Rating: Summary: Outdated Review: This strategy guide has several problems.First, it was outdated since the first patch of Diablo II to 1.03. Several skill tables are just not true anymore. Then it is not complete. No normal item descriptions, requirements, exceptional items, detailed monster information are just not there. The Chaos Sanctuary at Blizzard's website is better than this book. I'm playing Diablo II since its release; both with single player and with realm characters.
Rating: Summary: Diablo 2 Strategy Guide Review: This strategy guide is an invaluabule tool in navigating the game of Diablo2. I would recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about the game than the average gamer
Rating: Summary: darn good guide Review: This strategy guide, like the one for Diablo before it, is complete and thorough. It truly is fantastic and quite useful. Unlike many games and game guides, THIS IS NOT A LICENSE TO CHEAT! essentially, one can concieveably use all the tricks in this book and still be completely within moral boundaries ;) for those of you with no such premonitions, this guide is extremely helpful. As this book is official from blizzard, (and as you know, everything Blizzard touches is gold [pun intended] so this is definately a worthy book for the game) anyway, nuff said. BUY THIS BOOK! it's good.
Rating: Summary: I'd rate it with .5 stars! Review: Too bad one-half of a star isn't an option, because this is by FAR the worst strategy guide I've had the misfortune of buying. I'd played through Act I and was starting Act II when I bought this guide, and when I leafed through the pages, I realized how gypped I was! A majority of the information is outdated, now that I have the newest patch. I've got first hand experience with the game, and this is really inaccurate. If you want a decent guide for this game, hope Prima makes one. They know how to do it, their Diablo guide was awesome. BradyGames should call them up and take notes. This game guide is missing weapon and monster details. People want details in a game like this. Even the quest section is bad. It gives a brief, ineffective walkthrough. And, not that it hampers comprehension, but there are spelling and grammatical errors abound. I only recommend buying this if you are a die-hard fan of the game.
Rating: Summary: Good but needs improvement Review: Well, let's start off by saying, it's a heck of a game. BUT the book needs a little bit of work on the actual walk-thru of each quest. For example, instead of giving you detailed info on each quest, they tell you, go to the X area and get Y. they dont tell you HOW to get to X area, and exactly where y might be. Understandbly, it's hard to write a manual for a game that never has the same map twice. :) Also, they could have told you you'd lose the AWESOME KHALIM's FLAIL when you destroy the compelling orb.. Grr otherwise, its very detailed as far as weapons, and I especially like the gems area. I am playing the paladin, so I didnt read much on skills, but it looks like the book has a good skill section. All in all, I'd get the book, why not?
Rating: Summary: What a disappointment... Review: Whereas the Guide to Diablo (one), was insightful and helped separate the wheat from the chaff, as well make weird but creative suggestions, this Guide for Diablo II is simply a rehash of stuff that's already out there for free. Save your money, hopefully someone will come out with an unauthorized version that will be worth the money.
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