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| Author: Bradygames
Publisher: BRADY GAMES
Category: Book
List Price: $24.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 115206
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0744008034
Dewey Decimal Number: 794
EAN: 9780744008036
ASIN: 0744008034
Publication Date: May 27, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 JUST A PLAIN WASTE OF MONEY June 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book could have been better written, I have seen a website that has more information on quests, crafting, classes. This was nothing more then a waste of $25. Good game, lousy book. Bradley Games should know better then publish junk like this.
I'll have to go along with the rest...... June 9, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I really can't add anything to what's already been said, this has got to be about the most useless "guide" I've ever seen or purchased. Useful for starting fires, that's about it.
Worthless June 7, 2008
The majority of the feats are wrong, and some are even not the correct name. It is clear this book was written from a version of beta. It is a shame that they could not even use the initial release of the game to base the guide on. I know mmo's change, but you can not write the book based off a beta and not release.
Very Very disappointed. Do not even buy this... will not help you at all.
Worst strategy guide ever? June 6, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was shocked at how useless this is.
Just a few problems with the book:
1) Not all zoned are covered. All of the 50+ zones are missing.
2) Most feat descriptions are vague like the tooltips in the game itself and provide no numbers.
3) A lot of the information they do provide is simply incorrect.
Conan Laments This Book June 5, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Any MMO hint guide is, at best, a dubious idea. After a few months, its textual contents are redundant due to ready access to other players, assuming no balance or design changes. If it's released with the game, odds are it's a book based on a mid-beta design, and missing and misrepresenting major portions of the game. This is often countered by releasing detailed maps (which are unlikely to change significantly), presentations of core concepts which have remained consistent throughout beta, or even waiting until a few months out to have rock-solid understanding of what's going on. Sometimes, too, the developers and the hint book writers work so closely that the information is almost wholly accurate, and remains useful.
Or, you could do as Brady Games did, and gloss over everything. With the exception of the early level content information, which may be useful to players seeking to eke the most out of Tortage and/or decide which race may present the most enjoyment, everything in this book is a waste. Skills? Just like what they say in game, without further mechanics breakdowns. Feats? Hit the N-key once you logged in, and you're looking at the same information the book provides. Crafting guides tell us how to make items, but not what they're good for beyond knowing that, yes, indeed armor is worn on various bits of the body. We get page after page of maps without any markers or content, cheap filler in a book already content-poor.
I've seen badly done hint books before -- the City of Villains hint binder was legendarily useless. It still provided more information than this book. I am, frankly, amazed that this book isn't shrink-wrapped, as anyone who flips through it should likely realize what a phenomenal waste of cash this is.
Either Funcom or Brady Games really ought to review what happened here, and make certain to avoid it in future planning. Hint books are already considered iffy expenditures. The people producing them should try to change our minds.
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