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Summary: PERFECT
Review: It really doesnt get better than this folks. This book has it ALL. There is absolutly nothing you could possibly want that isn't presented in this magnificent tome. In fact, you could go through the whole game plot and all just by reading the book! It is CHOCK FULL of pictures and is made of nice durable material with a semi-hard cover. ...
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Summary: PERFECT
Review: It really doesnt get better than this folks. This book has it ALL. There is absolutly nothing you could possibly want that isn't presented in this magnificent tome. In fact, you could go through the whole game plot and all just by reading the book! It is CHOCK FULL of pictures and is made of nice durable material with a semi-hard cover. ...
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Summary: David Cassady writes Killer Guides... Period.
Review: 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.
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Summary: David Cassady writes Killer Guides... Period.
Review: 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.
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Summary: Nearly useless.
Review: Terrible writing and layout, missing information, scanty descriptions...all this made this strategy guide more frustrating than useful to me. It'd been years since I played an RPG and Final Fantasy Anthology has been pretty frustrating (though involving) to me, so I expected this guide to help me through. As it turns out, most of the time I have an easier time feeling my own way out than trying to use this guide.I've only been playing Final Fantasy V so far so my judgments are based on the book's guide to that game. Firstly, no world maps. The one found in the game is junk because of its small size, and the way author David Cassady guides you from point to point is so vague that you're better off just exploring on your own. The flashy layout of the book means that it's very hard to navigate through information. The lists (bestiaries, items etc.) are organized very poorly, and hard to read. The step-by-step walkthrough of the game is so scanty it's laughable -- often Cassady will just give you one screenshot of the entrance to a certain secret path and say, "Walk on and you'll eventually find the boss". Big help, indeed! And there are times when Cassady seems to deliberately mislead you -- the example that comes to mind right now is the battle with Shiva in Walz -- at Level 7, you couldn've have learned Fire2 yet, and Cassady oh-so-conveniently forgets to disclose that fact. It's possible to defeat Shiva without Fire2, but as the author of a game guide, Cassady should have told us. And it's always in leaving out the details that Cassady managed to confuse rather than clarify the game for me, by things like skipping over a step in describing the plot, neglecting certain aspects of the boss characters, and vague, uninvolving writing laid out poorly, flying here and there across the page until my eyes become all crossed. The only use I found for this guide has been in locating hidden items in the game. Is that worth the purchase price? You be the judge.
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Summary: The FFV portion was not so good but the FFVI was helpful
Review: The FFV section of this guide I thought was a P.O.S! You can't use those maps much at all. In fact for FFV go to the net and look for a walkthrough. You can't use the maps for FFV (Probably because there hardly any)! The boss strategies don't help too much either. Not to mention that for BOTH GAMES there is no world map! That could have helped a lot. The lack of HP for bosses was a big factor. Hey Bradygames have you ever heard of math!? Its not that hard to get the HP for enemies. You can do that with a calculator instead of having square do the work for you! The FFVI portion of the guide actually helped a bit. Not too much in this state. The maps help out a bit, but once you get to the final dungeon the maps are too confusing to read. The Bestiary for FFVI is complete, but why use one if you beat the game? Once again, the boss strategies aren't too helpful. What else can I say, its a good guide, but isn't too much help at some points, the only thing that gets it 3 stars is that its the only guide so sadly i have to recomend it.
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Summary: It was alright.
Review: This book includes information on both FFV and FFVII. The information isn't that bad, but I felt that I was left hanging many times, especially in Final Fantasy V. The bestiaries are almost non-existent and there is no world map present in either game's section. This can be very disturbing. However, this is the only guide out there for this game, so I will sadly recommend it.
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Summary: Find a Net Walkthrough Instead
Review: This book is a big waste of money. I bought this book for one simple purpose: I wanted my blue mage to get all the blue spells in FF5 (blue spells are ones that you learn after an enemy casts them on you). Well, there *is* a list of blue spells in the strategy guide, but there is *no* list of which enemies give you which spells. What a waste! Another frustrating oversight is the lack of a world map! The strategy guide seems to assume that you know exactly where every town or dungeon is. For certain optional areas or side quests, the lack of direction can leave you wandering around for hours searching for "Rikk's Village" or the "Easterly Falls." Another oversight in this paltry guide is the horrible maps. The guide's maps are tiny and very difficult to read. They aren't complete, for one (they only show the overview of an area -- not the individual rooms). Also, unlike previous Final Fantasy strategy guides (such as the one for FF2 in the US), there is no indication of what is in various treasure chests. It is extremely helpful to know what the treasure chest you are trying to get to contains -- if it's just a potion, you can save some effort, but if it's a powerful new sword, you want to make sure to get it. This guide does not help you make such decisions. One final oversight in this unfortunate guide is in the FF5 section. A major part of that game is obtaining "Job Points" to gain new abilities in the various character jobs. Different enemies give different amounts of Job Points. Does this strategy guide tell you how many Job Points you can get from the enemies? No! So, you're left on your own to find the areas where you can gain job levels more quickly. Avoid this guide. You're better off finding a good net walkthrough.
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Summary: this book was ok, but suffered from some minor flaws.
Review: this book was ok, but i had some problems as this book was not detailed enough. also, the author mighta been preoccupied cuz some things made absolutely no sense. overall, an all right book. hey,a so-so book is better than no book! kudos to you.
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Summary: Final Fantasy 5 & 6 for dumbies
Review: This is a remarkable book with hints and tips on how to beat bosses, get secret items, and completely beat both 5 & 6. I would recommend you first try to beat it yourself before buying this book. If you still have trouble getting the best out of these games then go right ahead and buy it. If you still are stumped after looking at the book then I would give up and play another game.
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