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Eternal Sonata Official Strategy Guide (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames))

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Eternal Sonata isn't exactly a complex game that requires a strategy guide. There aren't that many secrets and its quite linear. If for reason you do need a guide, though, this is a good one at least.

The guide is pretty thin. It waste no time talking about the battle system and getting you used to it, and it also goes into the characters where it list off all their abilities and when they learn them. It also gives a quick bio for all the non-playable characters. There's a complete list of all the scores and where to find them. It'll also tell you what page to flip to in order to find the score you're looking for.

The walkthrough is another story. It's got some pretty detailed maps and tells you all you need to know while pointing out all the scores as you come across them. They also point out all the items on the map and tell you the stats of each enemy you encounter. Each section begins by also suggesting which characters to take with you and what special moves to put on them. The walkthrough is useful, but the boss strategies are useless. They're not helpful and don't really tell you much of anything. Aside from that it's your basic walkthrough. Nothing really special about it. Helpful and handy.

There's finally all those list and appendices that are in just about every RPG guide. As well as a bestiary, which while good, list the enemies in the order which you encounter them, which can be annoying at times.

It's a great guide overall, it's just hard to shake the simple fact that you won't need it. If you really are stuck then by all means, go with this guide, it'll help. Otherwise, the game is simple enough to conquer without it.

My wife has been playing this game for a while now... unfortunately she reached a point where she got TOTALLY stuck and since I hadn't been around watching or helping, I had NO idea what to do. As soon as the guide arrived, it took me all of ten minutes to undo and fix what she had done and then get her back on track.
A VERY well written guide and VERY thorough. This is NOT another final fantasy IX guide, (worst guide ever) this one will definitely get you through the game if you get stuck.
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This guide was very helpful up to a certain point in the game. I have the PS3 version of this game and the guide (which is for the 360, of course) was pretty accuarate until I got to Baroque Castle. In the guide it says that after you speak with Prince Crescendo and Princess Serenade, you'll end up back in Baroque City. Nuh, huh...I ended up inside a freakin' mirror!! I have no clue where I am and I don't see it anywhere in this guide. So I don't know if this is just something new for the PS3 version or not (seeing how I haven't played the 360 version of this game)

Other than that, the guide gives you step by step instructions on what to do. Very helpful for someone who wants to find EVERYTHING in the game. However, like someone else mentioned, they give you useless information about the boss fights. Great guide all the same.

This Guide offers a pretty extensive coverage of every location of the game and has a nice step-to-step walkthrough alongside with maps to help you find all the items but also get straight to the point if you only need to reach a particular place on your subsequent playthroughs.

The only thing the guide lacks is tips about combat and the combat system in general, while it offers a few useful tips it lacks of some kind of "strategy guide" about how fights should usually be handled and doesn't suggest strategies exept in boss battles.
The Score pieces are also misprinted, leading to confusion if you decide to check what piece you are supposed to play visually (the first tree pieces are identical, so you have to check the next two to find the one you are looking for and the last two are missing), though their locations are correct.

In substance, it's a nice guide to have with you so you won't miss all the items in the games, and the maps for the bonus dungeon are just priceless, clear and helpful.

I was questioning whether to buy this Guidebook after checking out the reviews on Amazon. I almost didn't buy and man would that have been a huge mistake. How people thought this guide wasn't helpful is beyond me. What was so helpful you ask? The maps most importantly (beleive me you would be lost for hours and hours without it), the rare items you need to pick up (as there really isn't any warping device and would physically have to go back), the leveling up guide (so you can see who you want to be level up first and who heals and who they will heal), and of course the achievement guide, etc etc. Definately worth every penny!

First of all sorry for my english.
The PS3 game is different that XBOX so the guide is not 100% valid for PS3 game.
Some chests are in other locations and contains another things. There is a new dungeon in PS3 so the guide do not have it. But almost in 90% is very usefull for PS3.

It was helpful except for the fact it is for 360 only. So some things were not there.

Eternal Sonata Official Strategy Guide (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames))

Great guide book, it has alot of easy to read and understand maps of the areas. Trying to play the game without the guide book is not impossible, but some of the areas are difficult to map on your own.
The guide also has some really nice descriptions of hard to find items and where to find them. I think it was well worth the $ to purchase it.

this guide is good for the most part if you have the xbox 360 version of the game. i own the ps3 version and there are some differences in the treasure locations but but all in all its a good guide. i wish brady games would have made a ps3 guide tho

Eternal Sonata Official Strategy Guide (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames)) (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames)) is a nice player's guide to have for the game if you need it, but can be a bit confusing with the incorporation of the encore information in each section of the walk-through. There are things that are not explained in the guide, too, which can make a few side quests a bit daunting, but overall a nice resource.