Strategy Guide

[Jeruhmi]

I just found out that the strategy guide is all ready to be sold and is actually over 650 pages!

Yeah I really don't think I could ever read through all that. It takes me a couple of weeks of on/off reading to get through a 650 page novel.

Source: http://www.gamezone.com/news/skyrim-strategy-guide-is-over-650-pages

 

[hexperiment]

It's been years since I actually owned a strategy guide... I don't get them anymore because I can just find wiki of every game out there and normally those are equally as helpful, if not more. However, it is nice to own a physical copy of it... Something to rest your eyes on if you're bored and all the nice little artwork and maps they have out for you. I miiight consider getting one but I doubt it.

 

[Demut]

I’m not really one for strategy guides. To me it kinda feels like cheating to look up where a certain item is and I’d rather not find it at all than to get told where it is by someone else. I can see though how someone who isn’t as much of a silly purist like me in that regard could enjoy having such a detailed compendium of game-related knowledge.

 

[Jeruhmi]

I think strategy guides are a must if you don't have the Internet (lol). I have never bought one (not that I remember).

 

[Demut]

Well, I remember that I bought one for Command&Conquer back in the day but I was a child then and many games were pretty difficult for me. Now I regard them as a challenge that I either overcome on my own or don’t.

 

[Jeruhmi]

I always just use those game wikis, or Google is good enough. Many games today are just too confusing when you first start playing, and I hope Skyrim won't be one of them. It's just very frustrating not knowing what all 100 menus do.

 

[Demut]

Now that you mention it, I do use them for some games such as Beat ’Em Ups because I usually don’t feel like testing hundreds of button combinations to find out a combo.

 

[hexperiment]

I would buy the strategy book if it's going to be filled with lore details like they do in uesp wiki. The book is pretty thick but I can't imagine that all of those pages would be dedicated to maps, items and quest... unless they are in which case, omg.

 

[Jeruhmi]

I would buy the strategy book if it's going to be filled with lore details like they do in uesp wiki. The book is pretty thick but I can't imagine that all of those pages would be dedicated to maps, items and quest... unless they are in which case, omg.

I guess the guide would serve as a source of new information, also. Like you could flick to a page and find something totally new/awesome out. I just like the pictures and awesomeness of guides.

 

[Tusck]

I would love the maps, but everything else I can figure out on my own.

 

[Cole]

It took me a while, but I finally decided to buy this. For the amount of content in the guide, and for the price, its a good deal, and I don't know about everyone else, but I intend to read this after I've beaten the game once, then see what I missed on my first play through. xD

 

[Flamingtaco]

Uesp is far more useful for me than any strategy guide and its free. I guess it is nice though to have a paper copy. If I use uesp then it will be on my ipod while I play on the pc

 

[Vimalamitra]

I am not into strategy guides either. Somehow they'll ruin the fun of exploring and figuring out by yourself. What's the fun about going to a dungeon, which you know already? I guess, I'll also fall to that purist category.

 

[Flamingtaco]

I only resort to strategy guides if I'm completely stuck but even then I hate myself for it.

 

[Travis]

I only resort to strategy guides if I'm completely stuck but even then I hate myself for it.

Yep. Ditto. It's an absolute last resort. Although flipping through this one just for the artwork would be fun. You can tell this is a really high quality one.

 

[Vimalamitra]

Although flipping through this one just for the artwork would be fun. You can tell this is a really high quality one.

Strategy guide seems to contain a lot of concept art, lore about locations, best builds, and revealing background of every NPC that there is. No wonder it's so huge.
However, I am bit sceptical about the build-part, because there's going to be patches and updates to make every perk more balanced. And version author of SG played through was an unfinished one.

 

[Flamingtaco]

Yep. Ditto. It's an absolute last resort. Although flipping through this one just for the artwork would be fun. You can tell this is a really high quality one.

yeah but it really comes down to whether you want to spend $20 or $30 for artwork and then a guide which you can pretty much get free online where it will be updated as new bugs or methods for quests are discovered.

 

[Travis]

I know for me, it is not worth it at all to spend that kind of money on that type of art. The real art is the video game