Guide and Require

Guide

Guide verb - To give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed.

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Require and guide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Require" instead a verb "Guide".

Nearby Words: guidance, guided, guideline, guiding

Require verb - To have as a requirement.

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Guide and require are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guide" instead a verb "Require".

character	guide character	require character
power	guide power	require power
people	guide people	require people
crew	guide crew	require crew
Other words: team, characters, bit, player, hands, players.

Shigeru Miyamoto has said that he designed The Legend of Zelda to require player collaboration, which is essentially admitting that a guide is required.

Source: Guide Dang It / The Legend of Zelda
Guide Dang It: Frosty Frontier has a star which does not require defeating every enemy on the screen, instead Mario has to switch out Shy Guys so that all four have the same color.

Source: Video Game / Mario Pinball Land
Guide Dang It: Some stars are relatively straightforward, while others require some pretty outside the box solutions.

Source: Video Game / The Talos Principle

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