BradyGames' Railroad Tycoon 3 Official Strategy Guide provides tactics to lead players to victory in every scenario. Track building strategies to help gamers master each stage of the game. Complete stats for every locomotive, cargo type and stock market option. Detailed scenario-building coverage, multiplayer strategies, game secrets, and more!
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BradyGames' Railroad Tycoon 3 Official Strategy Guide provides tactics to lead players to victory in every scenario. Track building strategies to help gamers master each stage of the game. Complete stats for every locomotive, cargo type and stock market option. Detailed scenario-building coverage, multiplayer strategies, game secrets, and more!
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Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.,headquartered in New York City, is an integrated global developer, marketer, distributor, and publisher of interactive entertainment software games and accessories for the PC, PlayStation(r) game console, PlayStation(r)2 computer entertainment system, Xbox(tm) video game system from Microsoft(tm), Nintendo GameCube(tm) and Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The Company publishes and develops products through its wholly owned subsidiary labels: Rockstar Games, Gotham Games, Gathering, Joytech and Global Star. The Company maintains sales and marketing offices in Cincinnati, New York, Toronto, London, Paris, Munich, Vienna, Copenhagen, Milan, Sydney, Amsterdam and Auckland. Take-Two's common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website at www.take2games.com.
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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Terrible waste of money!,
This review is from: Railroad Tycoon 3 Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)
Why, oh why did I buy this book without reading these reviews first? It's terrible! Some of the lines in this book were almost comical, they were so bad. How's this for a strategy: "Do everything within your power to make as much money as possible." So THAT'S what I've been doing wrong! Seriously, this book reads like a spoof of itself. It would be hilarious if it weren't for the fact that I spent perfectly good money on it.
By about page 15 I had determined that the book must have been written by a high school student. Very light on content, with bad, bad writing just to fill up space. Then there is the poor editing. And the many, many typos. Plus the factual errors! The Alps are the highest mountain range in the world? Wow. Did I mention the author's ignorance of basic economic principles? When describing the game's economic cycles, he admits that he has no idea why laying track would be more expensive during boom times ..."because you would think that everything would be better during a boom." Let's see. You're getting top dollar for everything you're selling, but you can't figure out why the stuff you're buying would also cost more? Who let this guy write a book about a game based on economics? By far, the worst thing about this book is its poor strategy advice. Early in the book he says that you can't make money without laying track. Wrong--you can buy profitable industries without a foot of rail or a single train. Later, he says that you should use some of the proceeds from a bond issue to buy stock in other companies to increase your personal wealth. Sounds like a great strategy! Too bad it's IMPOSSIBLE. You can't buy stocks for your personal account with company money, although I'll admit it's one of the first things I tried to do. Which leads me to believe that he hasn't even played the game. I'm sorry for the rambling, but I'm almost offended by the abyssmal quality of this work. Avoid it at all costs.
41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A coffee table book, or a strategy guide?,
By A Customer
This review is from: Railroad Tycoon 3 Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)
This is a horrible 'book'. I apply that term with much regret, because books contain words, strung together in sentences in order to express thought. This contains pictures of the game with a caption such as 'new train', following a single sentence informing the reader that at a certain point in the scenario, they will indeed be offered a new train. Sentences are repeated often; peppered throughout the scenarios section are such insights as 'expand quickly', and 'issue a bond'. The 'author' had 206 pages to fill, and succeeded with minimal effort. He likely played each scenario once, and makes no effort to explain the new economy. The industry chart contains less information than the poster shipped with the game. Overall, there is better documentation in the box.
48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dont' waste your money,
By A Customer
This review is from: Railroad Tycoon 3 Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)
This book contains nothing of any value for the serious railroad developer. Virtually nothing on the economy, cargo or advanced play issues. Don't waste your money.
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