Resident Evil: Outbreak 2 Official Strategy Guide [Paperback]

Dan Birlew (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 13, 2005

BradyGames' Resident Evil Outbreak File #2 Official Strategy Guide includes the following:

 

• AREA MAPS: FIND THE SAFEST PATH THROUGH EACH LOCALE. INTRICATE MAPS OF EVERY AREA IDENTIFY ALL THE ITEMS AND WEAPONS IN THE GAME.
• NETWORK PLAY: LEARN THE FINER POINTS OF PLAYING ONLINE WITH YOUR FRIENDS–OR ENEMIES!
• TOP-NOTCH BOSS STRATEGIES: PUT DOWN EVERY INFESTED MONSTER WITH FLAWLESS EFFICIENCY. VITALITY POINTS FOR EVERY DIFFICULTY MODE INCLUDED, ALONG WITH A BREAKDOWN OF EVERY FOE’S ATTACKS.
• COMPREHENSIVE WALKTHROUGH: GAME-TESTED TIPS AND STRATEGIES LEAD THE PLAYER THROUGH ALL 11 ZOMBIE-INFESTED AREAS OIN THE GAME. COMPLETE COVERAGE OF ALL DIFFICULTY LEVELS INCLUDED!
• SECRETS & UNLOCKABLES!
• EXHAUSTIVE RUNDOWN OF EVERY UNLOCKABLE ITEM IN THE GAME, GALLERIES, COSTUMES, MOVIES–THEY’RE ALL IN HERE!
• AND THERE’S MORE! ITEM AND WEAPON LISTS, A COMPLETE BESTIARY, CHARACTER BIOS, AND MORE!

 

Platform: PlayStation 2

Genre: Action/Adventure

This product is available for sale in North America only.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Brady Games (April 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0744004799
• ISBN-13: 978-0744004793
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dan Birlew is an author and video game expert who has been writing official, published video game strategy guides since 1999. His original career goals included acting and directing. Video games always excited Dan since he was seven years old, but at the age of twenty-six he began honing his playing skills with the goal of becoming an expert gamer. He enjoyed publishing online documents regarding games, known as "FAQs". Dan inadvertently created an online persona for himself when he wrote and self-published on the Internet a plot analysis of the highly popular survival horror video game, Silent Hill. "The game's story was somewhat vague, and demanded that someone try to explain it," says Birlew.

Upon receiving an overwhelming number of positive responses from other Silent Hill fans, and after some gentle nudging from his wife, Birlew decided to set aside his acting and directing activities to establish a career as a video game strategy guide author. He sent writing samples to several publishing companies. Based on the merits of his very first submission, he was hired by a major publisher within 24 hours. Birlew says, "It was as though I had won the lottery."

Birlew has authored over sixty published video game strategy guides and seeks other methods of publication, such as review columns, articles, and other non-fiction video game-related books. Birlew says of his passion for games, "I love exploring video games, the industry, the culture, the fans -- and there is so much of it about which I can analyze and write." He also bears a strong desire to publish fiction, and is currently working on a novel concerning the paranormal.

Dan Birlew is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and has lived in Pennsylvania, Texas, and California. He now resides in Las Vegas with his wife of seventeen years. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993. Besides video games, Birlew also enjoys Japanese films and dining with his family and friends in the restaurants and clubs of Las Vegas.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Word on Outbreak File 2, July 6, 2007

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This review is from: Resident Evil: Outbreak 2 Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

This is a good item for die-hard Resident Evil fans. It offers in-depth strategies, character/enemy profiles, and weapon/item assessments that are valuable to beginners. I am very pleased with this purchase.