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(7 customer reviews) 25 of 27 people found the following review helpful
It's Like Having an Uncharted 3 Encyclopedia,
November 1, 2011 S. Rhodes - See all my reviews
This review is from: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - The Complete Official Guide (Paperback)
Uncharted is one of those games where I've often wondered why a strategy guide is really necessary. The game doesn't really let you get lost. Nor are there usually any unusually big secrets just waiting for you. Aside from perhaps treasure collecting and coming across that Precursor Orb from Jak and Daxter, Uncharted hasn't always been a wealth of secrets. On the other hand one can still learn a thing or two from the strategy guide. But one also needs to know it offers up much more than just that. It's supplemental to the game itself. It is a guide that is more about enhancing your experience rather than ruining it. And there are a couple of ways it manages to do this.
Naughty Dog Game Director Justin Richmond introduces us to the guide and explains that he wanted Piggyback to do it due to their eye to detail. Something that is certainly there in many respects. It is a very detailed guide. The foreward is short and to the point. It welcomes players back to...Read more
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Life saver,
December 24, 2011 V. Hay (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - The Complete Official Guide (Paperback)
I wont lie; I am horrible at video games, so I need guide books like this to get my through. Yet I feel like this guidebook was like an uncharted puzzle.
While this book was very good at telling you want to do in the game, it often omitted the how and where part. I often found myself re-reading the chapter to get a better understanding of what I was suppose to do, often I had to shuffle back and forth to the appendix to see how a puzzle was solved. This doesn't really make any sense to me; seeing that I am reading the guide to specifically see how to complete a portion of the game. In addition I feel like visual clues were missing from the book, I would often find myself looking for a broad and general clue, but am unable to find it, due to the lack of visuals.
I did enjoy how the guide introduced you to the world of Drake and Uncharted if this was your first time playing the Uncharted Series. In addition they did a great job showing you where various...Read more
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Piggyback makes better guides than Brady Games,
November 9, 2011 zeb (socal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - The Complete Official Guide (Paperback)
Uncharted 2 strategy guide by Brady Games was decent but not very helpful in that it was too wordy and not enough picture clues. This Piggyback Edition guide for Uncharted 3 is very good in that it has picture clues and detailed maps. Wish they included more step by step pictures like they used to back in the days. It's still a very good guide to locate all your treasures and best COA (course of action) although if you're a little creative, will find a better way to complete a task.
