olimario

What are your favorite game strategy guides?

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What are your favorite game strategy guides? - Lemmy.world

As a child I’d occasionally get videogame strategy guides at garage sales which largely fostered my long-term love of reading. I’m sure others have similar stories so what were some of your favorite Brady/Prima/other strategy guides? To start off for me: - Sonic Adventure 2 Battle - Jak 3 - Knights of the Old Republic - Banjo-Kazooie Jak 3 is probably my personal favorite as I remember liking the artwork/concept art a lot as well as blurbs written in-character.

Jul 15, 2023 at 6:56pmWeb
Show threadAviandelight Jul 15, 2023
I still have my games guide for the original Final Fantasy Tactics for the PlayStation. I’ve kept it all the years just for the beautiful artwork.
Show threadolimarioJul 15, 2023

That reminded me that at some point I ended up with a FF13 guide and, despite not living the game, really enjoying it.

I purchased an FFX guide when I was very young but unfortunately I remember it having coffee stains all throughout.

Show threadOmegaJul 15, 2023
Coffee stains? Those are called battle scars. That was a great guide.
Show threadDie4EverJul 15, 2023
The 7th Guest has a great one that’s like told in-character, included in the files of the digital copies of the game now as a pdf
Show threadshaggymattJul 16, 2023
Ohh, that one was a masterpiece. It even included the original script, so you could read some of the stuff that got cut/rewritten.
Show threadDie4EverJul 16, 2023
Yep lots of nice extras in the digital releases, and the Making of The 7th Guest video is great too, also available on YouTube youtu.be/Fd63F3d2FCI
The Making of The 7th Guest - VHS Special Edition Video - 1993

YouTube
Show threadHexticJul 15, 2023
Wouldn’t have found half the shit without the Final Fantasy 7 or 10 strategy guide.
Show threadcottonmonJul 16, 2023
It’s not an official guide but CyricZ’s guides to the Yakuza series. Very informative and easy to follow.
Show threadLobster2142Jul 16, 2023
Half-Life : Prima’s Official Strategy Guide
Show threadskulloneJul 16, 2023
I liked the official Nintendo OoT guide because it was written in 3rd person and was relatively spoiler free.