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* ''SonicAdventure2'' has [[StopHelpingMe Omachao]] giving more and more obvious hints every time you respawn against a boss. Sega [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything did their homework]], and let you [[TakeThatScrappy throw it at the boss]] ForMassiveDamage.

** Also, during the first of the Riddler's challenges, if you can't immediately find the painting, the Riddler will outright tell you to look on the wall. Of course, he's not exactly subtle or gentle about it.

* HotelMario loves this trope.

** In another of Telltale's games, ''Tales from MonkeyIsland'', Guybrush will occasionally say something about what the player should be doing if you take too long.

* In {{Final Fantasy IV The After Years}}, there's a late game boss fight that turns out to be [[HopelessBossFight hopeless]] unless you have a certain character in your party - a character which any sane player would have kept out of their party. So the average player will fight the boss, lose, and get a GameOver. But right before the game ends, they'll get a brief hint about what party member they need to bring, once they reload an old save. But wait! We're not done yet! There's another required character for this fight, though at least in this case, it's one of the better characters, so many players might have them anyway. But if not, they'll face another GameOver and get another nudge to bring this character along as well. At this point, the boss fight finally becomes winnable. But even after all this, in a straight GuideDangIt that's hinted at nowhere in the game, the only way complete the boss fight without [[spoiler:Golbez suffering a PlotlineDeath]] is to bring yet two more characters along for the fight. (If you're curious, bring along [[spoiler:Cecil and Golbez]] to complete the fight, and also [[spoiler:Ceodore and Rosa]] for the best outcome.)
* RadiantHistoria handles this reasonably well: After getting a bad end (and you will), the children in Historia explain your mistake and offer some advice to improve your odds. Incidientally, a BadEnd does not mean GameOver, and in most cases the way to proceed either involves picking the other option in the most recent DialogueTree and/or hopping over to the other timeline until you figure out what you need to do to proceed in the current one.

* RadiantHistoria handles this reasonably well: After getting a bad end (and you will), the children in Historia explain your mistake and offer some advice to improve your odds. Incidientally, a BadEnd does not mean GameOver.

* If you get stuck for a while in Telltale's ''{{Sam and Max}}'' games, Sam will mutter a hint or two about your next move.

For example: let's say TheHero MUST use the SwordOfPlotAdvancement on the final BossBattle in order to avoid GameplayAndStorySegregation. Simple enough, right? [[OrIsIt However]], some players won't catch on, and instead use the InfinityPlusOneSword on their final duel with the BigBad, prompting a CurbStompBattle by ThatOneBoss as a result. The players instantly cry out [[ThisCannotBe "BULLSHIT!!"]] and get ready to start over...

** Eventually leading to [[spoiler:"[[FissionMailed use the middle stick/tilt the mouse to dodge the Joker's bullet.]]"]]

* In {{Final Fantasy IV: The After Years}}, there's a late game boss fight that turns out to be [[HopelessBossFight hopeless]] unless you have a certain character in your party - a character which any sane player would have kept out of their party. So the average player will fight the boss, lose, and get a GameOver. But right before the game ends, they'll get a brief hint about what party member they need to bring, once they reload an old save. But wait! We're not done yet! There's another required character for this fight, though at least in this case, it's one of the better characters, so many players might have them anyway. But if not, they'll face another GameOver and get another nudge to bring this character along as well. At this point, the boss fight finally becomes winnable. But even after all this, in a straight GuideDangIt that's hinted at nowhere in the game, the only way complete the boss fight without [[spoiler:Golbez suffering a PlotlineDeath]] is to bring yet two more characters along for the fight. (If you're curious, bring along [[spoiler:Cecil and Golbez]] to complete the fight, and also [[spoiler:Ceodore and Rosa]] for the best outcome.)

* In ''HotelDusk'' and its sequel ''LastWindow'', if you get a GameOver, usually Kyle will flash back to the conversation that triggered failure.

* In ''KingdomOfLoathing'', a puzzle requires you to enter the [[ClassicCheatCode Konami Code]]. If you fail, the game prompts you to '''[[{{Contra}} con]]'''cen'''[[{{Contra}} tra]]'''te a little harder. Similarly, dying against the Tower guardians give the player five increasingly blatant hints on the key item to use against them. This can [[StopHelpingMe get annoying]] if the only reason you failed to use the item is [[SelfImposedChallenge because that damn Black Cat keeps batting it out of your hands]].

* ''CastlevaniaOrderOfEcclesia'', if you don't rescue all the villagers, you get the bad ending halfway through the game. This bad ending pans over all the villagers you failed to rescue.

* In ''KingdomOfLoathing'', a puzzle requires you to enter the [[ClassicCheatCode Konami Code]]. If you fail, the game prompts you to '''[[{{Contra}} con]]'''cen'''[[{{Contra}} tra]]'''te a little harder. Similarly, dying against the Tower guardians give the player five increasingly blatant hints on the key item to use against them.

* In ''KingdomOfLoathing'', a puzzle requires you to enter the [[ClassicCheatCode Konami Code]]. If you fail, the game prompts you to '''[[{{Contra}} con]]'''cen'''[[{{Contra}} tra]]'''te a little harder.

* ''CastlevaniaOrderofEcclesia'', if you don't rescue all the villagers, you get the bad ending halfway through the game. This bad ending pans over all the villagers you failed to rescue.

* ''{{Bioshock}}'' will generally pop up a little message offering hints if it looks like you're dragging your feet on any goal. (The game more or less hands you the answers to any puzzles you may encounter.)

* In ''DevilSurvivor'', If you pick [[DownerEnding Yuzu's Route]] you end up fighting [[spoiler:Loki]], who chastises you for picking the "easy route" and not taking into account Naoya's suggestions to open up to the other people inside the lockdown. This is done so that the player realises that to open up the other MultipleEndings he needs to stop and talk to the other characters instead of simply zooming through the game. And, if you let Haru die, the game does not stop reminding you that this was a bad idea.

* In ''PrinceofPersiaTheTwoThrones", the Dark Prince (who is along for the ride, in a manner of speaking) gives player nudges during boss battles...I think it's supposed to be if you are apparently having trouble with the boss, but I think it's actually on a timer instead "i.e., after 2 minutes of fighting, Dark Prince says "go for the groin" (not really).