Xenosaga Official Strategy Guide

 (15 customer reviews)

I have remarked elsewhere that Zenosaga is a game where the devil is in the details - all the myriad details. The plot marches cheerfully onward from (lengthy) cut scene to (even longer) cut scenes. But the action is complicated by countless possibilities for character development and weapons/equipment strategies. Not to mention puzzles, special quests and side quests. It is simply too much to keep in your mind if you hope to touch most of the games bases.Take characters, for instance. You can build basic traits (strength, etc.), spell casting, technical attacks, and personal skills. You can don mechs, upgrade weapons, and tune your engines. To, while maps are important to finding everything, the real test of a guide is how well it brings all the rest of the confusion together.I have to hand it to Birlew and Parkinson for managing to present all this material in a manner that makes good, usable sense. This is a 224-page guide, and you will wind up reading most of it...Read more

As far as strategy guides go, I'm more concerned with how its going to get me through the game, and also if it can get me through the game with ease. That's the MAIN point of a guide is to get you through the game. The Xenosaga Official Strategy Guide does this with ease. There are a couple of gripes present but otherwise very nice. The first thing I noticed about the guide were the first about 60 pages of the guide are dedicated to a few of the miscellaneous things. The game basics and such. This may not seem like much but the guide explains the basics of the game a lot more clearly than the instruction booklet does. Character profiles are great. They tell you when characters learn techs in an easy to use chart and they also give a small bio for them without spoiling what their main role is in the quest! An weapon/armor/item list is availible. Easy to use table that tells you what you should buy and what you probably shouldn't. We all know that in Xenosaga you could...Read more

Ok,I love this game,and if you love this game too I reccomend you get the this.It tells you everything about the characters,their ether,their weapons,their tech attacks,and the A.W.G.S.It will tell you all the enenmies you'll fight,where they appear,how much hp they have,and their weakness'.This guide will also tell you some secrets of the characters and if they have special things you can find for them too.This book will also tell you how to play the mini games and what you need to play them.They have made maps that make sense and help you find your way around easily.This book pretty much covers everything you would want to know.Keep in mind that some times the guide will tell you how to fight.Everything is pretty much upgraded and a lot of times things don't work out.If something like this happens then do it your own way that makes in easier for you to win.I give this guide 4 stars because the pics in the book aren't that great and are blurred,and they didn't explain how many things...Read more