121 of 126 people found the following review helpful:
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Don't buy; Ignorant Generalizations, Cash-in on PS2 hype, October 24, 2000
This review is from: The Secrets of Play Station 2 (Paperback)
A friend of mine told me about a radio show that had an interview with this 'gaming insider', in which she made the following statements that make this book a big waste of time, especially with much better free resources.
1. In the interview, she states that the PS2 is the first system to enable online play. This is wrong, the Genesis was the first console system to enable online play, and after that, is the Dreamcast, recent system with blazing fast online play with best-selling games like NFL2K1, Quake 3 Arena and Unreal Tournament.
2. She states that best-selling PlayStation title, Driver, is 'boring' because all you do is 'drive around' and that she would rather play Centipede.
3. She recommends that Age of Empires 2 will be the best-selling PS2 game, because it will "really get the young audience, because it allows you to build your own renaissance town how you want, kill people with swords, and rape and pillage to your heart's content!" She disregards obvious answers like SSX, Metal Gear Solid 2 and Madden 2001.
4. Finally, she says that the system's price will drop in around two months and in two years, it could cost $99. This is stupid, especially because of the enormous demand for the system. The system will remain at a higher price for around a year, if not longer.
The book itself is just a collection of generalizations, obvious recommendations and weak stat packing. This is just a cash-in on the PS2 hype.
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
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Nothing remotely helpful in this book, December 26, 2000
This review is from: The Secrets of Play Station 2 (Paperback)
As you may have read in several of the other reviews, this book is nothing more than a rehash of specs that are easily (and freely) obtained from the Sony website. The author spends half of the book gabbing about the wonders this system will do (she thinks-I doubt she has one), instead of attempting to answer valid questions, like how well the DVD functionality performs. I knew I'd made a poor decision when I first saw the cover of the book, with the author's name and her supposed status as a "PSX Guru". Puhlease! Do not buy this book.
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16 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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??? what was this???, November 24, 2000
This review is from: The Secrets of Play Station 2 (Paperback)
::shakes head:: my god, what was anyone involved in this book thinking . . .
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