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"Final Fantasy" VII Official Guide: v. 1 (Brady Games Strategy Guides)
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3/5 |
Helpful but a spellchecker and a proof reader wouldn't hace hurt
(November 25, 2008) |
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It helped me complete the game the first time round but I must say that there were times when the directions were wrong (left turned out to be right or vise versa), spelling mistakes such as potion instead of poison and overall, I just wasn't too impressed. Buy it if it's your first time playing the game but if not, I'd tell you to download a free guide from one of the many gamers who have already completed the game.
If I had to describe what I thought of it I'd say it felt like some guy had just written down all he could remember and then sent it off to be printed. No spellchecks, no proof read and it was missing little bits and pieces such as items that were never mentioned or describing items that couldn't be found. |
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4/5 |
A fantastic game,a fair guide
(November 07, 2008) |
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I can say without any fear that Final Fantasy 7 is one of the greatest games ever.But this is a review of the official guide and as such I can recommend this guide but must add that it doesn't show you everything there is to see.
I completed the game and then bought the guide and was amazed at how much I had missed.I followed this guide and doubled my playing time and actually managed to find Vincent and Yuffie and use them as playable character's which I failed to do first time around.I also managed to obtain the Knights Of The Round summon which was hard work but very worthwhile.
This is a very good guide and while it doesn't quite provide all of the answers,it does expand on this fantastic game quite a lot. |
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4/5 |
Good but not perfect
(March 13, 2007) |
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I've completed FFVII many, many times using this guide and others on the net. It is generally a good guide but there are a few secrets that it doesn't mention at all. There are a number of monsters missing from its bestiary and a materia that isn't listed. Other than that it is ideal for all causal FFVII gamers but the hardcore would be better using online guides written by FFVII geeks like me! |
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3/5 |
It's not the best guide - yet it's the official guide!!!
(February 21, 2006) |
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The guide shows every section of the main game, where to get the items and what's available in the shops - dead helpful and detailed, so you don't miss an item. There's a good bestiary, which is handy if you want a particular item fom Morphing a monster. The bad points come to light if you're looking to do all the extra quests. For a start it doesn't tell you exactly when things are available... It doesn't go into detail in how to defeat the Emerald and Ruby Weapons.
Nor does it tell you when the its best time to visit the crashed Shinra Submarine (you can miss out on a not-too-vital fight against Rude and Reno otherwise!)
If you want to get all the Enemy Skills then you need to keep checking the bestiary - rather than telling you when the skills are first or easily available! Not helpful if you've missed your only chance to collect a skill!
It's not very detailed with betting on the Chocobo Racing - where you could get the Sneak Attack, Gil Plus, EXP Plus materia! If you want to complete this game to it's fullest, then you need to know exactly when side quests are available, when to gain Enemy Skills, when to do the chocobo racing and gain a Gold Chocobo - otherwise you could miss out on many smaller elements to the game. The EXP Materia, for example, is a time saver when it comes to trying to Master all your Summon Materia, so you can gain the Master Summon Materia... and so forth! It's quite annoying that the official guide isn't that deep. I do feel rather let down that the games creators have created something so shoddy. Thankfully the game is ten years old and this guide has been banging about the same time - the wonders of the internet and all FFVII fans have taken their time to create indepth guides freely available to download! For the sake of a tenner, you might as well buy this, and then print out the other information from the internet. Then you can truly say you've completed the game for 100%!! |
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5/5 |
Really Helpful and Very Indepth Information
(January 24, 2006) |
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I have completed this game a few times before, so i thought I would get this guide and see what sorts of things I had missed in the game. You wouldn't believe the ammount of hidden items, secret areas and such. This book in no way spoils the game, it adds to the pleasure of playing. I would recommend anyone who has played this game before to buy this book. |
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