So, who was on the cover of your $30 strategy guide? [Archive]

KasaiDraco

10-31-2006, 04:00 PM

Jowy

10-31-2006, 04:08 PM

I like being able to reference a well-placed together book as opposed to wading through a text file.

Necronopticous

10-31-2006, 05:37 PM

I got Penelo!

~SapphireStar~

10-31-2006, 05:53 PM

Hope the guides in the UK will be the same. I'm going to try and get my mitts on a Balthier one ^^

Who would pay $30 for a strategy guide when you can go on gamefaqs.com and get the same thing for free? I don't like strategy guides, sure they may have pretty pictures and nice maps, but gamefaqs is ABOUT as good, usually with these people with no lives who like to write walkthroughs all day long and do nothing else. Just wasting away....

I actually have to have a guide as I cant have my PC and PS2 on at the same time, not enough plug sockets. Plus I'd rather be able to flick to a page, then scrowl or try and find what Im looking for.

mobkon

10-31-2006, 05:59 PM

I find using a strategy guide takes away from the challenge of the game. Sure there are going to be points where I NEED to look something up, but thats what gamefaqs is for. I also use gamefaqs to reference my progress as far as levels/equipment etc., but thats usually later on in the game.

BustaMo

10-31-2006, 07:32 PM

Wanted Basch, and I got Basch! WOO-HOO BABY!~! The game rocks so far! The license board is gonna rock Mike Tyson's socks off!

Cruise Control

10-31-2006, 07:41 PM

I got the viera. I wanted the dude with the sword.

Strider

10-31-2006, 08:27 PM

Whee, I got Penelo! :D

KasaiDraco

10-31-2006, 08:50 PM

I like being able to reference a well-placed together book as opposed to wading through a text file.

I know that the strategy guide is better, many people buy them, but I like to be a little more conservative with my money.

Fate Fatale

10-31-2006, 08:52 PM

I can't wait till I find out on Saturday... *drools in envy of others* My mum picked it up and I can't go over there until Saturday.. :9 Sadness once again... :(

Vaan THF

10-31-2006, 10:05 PM

UPS just dropped my game and guide off..I got Penelo. :)

im_mrbrightside20

10-31-2006, 11:17 PM

i was cool enough to get vaan

i wanted ashe but it doesnt matter much to me...

anyone else think the art book is saweet?

Russielloyd

10-31-2006, 11:22 PM

What with the "i wanted Ashe, Penelo" etc..

That character on the front cover or something?

Zeromus_X

10-31-2006, 11:25 PM

So, who was on the cover of your $30 strategy guide?

Anyway, I'll see once I purchase it.

Jowy

10-31-2006, 11:29 PM

After you take the plastic wrap off of the non-returnable strategy guide and open it, you see which character graces the cover. And unlike the KH2 one, you can't just angle it to see what you're going to get. :(

*Lady luck*

10-31-2006, 11:45 PM

wow i didnt even know that you could get different people on the front cover. but i got ashe

Master Vivi

10-31-2006, 11:49 PM

i got vaan. i wanted balthier or basch

qu1ck

11-01-2006, 01:24 AM

I got the playboy, Balthier!

XxSephirothxX

11-01-2006, 01:33 AM

I just picked up my copy of the game at GameStop, but I passed on the strategy guide. It looked great and sure was huge, but I can't believe you guys would pay 30 bucks for it. :p That's half the price of the game itself.

BustaMo

11-01-2006, 04:17 AM

I already had my CE game reserved and fully paid for so when I went to pick it up today with the strategy guide, they gave me $10 off the guide and made it like a FFXII Collector's Edition package. Sweet deal.

Dynast-Kid

11-01-2006, 04:22 AM

I really wanted Balthier or Fran, but I got the judges...:(

BustaMo

11-01-2006, 04:48 AM

...What? The judges are just the main packaging cover. If you open it up, your actual guide part will have a cover of one of the 6 main characters in your party for FFXII.

Your cover choices are purely random.
Covers are Vaan, Ashe, Basch, Penelo, Balthier, and Fran.

Dynast-Kid

11-01-2006, 05:25 AM

Khaotic

11-01-2006, 09:48 AM

Who would pay $30 for a strategy guide when you can go on gamefaqs.com and get the same thing for free? I don't like strategy guides, sure they may have pretty pictures and nice maps, but gamefaqs is ABOUT as good, usually with these people with no lives who like to write walkthroughs all day long and do nothing else. Just wasting away....

Anyone with a brain knows these things are worth alot of money in the future, you can easily make triple profit on the book alone, not to mention this is a unique one, which comes with an art book, and a carrying type case.

I bet if you bought the book and the game and never opened them, put them somewhere safe, and sold them on ebay 2 years later, you'd make atleast $200.00 USD.

~SapphireStar~

11-01-2006, 11:06 AM

What with the "i wanted Ashe, Penelo" etc..

That character on the front cover or something?
Have you just not bothered to read the rest if the thread?

Russielloyd

11-01-2006, 12:55 PM

What with the "i wanted Ashe, Penelo" etc..

That character on the front cover or something?
Have you just not bothered to read the rest if the thread?

Yeah, i thought people could see what they were getting before they actually bought it.

Second sentence was stupid though.

xseijitsux

11-01-2006, 03:48 PM

I got the viera. I wanted the dude with the sword.

I think the only one with the sword is Basch...I got Basch, but I wanted the viera, Fran...want to see if we can trade somehow?

BustaMo

11-01-2006, 04:25 PM

haha I was walking to class yesterday after I got my guide and this topic popped into my mind and I thought about how everyone from here that wasn't happy with their covers should just switch somehow.

I got the Basch one that I wanted, total luck there. I just picked up the first one I saw and Bam! I got my boy, Basch.

ffxatticus

11-01-2006, 10:08 PM

I got balthier...grrr. I wanted ashe...:(

marysonnie

11-02-2006, 01:10 AM

Are the pictures of these covers?

Zeromus_X

11-02-2006, 01:14 AM

I got Vaan. :) :cat:

Yar

11-02-2006, 03:25 AM

Will trade Penelo for Fran...

Zeromus_X

11-02-2006, 04:50 AM

No joke, the clerk at GameStop said that the manager would trade books with anyone who got the 'bunny chick' on the cover.

Dynast-Kid

11-02-2006, 12:28 PM

No joke, the clerk at GameStop said that the manager would trade books with anyone who got the 'bunny chick' on the cover.

:lol:

That's funny...

SeeDRankLou

11-02-2006, 06:26 PM

I got Penelo. I kind of waned Vaan, but we get all six of the pictures in the art book anyway, just a bit smaller. So, it's ok.

ThundagAuron

11-02-2006, 10:58 PM

I got Balthier, but I couldn't really choose, seeing as it was the last LE guide in the store!!! Woot.

I wanted Fran or Ashe, though... :(

Infiltraitor

11-02-2006, 11:25 PM

Ashe.

I wanted her or Fran, but when I did the trick, there were no Frans there. Just one Ashe. And I got it!!

Chocobo King

11-03-2006, 02:54 AM

I got Penelo, SWEET! and the art book i awsome. The first one i bought the art book was glued in, so i took it back and and Electronic Boutique gave me another one, and i made sure it wasnt glued in. but the guide was basch so i swapped guides cause i wanted the one i first bought, wich was penelo.

cyrano28

11-05-2006, 08:03 AM

I got Balthier. I wanted Penelo. :(

Princess Ashe was on my cover

Rye

11-05-2006, 01:23 PM

I'll go buy it, but I want Fraaaan. ;__;

Omni-Odin

11-05-2006, 08:01 PM

I got Penelo. I wanted Basch. Another thing, why do people like Penelo? She's like the annoying character in every FF game. I.E. Selphie, Cait Sith, Guy, Quina, Rikku.

Zeromus_X

11-05-2006, 08:17 PM

I don't find Penelo annoying at all. I find Vaan more annoying.

Reeno the Alchemist

11-07-2006, 08:51 PM

sadly i saw the guide there *sniff* but i had to get the 20$ one

Squall1989

11-08-2006, 02:17 PM

I got a Baaltier one but I really wanted a Panelo or an Ashe.

Moon Rabbits

11-08-2006, 11:32 PM

I got Penelo. I wanted Basch. Another thing, why do people like Penelo? She's like the annoying character in every FF game. I.E. Selphie, Cait Sith, Guy, Quina, Rikku.

Penelo isn't annoying, her supreme bitchyness to Vaan is amazing <3