Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

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BradyGames' Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Official Strategy Guide features an in-depth walkthrough to successfully lead players through each level. Tips for finding hidden items. Complete character coverage including special abilities for each creature. Coverage of the new combat system, plus unbeatable boss strategy. Game secrets and cheats revealed!

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BradyGames' Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc Official Strategy Guide features an in-depth walkthrough to successfully lead players through each level. Tips for finding hidden items. Complete character coverage including special abilities for each creature. Coverage of the new combat system, plus unbeatable boss strategy. Game secrets and cheats revealed!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: BRADY GAMES; 1st edition (March 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0744001749
• ISBN-13: 978-0744001747
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,160,567 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Every guide should be so thorough, September 6, 2005

By	KnyteOwl (Farragut, Tenn.) - See all my reviews

How much can you say for a game guide? Well, quite a bit actually--some are little more than a cursory walk through, while some may have more about the game (or game series) history than it devotes to walk throughs, and secrets. The Rayman 3 guide is not like that at all. While it doesn't give you much about Rayman's history, or the story, it certainly has everything else you would expect it to have. It has no maps, but you don't really need them--Rayman's world in R3 is fairly linear, and there isn't much chance of you needing a map. The walkthroughs are adequate, and more importantly highlight major scoring opportunities, and access to secret rooms. Having a scoring table for the various levels was a very nice touch as well since most platform games tend to focus as much on score as story, and being no exception, Rayman 3 also gives the player much incentive to play for a score worthy of posting on the hall of fame at the site. Being given an enemies list was another good touch, and can be helpful but not as much so as the score table.

The guide covers all platforms Rayman 3 is available for, is logically laid out, and very easy to read and use. It also spotlights the scoring thresholds needed to unlock the bonus games, and hoodlum training tapes. My primary reason for giving the guide a good rating is because before I picked it up for half price, and began playing for 100% level completion, and as near to optimal score as I could get, I was overlooking much of the challenge Rayman 3 has to offer--it's hard not to believe that the game might have been more popular if more people had bought the guide along side it. This guide is also out of print, and near impossible to find on shelves unless it's by chance in a place that handles second hand games and guides. Overall, this guide is a very good companion for the game, is very helpful, and comes highly recommended.