Book Review: God of War III Limited Edition Strategy Guide
Having said that, the walkthrough is still there if you need it, clear and complete. If you don't want any spoilers from the walkthrough, you can just use the maps provided without reading the walkthrough. Each map has all the collectible items listed, including treasures of the gods (some gods like to throw their stuff everywhere). Interspersed with the walkthrough are interesting stories on the mythology and characters, although they left me a bit confused with the supposedly real world mythologies because of some discrepancies.
The usefulness of this guide is more on the information on the weapons, collectible items, challenges and trophies. They have everything listed. Button combinations for all the weapons and their powers are listed, which helped me saved a bit of time on trial and error (sometimes I miss reading instructions on screen). After you finish the game, you'll unlock the Challenges of Olympus with all its challenges and trophies. If you really can't figure out how to beat those challenges, then this the guide for you.
This limited edition includes additional pages of concept art which is really cool. I wish the creators would come out with a proper art book though. There's also a printed lithograph provided, only one out of the four designs are included. Why not all four?
The negative part is the paper quality, which is soft and flimsy, like those in mass produced magazines. It's not one would like to see used in a limited edition guide.
Overall, this is a very decent guide for the epic game. Recommended to gamers who just can't get enough of the game and don't want to miss anything.
4 out of 5 stars.
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Comments
I agree, would be nice if
I agree, would be nice if they stopped combining art books and game guides and instead sold them as a bundle like the original assassin's creed and mass effect.
A lot of recent games have been worthy of their own artbooks, this is one of them. An artbook would be more acceptable to the wallets of non-PS3 owners (the same would probably apply for non-360 owners with regards to 360 exclusives).
A must have for all GOW fans.
A must have for all GOW fans.
I've never really undestood
I've never really undestood these strategy guides. I can't see the point of playing a game with a guide in your hand, not to mention there's not much value here since you can probably get all the same info off the net for free with a bit of effort if you really want it.
The only interesting bit is the possibility of game art, although even that probably annoys more than it pleases since there's only a few pages, compared to the possibility of a full fledged artbook.
I agree with you, but as a
In reply to I've never really undestood by nysv (not verified)
I agree with you, but as a collector and a fan of the series this is a must buy.
I never bought a strategy
I never bought a strategy guide as well. Well, actually some games are overwhelming without any sort of guide, such as MMORPGs in general, but not only that game is not overwhelming, guides are freely available online and obviously updateable.
Anyhow to each his own, my main complaint is why do they keep combining art books with guides? Sure it might push one or two players to get the guide for the art bonus, but they're losing a lot on artbooks collectors.
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