Resident Evil (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

by David Hodgson (Author)

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The terror is relentless. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

Strategies for surviving Umbrella's horrors
Handy item reference section
Tips on dispatching all enemies
Herb mixing chart
Sealed bonus section with details on the Battle Game and more
Double-sided 30" x 24" Map Poster!
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Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games; Pap/Pstr edition (April 30, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761539271
• ISBN-13: 978-0761539278
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #282,691 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hmmm good for Jill but does Chris even exist?, July 26, 2002

By	Sean A. Rhodes (Aurora, Colorado) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)

Whatever this guide is missing I can guarantee BradyGAMES has got it, and whatever this guide has good of Bradygames don't got.

To start the guide is a fairly good lentgh. But it would've been nice to have a seperate walkthrough of Chris as you have to find it out as you read. The items list and such is great! The strategies for defeating enemies are great and they actually tell you how to CONSERVE your ammo unlike the BradyGAMES guide.

The walkthrough however can be very confusing at times, but how much is packed onto one page is incredible. Some of the screens are in the wrong place (but they are EXTREMELY good at explaining what to do you don't need any screens really). But as I mentioned earlier the guide completely leaves out chris. But the maps are beautiful. The guide is so detailed and precise. The sealed secrets sectio is also impressive. But the fact that it spoils the ending made this guide lose a star, but I didn't have to heat to hold it against them since it was in the SEALED SECRETS section.

Puzzle solutions are also brilliant, and they have great suggestions on what to do with certain items. The guide is better than I thought it would be as I was disappointed with some of the others, but the guide is by far the better pick out of the two.

OVERALL:
Positive
+AMAZING MAPS
+VERY GOOD PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
+Actually tells you the difference between game modes
+Very in depth on secrets
+Good weapon strategies
+Is mor focused on conserving ammo
+Tells you how to get all six different endings!

Negative
-Where the hell is Chris? Small call outs to his game but not good enough
-A little bit disorganized but still readable
-Spoils the endings

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this guide, February 17, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Resident Evil Code: Veronica (Prima's Official Strategy Guide) (Paperback)

A very well writen strategy guide. Prima has finaly done a good job in making a strategy guide. I always liked Versus and Brady books better but this is pretty good. It has everything you need to beat the game and has all the things you need in a Resident Evil manual like herb mixing guide, items, characters, enemies secrets and battle game guide but the only very bad part about this guide is that it doesn't have the files from the game unlike previous Resident Evil guides which is why I gave it four stars. Other than that very good. Buy it if your a giant cheater in games and rely on 15 dollar manuals to beat it for you.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No one does it better than Prima, November 7, 2002

By	L. M. Snead "LSDangerous" (Orlando, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is not the only Prima guide I have. Prima has the best format. I have Prima guides for all the Resident Evils and various other games. I've tried others that are good, but Prima makes the best.

If you have a choice between Prima or another brand, choose Prima.

(Sorry for sounding like a commercial.)