Metal Gear Solid: Prima's Official Strategy Guide (Paperback)

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Product Description

As the top operative Solid Snake, you will need some major help to defeat the greatest terrorist threat the world has ever seen. With Prima's Official Strategy Guide you will be furnished with locations of weapons and necessary survival items, secrets of different areas, and techniques and tools of the trade. Secure your position as an ace operative in this top secret mission with Metal Gear Solid: Prima's Official Strategy Guide. Inside, you'll get:

Comprehensive walkthrough
Locations of all items and weapons
Detailed maps
Secrets of each area uncovered
Stealth techniques and tools of the trade
All endings revealed
Complete coverage of VR training mode
One of Sony Playstation's "Greatest Hits"

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Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Prima Games (October 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761525017
• ISBN-13: 978-0761525011
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #266,313 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Its an okay Guide, September 5, 2002

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I personally think that back then this guide was good for Prima (I really hated their guides when this first came out). But I really hate a lot ofthe things they do in this guide. You should go with the one from Konami or VERSUS BOOKS (but Versus is sold out....).

On the positive side the guide explains things in detail (a little too much detail if you know what I mean *plot spoilers*).
Sure, its nice that Prima gets down to business and doesn't joke around but because they get down to business they miss points in the game that could be important.

The guide has a good walkthrough and the maps are pretty good if you could deal with the soliton radar. Boss strategies aren't as in-depth as VERSUS BOOKS and they don't tell you everthing you can do.

Also, the guide is full of plot spoilers. You thought BradyGAMES was bad? Try this! They spoil the ending! After going through the game the ending is what we strive for! And if they spoil it I don't know about you but it kinda takes the fun out of the ending.

OVERALL:
Positive
+Map are good
+Gets down to business

Negative
-Spoils plot
-spoils endings
-not many secrets
-not quite as in depth as most other guides