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

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10-31-2006, 03:27 PM
Jowy

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

I got Balthier. I wanted Penelo. :(
10-31-2006, 04:00 PM
KasaiDraco

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....
10-31-2006, 04:08 PM
Jowy

I like being able to reference a well-placed together book as opposed to wading through a text file.
10-31-2006, 05:37 PM
Necronopticous

I got Penelo!
10-31-2006, 05:53 PM
~SapphireStar~

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

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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.
10-31-2006, 05:59 PM
mobkon

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.
10-31-2006, 07:32 PM
BustaMo

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!
10-31-2006, 07:41 PM
Cruise Control

I got the viera. I wanted the dude with the sword.
10-31-2006, 08:27 PM
Strider

Whee, I got Penelo! :D
10-31-2006, 08:50 PM
KasaiDraco

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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.
10-31-2006, 08:52 PM
Fate Fatale

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... :(
10-31-2006, 10:05 PM
Vaan THF

UPS just dropped my game and guide off..I got Penelo. :)
10-31-2006, 11:17 PM
im_mrbrightside20

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?
10-31-2006, 11:22 PM
Russielloyd

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

That character on the front cover or something?
10-31-2006, 11:25 PM
Zeromus_X

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

Anyway, I'll see once I purchase it.
10-31-2006, 11:29 PM
Jowy

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. :(
10-31-2006, 11:45 PM
*Lady luck*

wow i didnt even know that you could get different people on the front cover. but i got ashe
10-31-2006, 11:49 PM
Master Vivi

i got vaan. i wanted balthier or basch
11-01-2006, 01:24 AM
qu1ck

I got the playboy, Balthier!
11-01-2006, 01:33 AM
XxSephirothxX

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.
11-01-2006, 04:17 AM
BustaMo

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.
11-01-2006, 04:22 AM
Dynast-Kid

I really wanted Balthier or Fran, but I got the judges...:(
11-01-2006, 04:48 AM
BustaMo

...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.
11-01-2006, 05:25 AM
Dynast-Kid

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Originally Posted by BustaMo

...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.

Oh, my bad. Misunderstood the question.

Anyways, I got Fran!xP
11-01-2006, 09:48 AM
Khaotic

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Originally Posted by lab8985

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.
11-01-2006, 11:06 AM
~SapphireStar~

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Originally Posted by Russielloyd

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?
11-01-2006, 12:55 PM
Russielloyd

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Originally Posted by ~SapphireStar~

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Originally Posted by Russielloyd

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.
11-01-2006, 03:48 PM
xseijitsux

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Originally Posted by Mr. Nosebleed

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?
11-01-2006, 04:25 PM
BustaMo

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.
11-01-2006, 10:08 PM
ffxatticus

I got balthier...grrr. I wanted ashe...:(
11-02-2006, 01:10 AM
marysonnie

Are the pictures of these covers?
11-02-2006, 01:14 AM
Zeromus_X

I got Vaan. :) :cat:
11-02-2006, 03:25 AM
Yar

Will trade Penelo for Fran...
11-02-2006, 04:50 AM
Zeromus_X

No joke, the clerk at GameStop said that the manager would trade books with anyone who got the 'bunny chick' on the cover.
11-02-2006, 12:28 PM
Dynast-Kid

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Originally Posted by Zeromus_X

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...
11-02-2006, 06:26 PM
SeeDRankLou

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.
11-02-2006, 10:58 PM
ThundagAuron

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... :(
11-02-2006, 11:25 PM
Infiltraitor

Ashe.

I wanted her or Fran, but when I did the trick, there were no Frans there. Just one Ashe. And I got it!!
11-03-2006, 02:54 AM
Chocobo King

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.
11-05-2006, 08:03 AM
cyrano28

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Originally Posted by Jowy

I got Balthier. I wanted Penelo. :(

Princess Ashe was on my cover
11-05-2006, 01:23 PM
Rye

I'll go buy it, but I want Fraaaan. ;__;
11-05-2006, 08:01 PM
Omni-Odin

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.
11-05-2006, 08:17 PM
Zeromus_X

I don't find Penelo annoying at all. I find Vaan more annoying.
11-07-2006, 08:51 PM
Reeno the Alchemist

sadly i saw the guide there *sniff* but i had to get the 20$ one
11-08-2006, 02:17 PM
Squall1989

The guide cover

I got a Baaltier one but I really wanted a Panelo or an Ashe.
11-08-2006, 11:32 PM
Moon Rabbits

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Originally Posted by Omni-Odin

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

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