Dark Cloud 2 (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

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Dark Cloud 2 is one of those games that desperately need a strategy guide. The game simply has too much going on. While not knowing something is rarely fatal, you will miss a fair number of things if you play from the ground up. This means going back and redoing stuff when you finally figure out what is wrong (if you figure out that something is wrong) or overcompensating by extensive leveling up.It is no surprise that this guide is over 200 pages. Prima has a high standard for attractive packaging, and this is no exception. The material is generally accurate (I did find a few glaring mistakes) but is less successful from the viewpoint of clarity and coverage. This is one of the few guides I have read where so much effort has been made to avoid spoilers that the authors forgot that a strategy guide is supposed to be part spoiler. Because of this quirk, fairly straightforward information has been obscured or left out.Take maps, for instance. Unfortunately, there aren't...Read more

The Dark Cloud 2 Prima Guide is yet another guide by Prima; Another Guide that isn't worth your money.Many people who have read previous guides by Prima will know that no Prima guide is without errors -- and this is no exception. The Dark Cloud 2 guide is full of information, but, sadly, a lot of it is incorrect. Such things like their Weapon List are incorrect, And even some of their monster information. Another thing is they fail to help us with some of the Mini-Games, like Spheda, they don't provide us with any helpful hints or anything, which would be quite helpful, as Spheda can be VERY frustrating.One huge annoyance is that they don't list where and when you need to get the Power-Up items, and without those items, you're going to have a hard time playing this game. Even though this guide is ridden with errors, it's very pretty to look at, it has a lot of Official Artwork in it, Pictures of Monsters, Screenshots, etc. Unfortunately, just being pretty won't save...Read more

this book was in great shape and was everything the seller said. We were not sure if we could find this book. It is approximately 10yrs old. Thank you Amazon and the seller who sold this statagy book.