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Final Fantasy Tactics (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)

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This book is a strategy guide. What else can I say? We've all seen strategy guides before. The thing that makes this book great for this AMAZING game is the "suggested battle formations" on each battle map. Outstanding. Works every time.

But you WILL need a stapler. Im not kidding. The binding is TERRIBLE! Everyone I know has had their book completely fall apart at the seam. Read the other reviews...you'll see.

But this IS an indispensible guide to one of my ALL time favorite games. The best game (in my humble opinion) to carry the name Final Fantasy. Thats saying ALOT. And this book is the only "official" strategy guide Ive found that didnt dissappoint me.

This is a great strategy guide with full-color, detailed maps for every battle. There are minor spelling mistakes and translation errors, but that is expected with every strategy guide. In all my years of role playing, I've never come across a guide that is 100% accurate. The biggest problem is the binding for this book is terrible. The book will fall apart in no time, but it's still worth it. It's nothing a little tape won't take care of. Gea!

One major problem with the book was that the battle hint guides were far too vague. Also, there were tons of little errors in it. But I probably would have enjoyed it more if it hadn't completely fallen apart.

Prima's always been goodm to me and proves the same in this guidebook. Final Fantasy Tactics is a hard game to play without knowing what to do. This book tells you all the secrets, all the strategys, and everything you could possibly want to know about the game! I couldn't get pass the third battle without it! This guide is spectacular and can give you the edge in the game without spoiling the fun.

This book is very, very helpful in battle strategy and in helping you with what is to come next. I wouldn't recommend it your first ime through the game if you want the true gaming experience, but after that if you need it for some hidden item that you just cannot find, go right ahead. This book is the ultimate in strategy guides.

I wouldn't argue that this book is very useful. Without it, it will take me a lot longer to finish the game. However, I found that there are many mistakes. For example, the number of units to be used in each battle, the number of teams. The battle map inaccurately display the location of item just because it misplaces the x and y coordinated. Many information I needed cannot be found in this book. Comparing with other strategy guides I have read, this book is the least organized.

...because I think that the strategy guide is quite useful. You would have to be a buffoon to need actual STRATEGIES to win the battles - this is not the intended purpose. However, knowing that the marquis has an entire complement of Genji armor, which otherwise cannot be found, makes the gaming experience much more enjoyable. Also, knowing WHERE to find Cloud's materia blade, without which he cannot perform any special attacks, is quite nice. I guess I COULD complain that Square put these things into the game in order to get us to buy strategy guides, but hey, that's not a complaint against the GUIDE, right?
All in all, I found the guide useful, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get everything possible out of the game. However, if you need the guide simply to get through the battles, well, maybe you should switch to another game, like Candy Land.

A very good guide. tells how to win every battle and says where all the hidden treasures are. but one thing about this guide is that it just falls apart. i HAD the guide now i cant find anymore. it just fell apart on me. all the pages just fell right out. but it still is the best guide on the game you can buy.

This guide has everything one needs to play this game thoroughly and successfully. It has maps, item/weapons listings, monsters, boss strategies, walkthrough, character class breakdowns, ability listings, side quests, secret locations, and all you need to know on how to acquire all the hidden characters, including Cloud from FFVII.
The only downside to this product is the horrible binding that it has. It will almost certainly fall apart on you, but with a binder and some page protectors, this book's usefulness will far outlast its shoddy binding.

Enjoy!

This is a pretty good strategy guide. I had already beaten the game once before I actually bought this guide of Amazon for 10 bucks. When I played the game the 2nd time using the strategy guide, it helped me find secrets and other things that I had no idea about before. It also has a very useful appendix that lists all the Armour you can buy, all the monsters, missions, etc. Along with a very useful description of each of the 20 Job classes.