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Summary: Waiting for 2nd ed.....
Review: I didn't buy the book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . but I read it in the store :) IMHO, it's a good guide & strategy book for beginners. For serious players? afraid it's not... eg) www.mrfixitonline.com (or other sites somewhere in the 'internet' world) has better ideas and tactics than this guide book does, and it will take days to read them all. Maybe, I will just buy the second edition (if there will be) to save my printer's ink & papers. :) Just a thought...
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Summary: A Very Helpful Guide
Review: I haven't read Prima's guide, but I have been very pleased with this one. It focuses on multiplayer which is what I like, and it offers a good amount of detailed tips that will help you become very competitive on the zone. The poster could have been better and some color photos would have been nice, but I bought the book to become a better AOK player and it has definitely helped me acomplish that.
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Summary: An okay book but not for hardcore multiplayer fans
Review: I love Aok and play both rm and dm multiplayer. As a hardcore fan and as someone who has a zone rating of 1750 and has played many other games not rated the guide isnt very useful. If you are a beginner its pretty good and if you like the campaigns it is good it also has some basic rules and concepts. One thing I hated is that it has no strategies for deathmatch games. I love dm and it is fast moving and has tons of battles the book has no strats and i guess you just have to learn the hard way to win like i did. I wish there was a multiplayer book with advanced strategies but oh well.
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Summary: An okay book but not for hardcore multiplayer fans
Review: I love Aok and play both rm and dm multiplayer. As a hardcore fan and as someone who has a zone rating of 1750 and has played many other games not rated the guide isnt very useful. If you are a beginner its pretty good and if you like the campaigns it is good it also has some basic rules and concepts. One thing I hated is that it has no strategies for deathmatch games. I love dm and it is fast moving and has tons of battles the book has no strats and i guess you just have to learn the hard way to win like i did. I wish there was a multiplayer book with advanced strategies but oh well.
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Summary: Not so strong
Review: i play online all the time and this book suck
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Summary: Disappointing "secrets"
Review: I was disappointed with the "secrets" contained in this book. I'm only a beginner and it didn't really tell me anything I didn't know or couldn't figure out for myself. Some of the lame advice included "use hotkeys," "listen for the audio clues," and "use combined arms." Section on Diplomacy was weak and it didn't really mention how to handle a game against several computer opponents which always tend to gang up on you. Scenario section looked quite helpful if you play the scenarios, but I don't. I would recommend this book for raw beginners, but not anyone above that.
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Summary: This book is incredible. I reviewed all the rest.
Review: I'm a developing AofK novice with high hopes, and looked at all the available strategy books at the local bookstore. 4 to be exact. This one excelled them all. Only someone with alterior motives could give a low ranking. This book covers everything I was looking for. It even breaks down a solid strategy from the crucial first 5 min well into the advanced ages. I'm deciding whether or not to let a coworker in on it, he's the guy I measure my success by.
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Summary: age of kings
Review: i'm lukking for codes.(sorry,i dont speek Englisch
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Summary: Best strategy guide ever for a game
Review: I'm not sure if the guy above even read the manual, but this is NOT the same thing as the manual. Most of the content in the book was written by fairly expert gamers and contains a lot of great tips learned by the players through six months of beta testing and play balancing. It won't make you an expert, but it has a lot more tips than are currently available on the net. This is way far ahead of most gaming guides.
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Summary: Good advice
Review: I'm revising my review, because after playing the game for awhile, I realized the advice I poo-pooed actually comes in handy. HOT KEYS ARE ESSENTIAL. This is probably the most critical piece of advice I overlooked, a piece which this book covers well. There are also good tactics for each culture. I recommend this book. For context, my original review appears below:I was disappointed with the "secrets" contained in this book. I'm only a beginner and it didn't really tell me anything I didn't know or couldn't figure out for myself. Some of the lame advice included "use hotkeys," "listen for the audio clues," and "use combined arms." Section on Diplomacy was weak and it didn't really mention how to handle a game against several computer opponents which always tend to gang up on you. Scenario section looked quite helpful if you play the scenarios, but I don't. I would recommend this book for raw beginners, but not anyone above that.
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