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Summary: What was Prima thinking!?
Review: If I could have rated this book with 0 stars, I would have.. but I couldn't, due to the fact that you could actually read it. Prima is very hit-or-miss. Their PC books are generally quite good, but their console books are quite the opposite.. they have the occasional great book (Final Fantasy Tactics, Breath of Fire III, and Star Ocean: Second Story), but usually they are not worth it. Lunar is quite the same, with bland, black and white pages, a boring walkthrough, and was missing a -lot- of useful information (like the Bromides, for instance). The fact that this book was written with the Japanese version, too, is cause for concern, due to the numerous differences between the US and Japanese versions. Also, the book is riddled with plot spoilers (as is usual for Prima's books), so if you'd rather read the game than play it, by all means buy Prima's book. However, Working Desgins' official book is a much nicer book, complete with retrochecks (referencing the differences between the PSX and SegaCD versions), a bromide listing, and stickers and a free poster offer. You can't go wrong, and it's about the same price, plus in full color.
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Summary: If you need battle tips...
Review: If your going to play the American version and want to find all the secrets then this books IS NOT for you. If your lost in a deep dungeon, the maps might help, however don't take them to heart, you'll get lost. I have to admit that the battle tips are good, they will teach you techniques that will give you the edge on the battle. As for boss Stats, I have to say they are wrong, while sometimes they say ''You should have no problem with this boss" it turns out to be very hard, and when they say "One of the hardest bosses you've faced so far'' turns out to be easy.. In conclusion, use this book as a reference not a guide, so if your not good at RPG's don't use this book. One more word of advice, don't read the text next to the pictures of the Heroes unless you want a spoiler.... I think the book tells you a little to much about what is to come..
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Summary: An Average Stategie guide
Review: It could've been better, they do have great boss strategies and walkthroughs. There are some problems not all there info is accurate, like names of items and such, I think mainly because they got mixed up w/ the game that cam out in Japan too. They don't tell you what level you should be for certain bosses, but not most strategie guides do, I used this throughout the game and didn't find too much trouble w/ it. I havn't seen any others guides for this most excellent RPG.
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Summary: No Strategies and Incomplete Item and Weapon Lists
Review: Prima is usualy a good source of information when it comes to game guides but in this case it was very poor. The guide is difficult to read with black and white maps and the guides heavy use of symbolisim which is very anoying. It is missing chests on maps, numbers and item names are wrong and it does not tell you where to find everything like most Prima guides do. Not only is it incomplete it is also wrong. I do not recomend this book if you have already beaten the game but for first timers who just need to get out of a tight spot and to advance in the game.
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Summary: Unathorized Means Incomplete And Innacurate
Review: Stategy guides are often the lifeblood of many gamers who want to tackle a difficult or complex game. Having played through Lunar: The Silver Star when it was first on the Sega CD many years ago and now through Lunar: The Silver Star Story Complete for the Playstation, I must say that a strategy guide can be very useful for this game, at times. The dungeons are long, monsters tricky, and bosses a real challenge. Unfortunately you will find little help in Prima's Unauthorized guide. The inaccuracies in Prima's guide make it too unreliable to be a useful reference.The most obvious fault that I can find with Prima's guide is that it is in black and white instead of color. While a number of stategy guides are now coming out in B&W to save you the more expensive price of a color guide, in Lunar's case such money saving becomes a real liability. Maps of dungeons and towns are difficult to read because they are in B&W and very unclear. Screen shots are even worse due to the B&W treatment, because their visibility is marred due to some very bad blurring. It looks like Prima was only interested in making a quick buck by having the first guide on the market instead of caring if gamers can understand what is happening in the book. Beyond just the cosmetic problems with the book, the real trouble stems from the fact that the information is inaccurate. Trying to find that last, rare, hidden Bromide? Good luck hunting it down if you are using Prima's unofficial guide. Why, you may ask? Simple. Prima bases most of its info on the SATURN JAPANESE version, rather than our Playstation American version we just bought. Working Designs, the makers of Lunar, purposefully changed the location of items in our version to make the game more playable and for the sake of storyline. That way the only way to get all the correct info is to get the official stategy guide from working designs themselves. In all fairness, Prima's unofficial guide does have one merit. The enemy and weapons guide in the book are useful. The weapons guide helps you plan out what you want to buy and how much it will cost you, while the enemy guide lets you know what you are going up against. Knowing the enemy can help you set up your parties formation and supplies as needed. Quite useful. But then the official guide gives you this info too, and in color. If you need a stategy guide, buy the official one from working designs. The official guide is in color, comes with free stuff like stickers, and has the actual, correct info you need for beating Lunar right. In the case of "Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete: Prima's Unauthorized Strategy Guide," "unauthorized" means inaccurate and incomplete.
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Summary: Prima's unoffical Lunar guide is a bad buy!!!
Review: The main problem with this guide is that is based on the Japanese version of the game. Working Designs spent alot of time changing the game for an American audience, so the guide is basically worthless for the American version of Lunar:SSSC. Not to mention the poorly described dungeon maps and the poor black and white photos. The guide looks like it was done by a kid on his home computer rather than done by a professional publisher.
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Summary: BAD
Review: They didn't get names right. They didn't know thier right from thier left. They used the wrong strategys when it came to beating bosses.
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Summary: This book sucked!
Review: This book sucked! A blank note book would have been as much of a help as this guide was. All I can say is if I were blind and this were my guide I would be walking though an intersection in the middle of rush hour. I implore you not to waste your money on this book. If you want a real guide buy the one produced by the company. It may be a little more expensive ,but it is a million times better.
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Summary: :(
Review: This certainly WAS unathurized -as the company would NEVER allow something the bad to be official!! The translation of the game was terrible and it didn't even cover everthing! This is just about as accurate as the Dic dub of Sailor Moon was to the original! O_o; all I have to say is that it's a good thing I got it free with my preorder!
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Summary: Not a terrible book... but far from the best.
Review: This guide is good enough if you just need some help struggling through the game the first time, providing useful strategies for defeating bosses and such. But it falls short when one would like it to go beyond the bare bones -- the pictures are small, black and white, and of the JAPANESE version of the game. Not much help. The maps, too, are crudely drawn and difficult to interpret. This is strictly for RPG novices... who can't find the official guide, that is.
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