Soul Calibur: Prima's Official Strategy Guide [Paperback]

Doug Trueman (Author)

Book Description

Series: Prima's Official Strategy Guide | Publication Date: October 20, 1999

Move lists for all characters
All hidden characters and costumes
Lethal fighting strategies for each character
Art Gallery Card locations

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Will you possess the Soul Edge . . .or will it possess you?

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Will you possess the Soul Edge . . .or will it possess you?

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (October 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761526005
• ISBN-13: 978-0761526001
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,282 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A not-bad book, but overly simple, March 4, 2000

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Darryl Da Silva - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Calibur: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

Soul Calibur is the hottest fighting game on the market today, and it's also one of the hardest to master. You need a strategy guide! Fortunately, the ubiquitous Prima guides are out and about, and they've released one for Soul Calibur.

As far as guides go, it's not bad. There are many pictures, and all of the moves are displayed, but the emphasis here seems to be on style over substance. The book is pretty to look at, sure, but the strategies sound like they are coming from an amateur and, quite frankly, could have been better. Sure, they're great for players just starting the game, but experts want more. Overall, though, a worthy purchase for improving your game.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pros and Cons, August 10, 2001

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"kwikkill" (Loves Park, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Calibur: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

The bottom line with this particular guide is: "How experienced are you?"

If you're new to the game, you will probably want this. If you've been playing for around six months to a year, you won't get much of anything out of it.

What You Get: This guide is designed perhaps entirely for the Dreamcast console as opposed to the arcade version. It is full-color, attractive and accurate. It provides the basics for the system, a little on strategy, and complete moves lists for all characters. But that's about it.

In comparison to the Tekken 3 guide by Prima, however, you will be left with a sense of loss. There is no data on fighting against specific opponents. The strategy offered in this guide is skimpy. You will find similar data for the arcade version at the official site. Go there and you'll have a pretty good idea of what this book will have.

Overall, this guide is indeed a lazy effort, and will prove useless against even most intermediate opponents. But if you're just getting started, you may want to pay its reasonable price.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Like thicker instruction books?, August 7, 2000

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"msnut" (Lafayette, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Soul Calibur: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

This is a rather amazing strategy guide. Not only is there no strategy aside from limited advice on how to play the characters but the bulk of the text was cut and pasted straight from Namco's own documentation on the game! If you want the moves listed out in a bound and portable format, there's your only reason for buying this guide. You won't improve your game with this guide nor will you learn anything that doesn't ship with the game as it is. This is a very lazy effort at producing a strategy guide. Aren't they supposed to help you with game strategy?