Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Official Strategy Guide [Paperback]

Dan Birlew (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 24, 2005

BradyGames' Devil May Cry 3 Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

 

• COMPREHENSEIVE WALKTHROUGH: Each mission starts with a recommended Style and equipment selection. Once the action starts, maps show you the way through each area.
• ALL WEAPONS & STYLES COVERED: Learn about all the abilities Dante has at his disposal, from different fighting styles to weapon-based skills.
• ENEMY & ITEM DATA: Meet all the enemies before you encounter them in the game! There are also puzzles to solve, and this guide dedicates an entire section to Key Items.
• AND SO MUCH MORE! Unlock game secrets, and learn a bit of history on each of the main players in this adventure!
• BONUS FOLDOUT: All of Dante’s special moves!

 

Platform: PlayStation 2

Genre: Action/Adventure

This product is available for sale in North America only.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Brady Games (February 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 074400439X
• ISBN-13: 978-0744004397
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #264,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #66 in Books > Computers & Technology > Games & Strategy Guides > Internet Games

More About the Author

Dan Birlew is an author and video game expert who has been writing official, published video game strategy guides since 1999. His original career goals included acting and directing. Video games always excited Dan since he was seven years old, but at the age of twenty-six he began honing his playing skills with the goal of becoming an expert gamer. He enjoyed publishing online documents regarding games, known as "FAQs". Dan inadvertently created an online persona for himself when he wrote and self-published on the Internet a plot analysis of the highly popular survival horror video game, Silent Hill. "The game's story was somewhat vague, and demanded that someone try to explain it," says Birlew.

Upon receiving an overwhelming number of positive responses from other Silent Hill fans, and after some gentle nudging from his wife, Birlew decided to set aside his acting and directing activities to establish a career as a video game strategy guide author. He sent writing samples to several publishing companies. Based on the merits of his very first submission, he was hired by a major publisher within 24 hours. Birlew says, "It was as though I had won the lottery."

Birlew has authored over sixty published video game strategy guides and seeks other methods of publication, such as review columns, articles, and other non-fiction video game-related books. Birlew says of his passion for games, "I love exploring video games, the industry, the culture, the fans -- and there is so much of it about which I can analyze and write." He also bears a strong desire to publish fiction, and is currently working on a novel concerning the paranormal.

Dan Birlew is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, and California. He now resides in Las Vegas with his wife of seventeen years. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Besides video games, Birlew also enjoys Japanese films and dining with his family and friends in the restaurants and clubs of Las Vegas.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bradygames does it again, March 19, 2006

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Dennis - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

Awesome strategy guide! Between Bradygames and Prima, nobody else can make strategy guides like them. All full color, maps, and tons of useful information. If you are like me and like to find everything in the game you can't go wrong with this guide.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dante is one heck of a Bishonen., May 21, 2005

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Carolyn "Dedicated Yaoi Fan." (NSW, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

This Guide is alot bigger then the last 2 for the other Devil May Cry Guides, and helps alot more. It has pictures to drool over of Dante and Vergil as well where secrets are located and in depth boss battles. It helps getting through tuff missions and where to find all those blue orbs. This Guide also comes with a bonus fold-out for all of Dante's avaliable moves in each of his classes. So this is a must get for any fan of Devil May Cry, either for help or like me for the gorgeous pictures of Dante, with the bonus of Vergil, Dante's older twin brother. It's true what they say, Sparta's twin sons have differences to work out and it'll be an all out Bishonen Brawl with Dante vs Vergil. Get seats today ^__^

5.0 out of 5 stars Necessity, November 15, 2011

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Kathryn E. Fox (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

I couldn't get through this game without the guide. One of my first games and I don't have a lot of time for it, so a good guide to help me with where everything is located and how to defeat opponents, written clearly so even a new gamer can understand, was a huge help. Totally reccommend picking this up with the game!