Results 1 to 11 of 11

Thread: Primagames Final Fantasy VII, VIII & IX Box Set

  1. #1
    Krankzinnigheid ligt dich Colonel Angus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    The Miami of Canada
    Posts
    5,516
    Articles
    81
    Blog Entries
    4
    Contributions
    • Former Editor

    Red Exclamation Mark Primagames Final Fantasy VII, VIII & IX Box Set

    On July 7 Prima Games released a collection of guides of all the numbered Final Fantasy Playstation era games. This hardcover collection comes in a magnetic-closure case, and includes 3 lithographs, one from each game.

    Early reviews from Amazon show that the guides are not up to snuff. If you're familiar with game guides, you know they're notorious for errors, and according to online commentators (by far the most trustworthy of people) these are riddled with them. If that's the case, this is unfortunate.

    One may even question why is Prima releasing this? If the copy editing is as poor as reported, it could be a rush job after the announcement of the Final Fantasy VII remake (to get in on any recent renewed interest in Final Fantasy VII or the other Playstation games). It could as well be due to the re release of Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII on Steam. But then, why add Final Fantasy IX? It's interesting that a game that has no announced re release is getting a re released guide.

    In spite of any negative reviews, if you're a collector, or one who can overlook such errors as Red XIII's bio being where Vincent's should be, this still may interest you. Below are links to Prima's site, as well as convenient Amazon links.

    http://www.primagames.com/feature/lo...iii-ix-box-set
    Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon CA
    Attached Images Attached Images

  2. #2
    Memento Mori Site Contributor Wolf Kanno's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Nowhere and Everywhere
    Posts
    19,544
    Articles
    60
    Blog Entries
    27
    Contributions
    • Former Cid's Knight

    Default

    The IX guide is utterly useless, so it's even more surprising it's being added, especially since PlayOnline never amounted to what Square intended it to be.

  3. #3
    Krankzinnigheid ligt dich Colonel Angus's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2014
    Location
    The Miami of Canada
    Posts
    5,516
    Articles
    81
    Blog Entries
    4
    Contributions
    • Former Editor

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Wolf Kanno View Post
    The IX guide is utterly useless, so it's even more surprising it's being added, especially since PlayOnline never amounted to what Square intended it to be.
    Yeah, I remember that. I think I went there once or twice.

    Really, the best guide book I've ever seen was for FFXII. The ones for X & X-2 weren't bad, either. But the PS era ones were a waste.

  4. #4

    Default

    Lol I've got a little black and white thingy that came with a magazine that's a better FF9 guide.

  5. #5
    Trial by Wombat Bubba's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2011
    Location
    Shmocation
    Posts
    10,370
    Articles
    2
    Blog Entries
    2
    Contributions
    • Former Cid's Knight

    Default

    I bought the FFVII guide once I'd completed it for the first time.

    It is annotated to all Hell.

  6. #6
    Resident Critic Ayen's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2013
    Location
    Kansas City, Kansas
    Posts
    13,361
    Articles
    12
    Blog Entries
    76

    Default

    I'd get it mainly for the cover, to be honest.

  7. #7
    cyka blyat escobert's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2001
    Location
    Rush B! NO STOP!
    Posts
    17,742
    Blog Entries
    4

    Default

    I still have my original FFVII guide I had a VIII and IX but my former roommates made off with IX and VIII disappeared ages ago.

  8. #8

    Default

    ...didn't they just do this like six months ago?

    Or was that Bradey Games..?



  9. #9
    Ghost of Christmas' past Recognized Member theundeadhero's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2001
    Location
    In Jojee's pants x_~
    Posts
    15,557

    FFXIV Character

    Villania Valski (Adamantoise)
    Contributions
    • Former Cid's Knight
    • Former Senior Site Staff

    Default

    -I thought the guide for FFIX that came with this was standalone. Did they really just reprint the useless original? If so, maybe they simply reprinted all three which were so full of errors, especially VII, that it would make me seriously question my desire to buy this.
    ...

  10. #10
    Recognized Member Scotty_ffgamer's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2011
    Location
    Eizon
    Posts
    5,275
    Articles
    4
    Blog Entries
    4

    FFXIV Character

    Scotty Ffgamer (Sargatanas)
    Contributions
    • Former Cid's Knight

    Default

    Pretty sure the IX guide is reworked to not be useless. I could be remembering wrong, but I'm pretty sure that was a thing they said.

  11. #11
    'Just Friends' Formalhaut's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2007
    Location
    Glenwood
    Posts
    13,325
    Articles
    54
    Blog Entries
    5

    Default

    Guidebooks have always been fairly questionable. The XII Piggyback guide was pretty good, but the X-2 guide was only passable: their 'enemy' strategies were fairly limited.

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •