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Fallout New Vegas Collector's Edition: Prima Official Game Guide

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LOVED:
- Art section in the back. Had some great pictures of the posters you see throughout the game.
- Detailed fold out map. Printed on both sides, with every collectible, point of interest and easy to read grid format.
- Quest TREE! Shows the entire quest line and options. Saves so much time... as oppose to the Borderlands guide which just listed it by mission number and just casually mentioned a quest had a pre-req with no page number to find said pre-req. In the FNV guide, it'll let you know exactly what your actions lead to. Even has some alternatives.
- Suggested character builds. I went with a generic build in FO3 since I didn't really know any better. Avoided the mistake this time and went with the suggested power armor and weapons build the guide had. It'll keep me on track for the perks I want late game. There are quite a few suggested build types so you are bound to find one to fit your style of play.
- Layout of all towns and shows you what items are to be found in each building.
- Has a warning for every game play change between FO3 and FNV.

NEEDS WORK:
- Towns are sometimes listed without their zone coordinates. This happened to me early one while looking for the detailed map of Goodsprings. Eventually found the coordinates and flipped the appropriate page.
- The pro's and con's of each faction could use more detail. There is an intro piece on each but I had to go further into the walk-through to see how exactly siding with one side cut off others, including sub-factions. I went with NRC because... well I'm from California. Wish I had more of an idea of what I was getting into.
- Missing at least one of the Free Quests. I ran into one in Goodsprings that was not listed. It was the typical damsel in distress ruse from FO3 so I knew what was coming. Though, it would've been helpful to know there are few items at the end that worth it.

DISLIKED:
- Length of art section. Wish it had a few more pages.

This guide is definitely worth the price and a must have for people who want to experience the entire game. It is high quality, easy to follow, and very informative.

Length:: 1:09 Mins

The book is pretty thick at 480 pages and packed with information. The type is fairly small, but not cringing small. The difference between this and the normal edition is the hardcover and there are 32 pages of extra content (art and behind the scenes stuff). Mine's numbered 97590, so I guess they printed a lot of collector's edition.

The book is split into a few main parts: Training, Main Quest, Side Quest, Tour of Mojave Wasteland and Appendices.

The Training section basically talks about the game mechanics and character development. There's an explanation for all the attributes, perks, skills, etc available, all of which I find very useful as I'm new to Fallout. There are also suggested character builds with recommended stats and suggestions on how to spend you Skill points. And of course, there are weapon information and enemy profiles.

The walkthrough section is detailed and complete with all the items you can find during any particular quest. To avoid spoilers, just skip the text and follow the quest flowchart which is basically a list the prerequisites required for the quest. Items you can find are marked by big icons.

Side quests come in at an overwhelming 150 pages, more than twice the pages for the story quest. Wow. They are as detailed as the main walkthrough. This where you can find cool items, gain extra experience and visit strange places. I might take a year traveling through the desert to find all these side quests without the guide. You can be sure you won't miss any even if you miss talking to any characters.

Maps come in a few form and they are very useful. The pullout poster map has 3 maps showing the roads, enemy hangouts and collectibles respectively. In the book, the maps are close-ups of areas and blueprints of buildings with details down to the room level, and the list of collectibles and quests.

If you're a collector-type of player in the game, then this book (or the paperback edition) is for you. I'm not too sure the extra 32 pages of art/stuff/hardcover is worth that extra $6 or so - but it's not too much anyway.

(There are a few pages from the art pages on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)

I received my Fallout New Vegas Collector's Edition: Prima Official Game Guide on 10/18/2010... so i had a chance to peek at the guide prior to the game being released. To avoid spoiling the game i only read the first few missions, and i must say they are very detailed. A very important area in the fallout series is the choices made for speech... they are covered in detail so you know ahead of time what will result from different choices. The main reason i buy game guides for is for the locations and items. The Fallout New Vegas Collector's Edition: Prima Official Game Guidedoes a great job on listing the items, locations, and extremely detailed weapons stats. Another reason i use the book is to make a plan for how i would like my character to level up. I find it extremely useful to create a draft of your character prior to starting the game. While playing Fallout 3 i made the mistake of choosing some useless perks, i didn't want to do the same again. The guide also has a pull out map identical to the Fallout 3 guide map... very detailed map & useful map!

This book has everything you would expect in a Prima game guide. If you love the Fallout series this is the guide for you!

This is an excellent book to help with this massive game. I did, however, think it could have been better laid out or color coded in some way to help identify which missions are geared for which factions. It's a minor imperfection for an otherwise good book.

Short and sweet.

If your a collector of these things, go for it. I am, I have the PS3 Collectors edition, so clearly I wanted this.

Review:
Overall: I am disappointed with the lack of content.

However, the mission layout is the same as FO3. Its very detailed and gets you where you want to go. The maps and item lists for locations is good, same as FO3.

Overall this book lacks the extra step to make you want to look at the book rather than go online to the FalloutWiki page. I am constantly asking for a little more detail about any given subject or item and I am forced to go online to get the information. Either because the book lacks the additional information to make my life easier, or it just flat out is missing the information I want.

Trust me, If your a collector, get it, you will be happy because lets face it, we collect things that are stupid because we collect things.. lol. ***If your someone looking for a strategy guide and figure you are going to shell out a few extra dollars for a collectors edition, DON'T! You are wasting the extra money, your going to be looking online anyway.

To be honest, if your not a collector, I would tell you not to buy either strategy guide and just use the online resources.

1st i'm a huge fallout fan, but their is some glaring omissions from this collectors guide.... mainly an INDEX.... why in the world should i have to search for info in the guide by 1st confering with the enclosed map, to find the sector, then look for the primary locations in that sector to find if i have the right sector.... that seems idiotic.... how hard would it be to just give us an index, so if you were looking for the map layout of say vault 34, you just would turn to the index, not scour, every sector before finding what sector to search for the info you were needing..... that is a serious omission for any strategy guide, especially an rpg.

also maybe its an age thing.... the type is very small.... that probably saved a few sheets of paper, which is more profit in someones pockets @ the expense of my straided eyesight.... this strategy guide is recommended...

The hardcover edition of the strategy guide is great for people like me who walk away from games for months to play it again later. Hard cover prevents any kid of light damage inflicted by being set aside or set upon for other stuff. Added content is great for avid fans of the series. It's not for everyone, but for those looking for a strategy guide for NV, I'd recommend this one over the soft cover one.

This game is very creative and well thought out despite various bugs and glitches upon release, which by the way Bethesda and Obsidian are already working on a complete overhaul patch. The Prima Guide I highly recommend to anyone that either owns the game or is going to purchase the game because it was kind of overwhelming when I first started playing, which is good because there is just that much to discover and do, and is the main reason that I purchased the guide because I didn't want to miss anything! To finish in the words of New Vegas, "Enjoy your stay"

This game guide is unbelievably thorough and complete but needs one thing: an index so you can look up place names. If you need just a quick look to get an idea of what you should be doing in a certain place, you don't want to spend an hour reading 25 pages; unfortunately, the included map is almost useless, since there is too much information on it; if the map contained the major game sites only, it would have been more useful. Beware: as always, guides like this have mistakes (for example: you cannot disable the Penthouse Securitrons in the Lucky 38 casino by accessing another terminal in the hidden room), but, for the most part, it was very accurate.

It is bizarre that Amazon often combines reviews of similar, but very different products of the same brand, but they have NOT combined the reviews of the paperback and hard cover versions of this book, most of the contents of which are identical.

If you are considering this book and want to save some money, take a look at paperback version for around $15 from Amazon. At least check out the reviews there.

The guide has a few errors and omissions and would be even more useful with an index, but it is still an excellent resource, especially for such a low price.