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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unneeded, but excellent nonetheless, January 18, 2003
Grading just on the basis of a guide, this book would have received 5 stars easily. The failing in this case is not in the guide, but in the game: Warcraft III is not sufficiently difficult to justify spending hard-earned money on a strategy guide. There are certain missions that one may get stuck on, but after trying again once or twice, most players should be able to figure out each mission's 'trick' strategy and beat it with relative ease. This applies even to hard mode, which, with the exception of a few missions late into the third and fourth campaigns, is not very hard at all.That said, this guide is a walkthrough, in every sense of the word. It tells you what structures/units are available (and, most importantly, which ones you should use), shows you the entire map from overhead complete with a suggested path to follow, and what pitfalls need avoiding on a certain missions. After I had beaten the game several times on my own, taking a look through the walkthrough I noticed several ingenious strategies or shortcuts that I had never thought of that would have saved me a few hours of aggravation. And of course, it gives you a fairly good summary of unit tactics and general strategy, such as scouting, creeping, etc. to use on Battle.net. Like most guides, however, this one is not designed to make you the perfect B.net player, so most of the in-depth strategy and tactics must be gleaned from websites such as warcraftiii.net It is an excellent guide, so if you have the money to spare and need a quick way out of that inanely annoying mission you're replaying for the 30th time, this is a good buy. But if you can stand a little trial and error, I doubt you'll need help to the degree to which this book offers it.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Quality content, if you need it., January 8, 2003
Overall I would say the book is very complete. I have found very little about Warcraft III that was not answered in this book. This book has two parts. The first part is the game play detail. This part provides details such as damage, armor, range, hit points for every unit and building; a "tech tree" for each race; and details about the special abilities of the heros. This part is essential for any serious player. The second part is a pure spoiler for the single player missions. It gives every detail about the missions including: items, enemies, power ups, and tactical strategies. This part would be most useful to younger players or those who are new to strategy games. I personally do not enjoy the single player game nearly so much as the multi-player game. I have owned the game for 6 months now, and have not-yet finished the single player game. Conversly, I have played over 200 online games. I would recommend this Strategy guide to two types of people: those who are serious about developing a winning strategy (using the first part of the book), and those who are new to strategy games and may have trouble completing the single player missions (who would use the second part of the book).
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Why Would You NOT Get This Book!, August 23, 2002
I must admit, I am not the world's best RTS game player. I get beat quite often, and end up getting mad at the game, and retiring it to the shelf. However, with this guide, I was able to muddle my way through the Human Campaign, and got quite a good start on the Undead Campaign before Medal of Honor lured me away! What a dilema! My buddies team up against the computer at our LAN parties, and this book always accompanies me. One of my buds lives, breathes, talks, walks, and eats Warcraft, and HE found this book to be very helpful. Bottom line, if you want to do good at this game, or you are stuck or whatnot, get this book. You won't regret it.
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