Well, there are things that you can miss. This playthrough, I already know that I missed one scene. The only way for me to see that scene is to restart the game. You can play through as you like, but if you don't want to miss anything then a walkthrough is important. If you take one storyline to far you can't go back and fix it unless you want to replay hours of content. Some aspects have time limits and if you didn't do another quest beforehand you could end up missing out. The problem with the horsehair was I kept clicking on the horse behind the fence instead of the area in front of the fence. A little stupid of me, but the walkthrough only says anything about when orphilia has the horse. A walkthrough should be broken down in order of operation. Everyone is different, I like using a walkthrough for these games. I don't want to miss out on a story because the order isn't clear.
I do understand this aspect, and talking like this with a more diplomatic approach makes comprehend more your problem.
And while yes I will agree that the walkthrough isn’t perfect and everyone is different, a blind playthrough is still an experience that pretends you to explore, find variables and unlock secrets.
Even in the best games that I have played I missed something truly worthnorthy or an item that fucked up the ending or experience.
Let’s take for example Suikoden 2, masterpiece of a game, but so many scenes, characters and endings can be missed if you are not careful or check for everything, but still it’s expected that you are not omniscient and a replay of the game is expected.
Asws is kinda like this, even with its flaws it has many variables that can chosen and other ignored and it is kinda expected to be replayed with a new set of eyes, when you replay this game you will actually notice details in the gameplay and even in the story that you probably missed or ignored at first.
At least it’s not like those games where a walkthrough is needed for everything and it’s fucking linear in every step (my lawyer says I can’t mention the game but it starts with an S).
Whatever I wanted to make it as a surprise, but I am telling, I have been working on a wiki both to help beginners and experts and also to organize Informations, lore, characters, enemies you know the usual.
But sadly the fucking site is down and it had issues et cetera, currently waiting to get it back