Xenogears Official Strategy Guide: Amazon.ca: David Cassady: Books

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The BradyGames strategy guide includes maps for every mission. Complete list of items, armor and weapons. Detailed walkthrough revealing all the secret areas and Boss strategy. Detailed battle strategy, how to unleash powerful combos and wh

-BradyGames strategy guide includes maps for every mission

-Complete list of items, armor and weapons

-Detailed walkthrough revealing all the secret areas and Boss strategy

-Detailed battle strategy, how to unleash powerful combos and when to reserve your action points. Detailed character bios and a look at Gear robots

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3.0 out of 5 stars It isn't the worst at least, Sep 24 2003

By	Nite - See all my reviews

I'm probably the only one here who is going write a review bashing on this guide for it's quality. I don't mind the plot spoilers in the guide because...well it's a guide. Every guide has spoilers (and yes I actually DID get my hands on an FFVII guide by VERSUS BOOKS so don't tell me "well you should see THAT guide" I KNOW, but even that one had a few spoilers...just not plot spoilers).

A guide is meant to do just that guide you. The reason I gave it a three was because the guide misses a lot of secrets, the bestiary lacks and there are no maps in the walkthrough.

Let me start off by saying this, at least we can all agree on this, Maps are ESSENTIAL to a strategy guide and ESPECIALLY RPG guides. That goes without saying and for that I couldn't let the guide come within a mile of five stars. Second, a guide should NEVER spoil the ending. Plot I'm okay with but the ending is the whole reason you play a game in the first place. Sure it's no fun when you know the plot but if you know how the game ends then that just plain stinks! So I don't mind the plot spoilers but the fact of the ending being spoiled really made me mad.

The walkthrough is dim too. The screens are blurry and out of context and the content that the guide contains is not always clear. The directions they give you in dungeons are only going to help you in getting lost. The bestiary doesn't detail a monsters weakness instead the only good thing we really get is how much HP they have.

So in short, the guide isn't the best buy for you. It has a complete walkthrough and it actually isn't all that bad. Boss strategies are nice and you get the general idea of what they're telling you to do. But again, I didn't give this guide a considerably low score for the plot spoilers. I never actually even read the plot spoilers since I was using the guide as a reference book and not a magazine.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not necessary, but nice to have., Aug 18 2003

By	citan-uzuki "citan-uzuki" (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

There are online walkthroughs available that are more helpful than this guide. However, this is a must-have for those who love to collect video game strategy guides. Personally, I liked the artwork. Also, the guide is made of quality materials, unlike more recent strategy guides. The cover and the pages seem to be made of thicker paper. I highly recommend this for those who loved Xenogears.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Walkthrough, Jul 25 2003

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This is a lot like other walkthroughs that I have used before, it is easy to go through and understand and makes it extremely beneficial for a player to have. It may not be the best for the first time playing through the game because of some of the spoilers that it has throughout (mainly screen caps of the anime sceens), but I would highly recomend it to anyone

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5.0 out of 5 stars Helped me get through the ending again.
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