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Quake III Arena: Prima's Official Strategy Guide Paperback – December 15, 1999

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Essential deathmatch tips
Stats for all weapons and equipment
In-depth descriptions for all characters
Detailed maps with locations of weapons and secret areas
Expert advice for advanced combat tactics

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200 pages
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English
Publisher

Prima Games
Publication date

December 15, 1999
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7.5 x 0.5 x 9 inches
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0761525882
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978-0761525882
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prima Games; 0 edition (December 15, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 200 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0761525882
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0761525882
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.5 x 9 inches

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Sandra H Knapp

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2015

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Good book.

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Lengyel Zoltan

Vintage strategy book on Quake 3

Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2015

Hey what do you expect? A strategy guide for Quake 3 is as useless as you could imagine - twitch gaming doesn't need a guide, and if 12 year old me could master the game then anyone could. But I bought this book for its historical value if anything else, and got it in mint condition too

Most guides that lack information make up in colorful imagery, and the same holds true here. Each level and character is covered. Lots of pretty pictures, art work and screenshots in full color are included. What it lacks is bonus content - stuff that books like this need - on the Quake 3 engine and that sort of stuff, perhaps interviews with the devs. Otherwise it's a cool book, printed in standard Prima book size.

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Ben Elliss

A very good overview and introduction to Quake III Arena

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2000

This 'Official Strategy Guide' from Prima was jointly produced with id Software, the creators of the Quake game series - and the appearance and layout of the book meets the high standards you'd expect from an id product; it's glossy, full of diagrams and screenshots, and is a pleasure to read. If you're already a Q3A player, you'll probably be tempted to sit down and spend an entire afternoon reading this guide!
The book contains a variety of material: a section on weapons (usefully describing their comparative benefits), a chapter on arena basics (including some useful tips on BFG/rocket jumping, air control and splash damage) and a guide to the built-in characters (interesting, but doesn't add much to your gameplay skills).
After these diversions comes the main section of the book: a level-by-level guide to all the arenas provided with the original release of the game. These sections vary in size and detail in accordance with the complexity of the level covered - so the later arena levels tend to get more coverage. Each contains a diagram of the entire map seen from above - these are useful, but the diagrams are literal birds-eye views, so they include ceilings and roof bars (difficult to see through). Also, it's a bit hard to visualize the multi-floor levels from these diagrams. After the map diagrams is a guide to getting around the level in question - this is generally the most useful part, containing many tips and secrets that you'd be very unlikely to stumble across by yourself when playing the game.
Without doubt, reading this book will make you a better Quake III player - though of course it's no substitute for indulging in hours of dedicated gameplay! The book isn't perfect - the screenshots are too small in most cases, the guide lacks an index, and the author makes no mention of the actual map file names (eg 'Q3DM17' for 'The Longest Yard') or the Q3A console syntax. Still, these are small complaints.
A last word: As id continue to bring out Q3A point releases, they add levels (eg the recent new Space CTF map) - obviously the book won't keep up with these. Also, when you enter the world of custom player-designed maps you'll probably miss the helpful advice that Prima's guide can provide! Anyway, with the 'mission pack' Team Arena due for release some time soon, I'm sure we'll be seeing a follow-up guide from the publishers.

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Phi Hoang Le

Quake III Arena

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2000

so clear , ez to understand

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selbst schuld

Reviewed in Germany on June 25, 2015

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ich hatte darauf gehofft, dass die dvd in englisch ist. pech gehabt, denn sie ist koreanisch oder taiwanesisch. das kann ich leider nicht lesen und so liegt die dvd ungenutzt bei mir herum.

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