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Summary: Stay Away From This (PS2) Guide, Get The PC Guide Instead
Review: This is one of the worst Official strategy guides you could ever buy. Sure it covers all of the missions, but some of them are not covered any more fully than what you get from playing the game itself. It briefly covers SOME of the side jobs and non-mission tasks, but an Official guide should cover ALL of them! There is no detailed information on the Rampages and Unique Jumps, and the Hidden Packages are only covered with a map and short sentence. Some of the other reviewers here go into detail about the deficiencies of this book, so I really don't need to say much more. DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE GOOD REVIEWS THIS BOOK RECEIVED, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DESERVE THEM. I own this guide and the one released eight months later for the PC version. Although the PC guide is smaller (but much thicker) and in black & white (there are color maps in the back), it covers EVERYTHING (except cheat codes) about the game and with much more detail. Even if you own the Playstation 2 version of the game, you'd be better off buying the PC guide. The only difference gameplay wise are the controls mentioned in the book and a few little things like rewards for some of the vehicle missions. To wrap this up, here is an excerpt from the author in the Acknowledgement's section of the PC guide: "Beyond the satisfaction of playing the game a few more times, I was even more delighted to add features to this guide that I didn't have time to include in the PS2 guide. And with Tim Cox's phenomenal assistance, as well as his passion for the game, time was no longer the enemy. We are proud to bring you the most comprehensive Grand Theft Auto III guide in existence." So, that explains why this guide (PS2) sucks. The author was rushed to complete the book, in time for the release of the game, no doubt. Right there in black & white the author of both guides tells you that the PC guide is the most comprehensive guide, and thus the best one. (I have no idea if the X-Box Double Pack guide is based on the PS2 or PC versions, so proceed with caution when getting that one.)
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Summary: Stay Away From This (PS2) Guide, Get The PC Guide Instead
Review: This is one of the worst Official strategy guides you could ever buy. Sure it covers all of the missions, but some of them are not covered any more fully than what you get from playing the game itself. It briefly covers SOME of the side jobs and non-mission tasks, but an Official guide should cover ALL of them! There is no detailed information on the Rampages and Unique Jumps, and the Hidden Packages are only covered with a map and short sentence. Some of the other reviewers here go into detail about the deficiencies of this book, so I really don't need to say much more. DON'T BE FOOLED BY THE GOOD REVIEWS THIS BOOK RECEIVED, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T DESERVE THEM. I own this guide and the one released eight months later for the PC version. Although the PC guide is smaller (but much thicker) and in black & white (there are color maps in the back), it covers EVERYTHING (except cheat codes) about the game and with much more detail. Even if you own the Playstation 2 version of the game, you'd be better off buying the PC guide. The only difference gameplay wise are the controls mentioned in the book and a few little things like rewards for some of the vehicle missions. To wrap this up, here is an excerpt from the author in the Acknowledgement's section of the PC guide: "Beyond the satisfaction of playing the game a few more times, I was even more delighted to add features to this guide that I didn't have time to include in the PS2 guide. And with Tim Cox's phenomenal assistance, as well as his passion for the game, time was no longer the enemy. We are proud to bring you the most comprehensive Grand Theft Auto III guide in existence." So, that explains why this guide (PS2) sucks. The author was rushed to complete the book, in time for the release of the game, no doubt. Right there in black & white the author of both guides tells you that the PC guide is the most comprehensive guide, and thus the best one. (I have no idea if the X-Box Double Pack guide is based on the PS2 or PC versions, so proceed with caution when getting that one.)
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Summary: Awesome Stragety Guide
Review: This is the best stragety guide ever for the best game ever. Some people say it has problmes like the reward mony for completing a mission is often off. WHO CARES!!! If you need more money just go to gamefaqs.com and click on grand theft auto 3 and it will tell you a code for more money. I would highly recommens this guide, however you caoud go to gamefaqs.com and they have walkthroughs for every mission and thet is free, but i would still get the book
Rating: 
Summary: Good, but with important flaws
Review: This rating does not have anything to do with the game quality. The game itself is the best game I have ever seen, but this stradegy guide does not hold up to the game's quality. This stradegy guide is good for advice on those missions you just can't beat, and the locations of the hidden packages. The problems (and the reason I gave it two stars) are with typos and bad maps. After all, an official stradegy guide should at least have some proofreaders. A connection between two of the islands contains an extra pasted copy of the bridge, giving the impression of two bridges, confusing to those getting to know the island. The third island's map, of the island that is hard to learn your way around, is pasted twice, which confuses greatly anyone trying to figure out the road system. The bottom line is that for the stradegy guige to be deemed official, it should at least be checked for errors.
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Summary: Not near as good as the Vice City guide
Review: What can I say. I bought Vice City & the guide before I bought GTA3, the VC guide is really great with lots of info, cool pictures, & lots of helpful stuff.This one isn't, it is really that simple.
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Summary: Not worth it
Review: Whether the book tells you exactly how to do a mission or not you'll still end up failing it a few times before you actually complete it. Most of what is written in this book is a no brainer and easy to figure out. The only good I see from the book are possibly different routes or secrets here and there but even those you can get online for free so there is no point wasting the money.
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