Dungeon Siege III: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)

 (8 customer reviews)

This guide is great - it's one of the type that have the pages broken up into sections - you get your map / overview on the left page, basic info in the top pane of the right page with no spoilers, and the fully info with spoilers at the bottom right.

The first section of the book gives you very in depth info on the various character classes you can play as, extensive into on what style of play each class gives you, and a couple of example builds, which show you how you can make a defensive wizard class or a purely offensive wizard, the same for the warrior, with point allocations for sword and shield to be able to soak up more damage versus a two handed weapon for heavy damage - each character has two stances you can switch between with a single button press, and the guide teaches you not to be afraid to switch om the fly. The skills your character has access to depends entirely on which stance you're in, and in a fight against 12 bandits, for example, I'd probably switch...Read more

The PRIMA guide has a good description (along with some color commentary by the developers) of each characters' abilities and has color maps with points of interest for each area.
It also contains charts for items you can find, how to get the most out of any dialogue that would affect your companions (to gain Influence, which can then get you added benefits in the form of "Deeds") as well as give you some details on each area with some tips and tricks that may be useful or just "color commentary" again.

Overall, I thought the guide was useful except for a couple problems:

[POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD]
1. They assume you are playing as Lucas and do not let you know that if you start as anyone else *but* Lucas, that you do not actually meet Lucas until *after* who your last companion would be.
2. They do not mention, at all, where you actually *do* meet Lucas except for a small inference in the "Influence Opportunities" section.
(For those who want...Read more

This item was perfect for the price. I was halfway through the game unfortunately, by the time I got it. Not that the shipping wasnt incredibly fast, I had just ordered my game first, and barelled through it before ordering the book. I played as the archon, Anjali. I will start over with each of the three other characters, just to see how they progress and their skills at work. The maps are detailed in this guide, and it is only the second guide I have ever owned.