.hack(tm) Part 3: Outbreak Official Strategy Guide (Official Strategy Guides (Bradygames)) (Pt. 3) (Paperback)

by Laura Parkinson (Author)

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BradyGames' .hack Part 3: Outbreak Official Strategy Guide provides a comprehensive walkthrough for the continued journey in "The World". Expert boss strategies are also included, along with an item trading list and bestiary stats for all enemies. Dungeon maps pinpoint every treasure, portal, and Gott Statue. Equipment, item, skills lists and more!

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BradyGames' .hack Part 3: Outbreak Official Strategy Guide provides a comprehensive walkthrough for the continued journey in "The World". Expert boss strategies are also included, along with an item trading list and bestiary stats for all enemies. Dungeon maps pinpoint every treasure, portal, and Gott Statue. Equipment, item, skills lists and more!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: BRADY GAMES (September 5, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0744003008
• ISBN-13: 978-0744003000
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #709,909 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Grump!!!, October 16, 2003

By	Marc Ruby™ "The Noh Hare™" (Warren, MI USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)

Generally, there's nothing to get particularly irritated about in a game guide, even this one. They fill out the story, provide maps and walkthroughs, catalogs of items, and explain the complicated bits if there are any. Many, like this guide come out pre-production of the US version of the game. Which means that small errors and differences are inevitable.

So what irritated me about this particular 'Strategy Guide'. Actually, it was several things, but the most glaring omission is any attempt at a weapons list. That doesn't sound like much, but this game has weapons galore, and they are often vital to solving a particular confrontation. When a guide tells you to select a weapon with good fire spells, and you have to paw through an entire collection of twin blades, it can get on your nerves.

This isn't what I would call a necessary guide - .hack//OUTBREAK is not a difficult game from the viewpoint of plot or monster slayage. If you play the game straight, you may miss some of the cooler weapons and armors and never get to beat the goblins, but you will win the game without anything unfathomable happening. In these circumstances a guide should amplify the experience, be something of a souvenir, and NOT forget to tell you some important things.

This guide falls a bit short. Not fatally, but just enough to be an irritant. Think twice before imbibing.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars closer, but still incomplete., September 17, 2003

By	Kurtis Simpson "dragonmaster1138" (Elgin, OR United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sure, they added stuff like all the dvd keyword areas, and this time they got almost everything...

but they still didn't add a weapons list again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have guide for the .Hack game., May 12, 2007

By	Rook (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

A very useful and decent guide for the .Hack (dotHack) Outbreak (Part 3) game in the series. Useful if you are playing the game for the first time or going back through and trying to get to places and things that you may have missed the first time through. Has a section for walkthrough and stats on not only the characters in the game at this stage of the game, plus info and stats on weapons, armor, and enemies in the game.