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Versus Books Official Perfect Guide for Grandia Xtreme

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This is truly a good Grandia Guide and if you want the best from Grandia Xtreme. There are a few problems, but nothing that made me want to rip the guide up or anything like that.

The walkthrough is in a very good layout. It's organized, and very easy to follow, and much more descriptive than the Grandia II guide was. The guide is so easy to use and so accurate in the information it gives out. It doesn't tell you what's in the chest, but that doesn't matter (the chest are random). What I was disappointed about is that the guide doesn't point out that chest aren't always in the same spots. In short, while the maps are really detailed, they're not needed when it comes to finding where certain chests are.

The boss strategies are extremely detailed. It's more than just telling you to cancel and heal. This is the first guide I've seen from VERSUS BOOKS where they give you the low down on a bosses attacks! They'll tell you what to look out for, what dangers it causes, and the best way to go about it by recommending characters. Those who read the Grandia II or Wild Arms 2 guide know that VERSUS doesn't do that too often.

Before each section in the walkthrough they give you an enemy list and tell you the average HP. This wasn't needed, however as the game tells you how much HP they have, and besides, the enemies level up (but the average HP isn't wrong; it is listed as AVERAGE HP). The maps are brutally detailed, but monster groups and such aren't always depicted in the right place. The way the walkthrough is organized using the maps works almost flawlessly. On the map are number call outs. Whenever you see one of those numbers, look for that number in the text and you'll know what to do. Organization!

The character bios are lovely. They go into so much detail as to tell you what each characters strength in combat is, how many skill books and Mana eggs they can equip, and when the best time to use them would be.

The moves list is detailed. They tell you the combinations to get more moves, and who pulls the combo off. This is good because the game doesn't point them out to you.

The items list and such is also detailed very well. I think we all know what an items list looks like so let's move on. There's another moves list in the back that gives you a bit more detail than just how to obtain it. Here they also go into the effect of it, and tell you how many times you need to use a move to level it up.

After all that stuff we have the skills list. This list gives you the down and dirty of all the skills. There is also a list of skill books for your convience. Of course, there are a grip of secrets to unearth, and the guide helps you unearth just about all of them.

There is one flaw with the guide. I don't think it's a huge one, but it is a reoccuring one in VERSUS BOOKS guides. There is no game basics. Grandia Xtreme is a complex game, and the instruction manuel just doesn't explain all there is to be explained. For me, I bought the game used so there WAS NO manuel. I was hoping the guide could help me learn what the manuel could've. But it didn't, and it was sad. The battle system is complex and for those who hadn't played a Grandia game before, it'll confuse you at first. In order to learn the basics, I had to go to GameFAQs to learn what a strategy guide should've been there to teach me.

Finally, I was impressed that they told you the combinations to getting all the Mana Eggs, but they should've done a chart. That way I wouldn't be searching through the whole list just to see what I was going to get.

This is a great guide. If you need help with Grandia Xtreme, pick up this guide. Just know that this is not "Grandia for dummies," you SHOULD know the game before getting it and using it, as it doesn't review (and that really isn't a bad thing, which is why I still gave it five stars). This is probably one of the best RPG guides out there, so get it, utilize it, and have fun.

A perfectly illustrated information and tips about Grandia Extreme while flavored with beautiful arts and pictures. All of this comes in this simple guide! Fan ? Get it !! Not a fan ? Get it !! It will help you to understand the world of this game.