A Strategy Guide for your Strategy Guides
The strategy guide, however, definitely was a perk only Nintendo Power subscribers could pick up.
Crazy thing is I never used it for help with any of those games. It really wasn’t that well done of a guide since they smashed in as much information as possible and neglecting detail. I suppose it would be great for speedrunners, but not for those who are playing these games for the first time.
I’m still happy to have it.
Final Fantasy X was the very first Final Fantasy game I ever played. I know I’ve gone on about my dearth of gaming background from my youth. A friend introduced this game to me when I bought the PlayStation 2 for my husband. I couldn’t get into it then, as turn-based combat isn’t that exciting to someone who is just getting into gaming. A few years later, I bought it and the strategy guide for myself. I spent many, many hours playing it, but I put it on hold to get a small break from it.
That break was about four years ago.
Soon I’ll be starting all over again on a new console, and I’ll check out the sequel as well. I know it’s not as loved, but I’m still really curious. It can’t be worse than Lightning Returns.
I completely missed the PlayStation One era of video games, so that means I never played this beloved Castlevania game. About 3-4 years ago, Matt Green of PresstheButtons.com challenged me to a few of his favorite games, and I reciprocated. We only completed one challenge each, but one of the challenges to me was to play Symphony of the Night. After I bought it from the PSN, naturally my next step was to find a copy of the strategy guide. I knew there had to be one.
I only got to the first boss and I determined the game really wasn’t for me. I’d like to try again some day, and at least I have the guide to hold my hand.
Baten Kaitos had a really interesting premise and a fun twist on using cards to dictate your combat strategy, but it’s another I never finished. I think I got to the second disc when I realized I couldn’t take the card system any longer. I have a feeling it had something to do with my milk cards going sour yet again.
I’m going to have to write up a comparison showing the differences between this guide, the other OoT guides, and the current OoT 3D strategy guide. How design and layout have changed is remarkable.