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[ThaiGrocer]

Limited edition bradygames guide is easily the prettiest strategy guide I've ever seen for a game. It's on sale at Amazon and Barnes and Noble online too! I might end up getting it...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0744013569/?tag=neogaf0e-20

The perfect companion to the CE.

It looks like a mock-up. At 400-496 pages, I have doubts on the quality of the product (weight, page thickness, binding, etc) and if they'll provide any support after the game and book ships. It really is up to them considering their options: the LE includes access to the flash version and there's also an iPad version.

 

[Valnen]

It looks like a mock-up. At 400-496 pages, I have doubts on the quality of the product (weight, page thickness, binding, etc) and if they'll provide any support after the game and book ships. It really is up to them considering their options: the LE includes access to the flash version and there's also an iPad version.

I don't know, judging from the description...

Amazing hardcover featuring holographic foil, matte film lamination, spot gloss, and a multi-level emboss.

It might not be a mockup at all. But we'll see?

Edit: Actually yeah, zooming in...it's pretty obviously a mockup. But I was very satisfied with the quality of my FFXIII CE guide, so...

 

[chiablo]

I'd be hesitant to buy any strategy guide for a Blizzard game. There will probably be sweeping balance changes within months of release, making the stats in the guide useless.

And with the level layout being randomized and the appearance of side-dungeons and caves not fixed, there's no way a map could be put in the guide.

What's the point of it then?

 

[Valnen]

I'd be hesitant to buy any strategy guide for a Blizzard game. There will probably be sweeping balance changes within months of release, making the stats in the guide useless.

And with the level layout being randomized and the appearance of side-dungeons and caves not fixed, there's no way a map could be put in the guide.

What's the point of it then?

I imagine the whole point would be the art. These guides are basically artbooks these days.

 

[Leftover911]

Wait... so is Brady Games making an iPad version of the D3 guide? Those pictures imply that you can click on parts of the guide to expand info or trigger movies or something...

Yes its up in the iBooks store right now. You can only pre-order it, but you can download a sample right now fo free.

 

[ThaiGrocer]

I'd be hesitant to buy any strategy guide for a Blizzard game. There will probably be sweeping balance changes within months of release, making the stats in the guide useless.

And with the level layout being randomized and the appearance of side-dungeons and caves not fixed, there's no way a map could be put in the guide.

What's the point of it then?

It's mostly a guide of what's in the world and how to deal with it, so there's a lot of room for content. Not to mention that a single page can have four monsters with stats on it, which is one would NOT call dense.

After previous post, I went searching for their previous work. It's not bad and the paper should hold up if you were to give it a spin. Most of my time will probably be spent with the Flash version, which I hope gets treated as a service instead of a finished product on publication.

 

[Kalnos]

I would have to agree the guide is pointless. There will be a wiki with more and better information and all you will have to do to find it is type. Not to mention it can be updated.

 

[fluffydelusions]

Argh Blizzard keeps releasing TV spots:

new one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarV3DnKi4k&feature=g-all-u

 

[injurai]

Argh Blizzard keeps releasing TV spots:

new one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarV3DnKi4k&feature=g-all-u

Mostly just a re-cut version of stuff we have already seen.

 

[LordCanti]

Must not watch TV spots...must not get spoiled....

I don't know what I'm going to do when The Last Guardian is finally about to come out. I think I'm going to disconnect all my computers at the moment I hear the game has gone gold, and not reemerge until I've beaten it.

 

[aliencowz7]

Must not watch TV spots...must not get spoiled....

I don't know what I'm going to do when The Last Guardian is finally about to come out. I think I'm going to disconnect all my computers at the moment I hear the game has gone gold, and not reemerge until I've beaten it.

that one has the spoilers far more out in the open then the first one, so avoid it if you don't want spoiled.

 

[RuinerPrime]

quick question: are passive skills also switchable? or are they permanent once chosen?

 

[Suairyu]

Sample pages from bradygames guide.

So how does the level/difficulty pacing go. When you finish one difficulty, are you immediately ready for the next difficulty? Or would grinding a bit be required still?

 

[aliencowz7]

So how does the level/difficulty pacing go. When you finish one difficulty, are you immediately ready for the next difficulty? Or would grinding a bit be required still?

Most likely an immediate jump all the way up to completing hell, then you need to grind in hell a while to hold your own in inferno.

 

[Yoshichan]

So how does the level/difficulty pacing go. When you finish one difficulty, are you immediately ready for the next difficulty? Or would grinding a bit be required still?

You'll definitely need to grind/farm better loot in Hell to start doing Infernos.

 

[Raide]

You'll definitely need to grind/farm better loot in Hell to start doing Infernos.

Most players will still be grinding Nightmare and Hell to collect more parts. Only a small amount of players will be rolling into Inferno will top-end loots.

 

[Valnen]

Argh Blizzard keeps releasing TV spots:

new one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarV3DnKi4k&feature=g-all-u

Spoiler

Tyrael and Imperius fighting. Holy crap.

 

[Cipherr]

I hope wowhead has a spinoff for this game, I love their layout. I was so happy when WoWhead came along and I found out about it. Thottbot was a goddamned wreck.

 

[aliencowz7]

Spoiler

Tyrael and Imperius fighting. Holy crap.

That trailer is very spoilery if you know background lore well, watch at your own risk.

 

[chiablo]

quick question: are passive skills also switchable? or are they permanent once chosen?

They can be switched.

 

[krameriffic]

I'd be hesitant to buy any strategy guide for a Blizzard game. There will probably be sweeping balance changes within months of release, making the stats in the guide useless.

And with the level layout being randomized and the appearance of side-dungeons and caves not fixed, there's no way a map could be put in the guide.

What's the point of it then?

I'd be hesitant to buy a strategy guide for any game at all as long as the internet still exists.

 

[Valnen]

That trailer is very spoilery if you know background lore well, watch at your own risk.

VERY spoilery.

 

[Yoshichan]

You know what, guys?

This wait is getting ridiculous.

 

[scy]

You know what, guys?

This wait is getting ridiculous.

It's only ~11 days!

:|

 

[Yoshichan]

It's only ~11 days!

:|

Yeah and before that it was "only" 12 days.
And before that, it was "only" 13 days.

Time goes extremely fucking slow and it's killing me.

 

[Valnen]

You know what, guys?

This wait is getting ridiculous.

http://www.timeanddate.com/counters...day=14&year=2012&hour=21&min=30&sec=00&p0=217

Countdown to the point where I'll be standing in line for my CE. So excited . We should make a thread for GAF people going to the midnight release when the time comes closer.

 

[Gromph]

Official BradyGames Diablo 3 Strategy Guide Preview (Inferno Monster Stats, Monster Affixes, Achievements)

Beware of spoilers.

 

[Yoshichan]

Watching a countdown like that is the equality of me pulling my hair off, one by one.

 

[Kalnos]

Modifier: Electrified.

sweat.jpg

 

[Alienups]

Damn my old eyes, that tv spot is cut way too fast. Gonna download it and make some slowed down gifs so i can actually see what's happening.

 

[Yoshichan]

Damn my old eyes, that tv spot is cut way too fast. Gonna download it and make some slowed down gifs so i can actually see what's happening.

I think it's on purpose. Don't watch it in slow-mo or you'll definitely get spoiled :3 It's supposed to be a teaser!

 

[Valnen]

Official BradyGames Diablo 3 Strategy Guide Preview (Inferno Monster Stats, Monster Affixes, Achievements)

Beware of spoilers.

Holy crap at the highest gold achievement.

 

[99%]

Did you guys get mobs with the Wall modifier in Beta? I encountered them once. I can't wait to discover what mobs can do in the game, not gonna look at the guide. Want to be surprised.

And yeah Yoshi, wait is ridiculous.

 

[Kyoufu]

Why isn't it May 15 yet? All I can think about right now is Spin to Win.

 

[Valnen]

Did you guys get mobs with the Wall modifier in Beta? I encountered them once. I can't wait to discover what mobs can do in the game, not gonna look at the guide.

And yeah Yoshi, wait is ridiculous.

Yes, I ran into a waller in den of the fallen once. Also ran into a vortex pack.

 

[Yoshichan]

Holy crap at the highest gold achievement.

Holy mother of God!

Spoiler

100,000,000

:_:

 

[99%]

What does Vortex do?

 

[Felix Lighter]

I managed to get myself all wrapped up in the prerelease hype and now I'm finding it hard to play other games. I'm 32 years old for Christ sake. I should know better than to get swiped up on the hype train too early.

 

[DieH@rd]

Countdown timer for CET crowd
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters...month=5&year=2012&hour=00&min=01&sec=00&p0=35

fullscreen for those who want to use it as a start page in their browser
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters...12&month=5&day=15&hour=00&min=01&sec=00&p0=35

 

[Fitz]

TV ad spoilers:

Spoiler

Looked like Azmodan attacking Leah, Imperius Vs Tyrael, not sure about the last one that Imperius was fighting, could have been Diablo? It didn't look like Belial.

 

[Yoshichan]

TV ad spoilers:

Spoiler

Looked like Azmodan attacking Leah, Imperius Vs Tyrael, not sure about the last one that Imperius was fighting, could have been Diablo? It didn't look like Belial.

Spoiler

Why would Azmodan be attacking Leah at that point of the game? I'm pretty sure Leah doesn't have the black soulstone when that event occurs...

 

[TylerD]

What does Vortex do?

It pulls you into them. or

D:

 

[Alienups]

Already got spoiled :/

massive spoiler

Spoiler

Imperius and Diablo seem to be getting along pretty well.

http://www.abload.de/img/brrt1lxouz.gif

Would explain why Imp is fighting Tyrael later in the spot

 

[Kalnos]

Spoiler

Why would Azmodan be attacking Leah at that point of the game? I'm pretty sure Leah doesn't have the black soulstone when that event occurs...

Spoiler

Did you watch that other short with Azmodan? It seemed to be a dream/vision of Leah's.

Read those achievements at your own risk... there are some real spoilers in there... like:

!!spoilers!!

Spoiler

All dialog with Tyrael titled "it's just us" seemingly implying you're fighting Heaven and Hell at that point.

 

[Yoshichan]

All right, let's stop talking about spoilers. I have this really bad habit of reading them even though I really shouldn't be doing it.

I already know too much.

 

[Fitz]

Indeed, I need to stop watching these adverts, need the release date to be now!

 

[Calidor]

oh fuck, spoilers are getting out of control now. Already got spoiled on the Act IV location by someones comment. That's it. I'm outta here until I finish the game

 

[Realyn]

game is gonna bomb 8]

 

[Trickster]

Already got spoiled :/

massive spoiler

Spoiler

Imperius and Diablo seem to be getting along pretty well.

http://www.abload.de/img/brrt1lxouz.gif

Would explain why Imp is fighting Tyrael later in the spot

Spoiler

I don't consider cutting diablo in the face with a spear to be "getting along well"

 

[tjohn86]

All right, let's stop talking about spoilers. I have this really bad habit of reading them even though I really shouldn't be doing it.

I already know too much.

Agreed. Stop posting spoilers in here.