is harder than it sounds, and there’s nothing wrong with asking for some help. Or you could save face and use our handy Super Guide. Shhh…we won’t tell anyone if you don’t.

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  Portal 2

  Need help with devious
  Portal 2 single-player puzzles? Done. Oh, you say you need help with complicated co-op puzzles? We’ve got that too. This MyCheats SuperGuide has it all along with handy videos to keep you on the right track. What more could you possibly need?

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  Skyrim

  With
  the help of the Wiki team over at IGN, we brought you a massive guide for the most sprawling game of the year. Skyrim is bursting at the seams with content, so it’s no wonder that so many people look for help throughout the course of their 100 hour adventure.
  Aside from a walkthrough of the main quest, the guide is set up to help you tackle some of the auxiliary tasks of the game. Need help killing dragons? Getting married? Curing Vampirism? MyCheats has you covered.

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  Dead Space 2

  For
  MyCheats’ Dead Space 2 guide, former editor Jobert Atienza went to town on EA’s horror follow-up, with a full campaign walkthrough, multiplayer tips, an enemy guide, etc. What better time than now to track down a cheap copy of the game, and use his 100% totally
  free guide to rush through the game and get back to the rest of your backlog?

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  L.A. Noire

  Our
  guide for L.A. Noire serves two purposes — first, it gets you through all those clues/helps you solve each case, and second it gives you big lists of newspaper collectibles, film reels, and landmark locations. Usually a guide is valuable for one or the other
  of those — but here you get both, 100% entirely free!

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  Dark Souls

  Charting any progress
  in Dark Souls takes a devoted soul and an alarming number of deaths; but luckily you don’t have to go it alone. This MyCheats SuperGuide penned by Marty Sliva covers the ins and out of Dark Souls’ deadly world, and will help you blaze a path to riches and powerful equipment only dreamed of until now.

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  Deus Ex: Human Revolution

  Open-ended role-playing
  games were all the rage in 2011, and Square Enix’s relaunch of the Deus Ex series was one of the best. Featuring dozens of hours of stealth action, tons of sidequests, and plenty of free choice, Human Revolution is exactly the sort of game that MyCheats SuperGuides
  were made for. Whether you want to play it stealthy, violent, noble, or nasty, this guide is your key to a perfect playthrough.

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  Assassin’s Creed: Revelations

  Them Assassin’s Creed
  games sure like having obtuse puzzles and weird metafictional commentary, right? The actual act of parkouring around, finding fools, and stabbing them in the face tends to be pretty straightforward. But if you need help on some of the trickier assassinations,
  finding Animus data fragments, or the best way to turn off those tower defense missions, we are here to SuperGuide you.

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  Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

  Stuck in Skyward Sword? Don’t rely on dodgy
  in-game hint systems! Instead, turn to your friends at 1UP, who will assist you in Link-related matters of all kinds. Why waste your holiday break bashing your head against a puzzle when a simple hint can help you get on with your life? It’s what Zelda would
  have wanted.