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Final Fantasy VIII
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Final Fantasy VIII
- Paperback: 196 pages
- Publisher: Piggyback Interactive; 1999-10-21
- Label: Piggyback Interactive
- Studio: Piggyback Interactive
- ISBN: 095371120X
- Average Customer Review: based on 1 reviews
- Sales Rank in Books: #247736
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: 4.5 Stars QUITE POSSIBLY THE BEST FF GUIDE EVER! 2005-06-18
Comment: OK, Piggyback Interactive is a company from the UK. They have a really big reputation there. They do a much better job than Prima and Bradygames do, giving you high quality guides with tons of info and crystal clear high-rez screenshots. This guide, is probably one of the greatest Final Fantasy guides ever written. You thought the VERSUS BOOKS FFVII guide was good? Wait until you see this one, it blows the Versus Books FFVII guide out of the water! And that's saying a lot.
The guide is incredibly colorful. Each section giving you a list of all the items, maps and location of all the draw points. Each section is also written with amazing detail! It's almost like the guide is talking to you.
The characters section and items section is also brutally detailed. You'll learn so much about the game it isn't even funny. The bestiary is also more concise and to the point. Honestly, who picked up the Bradygames guide and had to flip back just to learn what all the symbols mean? Much more or less who cared to use the bestiary in the Brady guide? It was so confusing and error riddled that it wasn't worth it. Not here. This bestiary throws less at you. By that I mean, only the basics. Where to find them, weakness and average HP for the basic changing levels (meaning when you draw different spells). Much easier to follow.
Also, it is possible to find all the cards and unearth every secret without giving anything valueable to the plot. This guide is spoiler free. Alongside you'll also uncover all the limit breaks and weapons.
There are a few drawbacks to the guide however.
For one, the Bestiary isn't in alphabetical order. It seems to be done based on when you run into the monster. This can be very annoying if you want quick info on what you can steal, items, weakness, etc. Not a big deal since the enemies level up, but what if you're desperate to know their weakness and you don't have a scan spell?
Also, the abilities and such is equally confusing. These list are also randomized. It comes to the point where it's annoying to find abilities. You'll find all the abilities and such on the list, but you'll spend one hell of a time searching through it all.
Finally, while items are listed in the walkthrough, they're not always called out on the map. I don't think this is a problem (especially if you could utilize the Bradygames guide, which had maps in the back of the book).
The problems are minor, and for that I gave it a five. It's probably the best Final Fantasy Guide out there. Nothing is left uncovered. If you can actually find this guide (via ebay or import from amazon.co.uk), pick it up.
Good job Piggyback!
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