Guide Dang It/Game Guides: Difference between revisions

** Brady's guide for ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' PC, even though the rest of it is blatantly copy-pasted from the PSX guide (except screenshots are now from the PC version and the maps are now incoveniently in the back), it omits the strategy for Safer-Sephiroth, telling the player to "use what you've learned so far" (if I bought the guide, I didn't do it for basic gameplay explanations, I bought it so I get directions to do stuff!) and directing them to the website if they have trouble. It's just lazy when you consider that they copy-pasted everything else.

** Brady's guide for ''[[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VIII]]'' has no strategy for the final boss (other than a "good luck!" message), despite the fact that it has three forms, uses skills that do not immediately make themselves clear on what they do on first application, can destroy your spells, perma-kill your characters, and the final form has a secret spell that can be junctioned. The PC version's strategy guide thankfully included that information.

*** Other jarring mistakes with the guide include misrepresenting the aim of a particular sidequest (an NPC promises a reward if you ride a yellow chocobo all the way around the world; the guide tells you to stop at Easterly Falls and grab the Magic Lamp, but that's just something you can do on the way - you can go completely around and return to the NPC for a Mirage Vest) and bad directions through the Phoenix Tower (It leads you directly into avoidable battles, which in [[That One Level|a very long dungeon with no save points, dangerous monsters, and no chance of escaping from random encounters]] is a significant problem)

** The guide for ''[[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|Final Fantasy X]]'' goes as far as {{spoiler|Braska's Final Aeon}}, although it was probably made on purpose, as it's pretty hard to lose afterwards. However, it also neglects to offer any information on the [[Bonus Boss|Monster Arena bosses]].

**** Among other things, there were also references to turn to a page that had nothing to do with why you're looking there in the first place (such as advice that going to page so-and-so would lead you to how to make a personal bank (not to be confused with the post office's bank) like Redd, only to lead you to pages that barely skirt between the post office's mail section and the outdoors section), lies that transferred from the website to the guide (at one point, the main website advertised "Gardening tips galore in the official player's guide!", which said advice can be summerized as [[Captain Obvious|"plant flowers, water flowers, rare flowers are good, running over them is bad, take out weeds when you can"]].), or missing sections of things ideally ommitted due to them being unlocked by promotions, yet were blatantly showed off ''in the game itself'' (such as the aforementioned special items above, including the Arwing and the Master Sword, which were displayed in Pudge's and Lucky's house as their default furniture respectively and can potentially be obtained by them through chance without the promotions behind either two objects).

* Similarly, the Prima guide for ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons]]'' (otherwise a very complete and high quality guide) botched the directions about how to change the seasons in the Lost Woods to get to the Noble Sword.

** The Earthbound guide further stated that the "Broken Parabolic" item could be repaired into Jeff's ultimate weapon, but did not specify where to obtain it. The end guide item tables vaguely suggested that it was found in a treasure box (it was not). Not only did the actual item drop from a fairly difficult enemy (another 1/128 chance, and the enemy caused explosion damage on defeat, every time), but it was actually called the Broken Antenna. The official guide for this game had quite a few other minor errors both in text and photos, due largely to the fact that writing began while the game was in beta.

* Prima's guide for ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'' has several glaring flaws. Among these are absolutely no information on the companion sidequests aside from small snippets in each character bio, containing at least one falsehood, (It claims that {{spoiler|Sten will abandon you if you defeat him in a duel at Haven}}, when in fact {{spoiler|it actually raises your approval with him}}), ''and'' leaves some key details about certain quests out. (For example, nowhere does it say that {{spoiler|its possible to make Wynne immediately hostile if you bring Morrigan along for the Circle Tower quest.}}) On the plus side, the guide's data tables for talents and items are decent enough.