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Title: Final Fantasy Anthology: Official Strategy Guide (Brady Games) by David Cassady ISBN: 1-56686-925-0 Publisher: BradyGames Pub. Date: 13 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.47 (17 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Not recommended
Comment: Considering that this book is an 'official' guide to the game: Final Fantasy Anthology (US version), it lacks many of the basic necessities needed for a good and useful game walkthrough...
First of all, the FFV section of this book is downright ludicrous!
*The maps are incomplete, and fairly useless when you get into the game, as the mapping becomes more complex.
*The Bestiary is incomplete, and this is displayed throughout the game: battling monsters that aren't listed in the area.
*There is no World Map, and considering that the World Map in the FFV game is tiny, a large world map could have been helpful.
*The Boss Battles aren't explained very well at all. There are no HP statistics, and what statistics there are on the boss, there is a frequent occurrence of 'N/A' beside it. The author's simple banter doesn't help matters. The only good comment I can make out is that the guide gives you a suggested level in which to defeat the Boss, however, even then the levels are usually wrong, and the Bosses beat you regardless!
*Also, I've noticed that parts of the walkthrough are missed out when telling you where to go and what to do. Some parts, you have to fill in yourself.
*The design of both FFV and VI sections is quite boring. It doesn't appeal to the eye, and has no aesthetical sense whatsoever
The FFVI section is a slight improvement, however...
*No World Map
*Limited explanation of Bosses...
*However, the Bestiary is intact, and the bad points of the FFV section aren't that amplified in the FFVI section... Not really much more to comment on...
All in all? I wouldn't buy this with a gun to my head... however this guide DOES explain a lot of secrets, so I would recommend this to those who have played the game before, and wish to play it again thoroughly...
For those just beginning... I recommend you search elsewhere!
Rating: 5
Summary: David Cassady writes Killer Guides... Period.
Comment: My girlfriend got me this guide for Christmas the year the game came out. I wasnt to sure how well it would help me, mainly because Cassady had to cram two games into one book. Well, he managed to do it, and to do a hell of a job with it. Each game has step by step walkthroughs that are a great help and helps you with tons of secrets. This is a very good guide.
Rating: 4
Summary: FFV section is really bad but FFVI is more than good enough
Comment: I think the main downfall of this guide is the FFV section, which I believe could've been so much better done than what we got. However, the FFVI section was helpful and manages to get this guide 4 stars.
The FFV section had tons of problems. They didn't have maps for every area which could've helped in some places, and when they did have maps, they were mostly screenshots. They didn't show which place lead to which room, making you scan the maps to see if you were in the correct area.
The boss strategies are very stupid and don't give you any strategy. The suggested levels are either too high to level up to, or are too low that you wonder why you wasted your time getting that boss level.
The FFV section covers NO secrets to the game; however, they did a good job of covering the job system and were even able to tell me what I'd learn by gaining the levels.
The Bestiary for FFV is HORRIBLE! Some of the stats are off, and the EXP. is that you get if only one character defeats the enemy. Since EXP is divided the only thing you can use is the HP listing, but most of the enemies you need are not listed in the bestiary. While I don't care about there being no pictures most people do and I'm warning them now that there are no pictures in the bestiary.
Now for the FFVI portion. The section is much better organized with very detailed maps and locations of items, weapons, etc. The bestiary is actually complete but still no pictures if you like to see what they look like.
The FFVI section provides you with tons of items listings, along with weapons and armor, telling you who can equip what. The walkthrough is much better than the FFV section and the FFVI section gives you coverage of your Espers, spells, and much more.
FFVI section also provides you with a ton of secrets! If your stuck in leveling up it gives you a nice little level up trick, and later tells you where to go to fight monsters that give off great EXP.
OVERALL: I gave the guide 4 stars because with how the FFVI section was put together it actually HELPED me out, where as the FFV section was nothing but a walkthrough.
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Title: Final Fantasy Chronicles Official Strategy Guide by Dan Birlew ISBN: 0744000734 Publisher: Brady Games Pub. Date: 02 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Final Fantasy Origins Official Strategy Guide by Casey Loe, Laura M. Parkinson ISBN: 0744002532 Publisher: Brady Games Pub. Date: 09 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title:Final Fantasy Anthology ASIN: B00002R28C Publisher: SquareSoft Pub. Date: 16 November, 1999 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $39.99 |
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Title: Final Fantasy IX Official Strategy Guide by Dan Birlew ISBN: 0744000416 Publisher: Bradygames Pub. Date: 08 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title:Final Fantasy Chronicles ASIN: B00005LOXE Publisher: SquareSoft Pub. Date: 13 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $19.90 |
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