Product Description

• Walkthrough: Extensive walkthrough of every level for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii
• Maps: Detailed area maps including locations for Holocrons, 'saber hilts, 'saber crystals, colored crystals, Health Holocrons, Force Holocrons, Health Pickups
• Force Powers: Breakdown of all Force powers such as Sith Strike, Force Push, Ground Slam, Saber Whirlwind, Choke and more
• Use the Force: Complete appendices with full analysis of every weapon, item, and enemy
• Bonus Content: Concept art section

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #64720 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-16
• Released on: 2008-09-16
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780761559160
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Customer Reviews

Guide is hard to follow with some errors, has some good info
Pros:
- Has good info on what/where each holocron is.

- Provides good character profiles.

- Provides short story line to better tie in The Force Unleashed with Star Wars III and IV.

Cons:
- The guide is very hard to follow when trying to proceed through a level. You get easily lost when using this guide. As you proceed down a path, you're not sure what part of the level the guide is referring to. It's very ambiguous.

- There are no detailed maps as you follow the guide, just one simple no detail map at the beginning of each section. You have to keep flipping back to the map and try to figure out where on the map you are. This gets very frustrating as you try to proceed.

- No best route and alternant route information.

- The screenshots in each section are hard to see and don't help. It's very hard to connect the screenshots to your screen. They are a complete waste of space and add no value. Detailed map inserts would have been a better use of this space.

- Although I listed Holocron locations above as a pro, the guide is frustrating to use as it guides you to them. The info and direction the guide provides is vague.

- Has errors for what buttons to hit for some force combos for the PS3. For instance, it may list X, X, X, X for a particular combo, the actual button may be square.

All and all, this is an ok guide, it helped me get some holocrons (although it was frustrating to use), but you really don't need it. The guide gives you generic advice and info on beating bosses that you could figure out yourself.

It's a Love-Hate Thing
I love this game, and I'm frustrated by this game. Finally, a game has come out that looks like the Star Wars movies. Since I love the movies so much, the story for the game seems a little ridiculous to me at times, but it's good enough to take us along on a fun-to-play adventure. The strategy guide, however, is not as in-depth as I would have liked. Sometimes things aren't explained very well, and it doesn't tell you much about everything available to earn, as in costumes, lightsaber crystals, etc.

My biggest complaint is about the Star Destroyer sequence. I've read many reviews of the game that describe it as the toughest sequence in the game, which it is...at first. The first time I did it took about half an hour. Once I caught on to how it's done, though, my second time took about five minutes. But here's the complaint: The book doesn't help you with this. It just says to follow the onscreen prompts (which aren't very helpful either). (Sigh)

So, the book is very helpful with instructions of how to get through each level, and exactly where to find all the Holocrons, but I'm afraid the only way to really advance in the game is to just play through it a lot. There are a lot of unlockable achievements that the book hardly describes, but then it doesn't tell you what achieving them even means. Do you gain power? Do you move faster? I don't know. It's helped me learn my way better around the maps, but the rest is down to playing experience.

Tells you where stuff is. Thats good right?
This product was pretty good. The pictures could be a little bigger, but it gets the job done.