Resident Evil 4 Official Strategy Guide (Bradygames Signature Series)

It's hard not to find a satisfactory player's guide, and this is no exception. I buy player's guides for two reasons, and those would be for: 1. collecting 2. Help, because I'm stuck and don't know what to do. This just so happens to be one of those where I needed help to complete the game. I have no problems with this product and would recommend it.

I began the game sans the guide and decided it was to my best interest to start over after reviewing the hints. It probably would have taken me until NEXT Christmas to finish instead of the 3 months.

I'm usually not the kind to shell out money for strategy guides, but my friend bought me the RE4 book as a way of celebrating this huge achievement in gaming. Author Dan Birlew has written a great guide that makes the game a blast to play through without spoiling any of the plot points. Of particular use are the map diagrams, which show you the location of every treasure in the game. This is particularly important if you want to upgrade all your weapons or enlarge your case, which would otherwise take a much longer time to accomplish. Elsewhere Birlew offers you advice on the safest way to dispose of enemies that you might not think of in the heat of battle, or what items to sell off and when. There's also some insider info on how certain events are triggered, so you don't suddenly increase the amount of enemies in an area just by simply stepping into a room.

There are a few inconsistencies here and there with regards to item placement (book lists magnum bullets when I...Read more