to start it. i love the soul series including des and bb. i played HUNDRED of hours on them. and i also get the guide books for it. i usually just love the art in these thats why i get them (not for a walkthrough) and so far there were all super well made. u could find hidden stuff after u played through the game and so much more.
but this guide is the worst piece of shit i ever had of all guide books (including other games)
and the only possible reason for that is: ITS A PRIMA BOOK. why did u fire/not work with FUTURE PRESS? there were so good. why break the line with ur last "dark souls" game? and change it to prima.. seriously?
i dont wanna even write WHAT is bad. its almost everything. therefore i just quote some amazon.com reviews. but i can agree with them 100%
- The pages are warped and thin, it seriously feels like they may fall out if the guide is opened to a page too many times.
- There are markings on the sides of the pages indicating which chapter of the guide you are currently in. This also reveals that Prima apparently forgot to include three chapters??? There is no chapter 1, 2, or 10 to be found.
- The maps have NO enemy locations. Zero. When Future Press was making the guides they had a really nice system for marking where weak and strong enemies appeared on their maps, but there is no such demarcation to be found on the Prima maps.
- For each area there is a sort of "complete" map that shows the entire area's map. This map does have item locations on it. However, when breaking down the area section by section the "section" maps have no item locations, forcing you to return to multiple pages before where you are (a clear issue when the book already feels ready to fall apart).
- The "complete" maps of each area have a bizarre and complex system of symbols used to show locations of various things in the area, but the symbols are small and look similar to one another.
- The way the text and pictures are organized is just... ugly. Some pictures are split across the binding, some are stretched to be a full page (despite clearly not being taken at a high enough resolution to make it look nice blown up). The text is cluttered and every other word is bolded to indicate something important in the section... but how about just make the maps more complete instead of making the text a mess to navigate?
-Right from the beginning the table of contents goes from page 42 to 224 with no breaks in between. None of the walk-through areas are labeled in the table of contents.
-It doesn't have an index...really, it doesn't. Know the name of an item you are trying to find and want to find it in the guide? Good luck searching for it without an index.
-No weapon/armor stats past level one. Want to know which weapons are best to level up to max level for your build? Well you won't find it in this guide.
-Past Dark Souls guides also showed what each point in leveling up did to your character with exact numbers, this guide does not.
-The guide on getting items is absolutely terrible! Here is a quote on how to get an item sitting off the edge of a cliff that is very hard to get: "...experiment with getting this loot." Seriously? Thanks guide.
-There isn't a word about New Game+. Not one word about it.
gosh im mad. yes people.. we all know the internet is the best guide. and guides like this will be outdated (specially with dlc) but i still loved it to check the book quick if i wanted to know something (bloodborne for example etc) - 3 amazing guide books and then this piece of toilet paper... GJ bandai/namco
