8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
wow this is kind of...bad, August 2, 2003
This review is from: Legend of Dragoon-Greatest Hits: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)
Well, I decided since the guide tells me almost everything and that walkthrough was actually pretty easy to use this guide really coudln't be all that bad. I mean, they only left out a bunch of sidequests and the walkthrough didn't have all the star dust locations and enemy stats were wrong and all, but hey! That walkthrough was really really nice...even if they forgot the maps. Alright, enough of that! Let's face it! This is NOT the way to master "Legend of Dragoon". The guide misses A LOT of stuff that any essential RPG guide SHOULD have.
First off, I really liked that prologue and game basics section a lot. In fact that's probably what got this guide a three. If you're new to Legend of Dragoon and you for some reason can't understand all this stuff the instruction booklet is throwing at you (or you got it and there was no instruction booklet) this section goes in-depth on the games basic tutorials and such. They tell me everything about additions and such that this makes the guide pretty good at first glance. The character bios were nice and they had most of there weapons listed. Keyword: Most.
Yeah, that introduction was great until I got further into the guide. The sidequests are all on one page and they're in a chart! No in-depth on them and they don't give off a strategy for Magician Faust at all. Not stats either. The Stardusts list and the items list were pretty good though.
The guide really falls in the walkthorugh. Yeah, it's nice and easy to read but this is what the guide truly misses. The walkthorugh is obviously rushed (that or this guide is actually "unauthorized"). The walkthrough doesn't really point out all the items. There were several items I found that were not listed in the walkthorugh at all. All these items were off of the beaten path though and so I should think Prima went straight forward.
Their boss strategies actually aren't too bad. However, I hate that they constantly used Kongol and Albert all the time. My preference was different. I used Albert and Rose and the guide never gives off strategies to if you ever used Rose and while it didn't affect my strategy much at all (if it really actually did) it shows that they neglected characters and went straight for the gold.
Lastly, they wasted about three pages on a table chart for the Final Boss in which they used weak additions and did a lot of stupid stuff like wasting turns. They used weak additions like I said and again used Albert and Kongol making their Final Boss strategy useless in everyway possible.
Overall the guide was bad and unless you're stuck. But this is not the guide to get if you're looking to discover the games secrets.
The good
+Nice Introduction
+Easy to use walkthrough
+Boss strategies that could actually help somewhat
The Bad
-They only used Albert and Kongol. Not big but still what if I wanted to use say...Rose and Haschel for a certain part?
-The walkthrough isn't complete
-Final Boss strategies is a waste.
The guide is only 112 pages and it definitely could've been longer than that, I've seen FAQ's give off 200 pages of rock-solid information that this guide doesn't include which just goes to show just how much info this guide really is missing.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Couldn't find a worse walkthrough than this one, April 4, 2003
This review is from: Legend of Dragoon-Greatest Hits: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)
Frankly speaking, one couldn't find a more disappointing walkthrough than this one. Not only that it gives the whole story away, but at the same time it is not helpful for certain areas. For instance, the enemy list does not tell what enemy will drop what kind of item for you, and even some of the major enemies where not mentioned - e.g. the Rainbow Bird which gives you the most XP in terms of minor enemies, was not mentioned at all. Also, one could not expect that there is no area map for different regions, so when you get lost in a region, you are up to yourself to figure how to leave the area. Further, the star dust indications are not clear and indeed the so called screen captures are so blur that you can't see a thing. They don't even have the stats for each upgrade item and not to mentioned the list is not comprehensive. It is obvious that the author has not finished the game in detail for the level stats were provided up to just 40 something - which as a matter of fact you can level them up to 60 at the most. When they finished the game the characters are like level 30 - 40 something, so you can see why it is not a good walkthrough for serious game players. The funny part is that they challenge you to see how many rounds do you need to finish the last boss - in their case 161; and the fact is that if you have your charactes max up to level 60, whihc is my case, you can finish the last boss in less than 15 rounds. If you need a walkthrough you get more on the net instead. This book serves better as a piece of fuel in your fireplace instead of a strategy guide. If I could, it doesn't even worth 1 star.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I have it, July 13, 2002
This review is from: Legend of Dragoon-Greatest Hits: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)
Let me tell you something. This guide just isn't that good. I have it and it isn't very clear. I am missing like 10 or 20 stardust pieces. It just isn't very clear. In some parts you'll be in a weapon shop or something and it'll say 'check the box.' There are alot of boxes in a weapon shop. I (sometimes) look in every box for ten minutes. Then i find out that it's right next to the clerk.
It also doesn't say where the items are. I played the game before i got the guide. One time in a prison I found about twenty items. Then I deleted that file because I got the guide. It only pointed out about 1 or 2 items. Plus it doesn't tell you the items are any where else. That lost two stars for this rating.
On the other hand. It is pretty helpful on those long dungoen parts. That gains it it's first star.
Also it tells you strategies on every boss and what is most efective. It tells you every enemy in a location, and every item.
But it just doesn't tell where the items are.There's it's second star.
Also it gives you info on how to play if you didnt get it from the little booklet. At least it gives you what magic you learn, what additions, and what stuff the character can eguip. There's it's third star.
Just to let you know it has about three pages of info about the final boss Melbu Frahma, and it tells you step by step on what attacks to use and what items to use and when to use it.
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