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Elden Ring Strategy Guide available to preorder

lh032 said:
Volume 1...?

Volume 2....DLC!!!???
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if you bothered reading it... Volume 1 is an introduction, stuff about the map, npcs, stats. Volume 2 is combat, bestiary, weapons/gears/magic etc.

it might have DLC stuff but it sounds like it's just a normal guide but in 2 parts.
 
Be interesting to find out if the general masses have missed anything in regards to the side quests, or items in the world you can obtain
 
A little expensive considering most if it's info are avaliable on the web,. And honestly donnot think Will have a lot of more information vs. the one you get in the game.

But Even then a cool item for fans
 
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I'm still just exploring around, killing everything, and everything killing me.
I've learned that If it's on horseback I've got a 50/50 chance of dying.

Jennings said:
Too late, I already won the game.
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I don't even know what the goal of the game is yet.
I'm 22 hours in.
I just roam around getting one shoted by giant crabs and bears that pop up from the ground like horror jump scares.
What the hell is with that big walking Bell thing? Elden Ring Tallneck?
 
Usually these guides release alongside the game, not 3 months later, when everyone in the world has already beaten it.

I have always loved these guides, but in this day and age where every single bit of info is on the internet, and in a record time, I wonder when will they cease to exist
 
Are there any previews of its pages / interior? Seems strange to ask for preorders without that. For these kind of books, the layout and design is everything.

For those saying "lol use google", understand that there is something lovely about a physical book, particularly if it is laid out in an appealing way.

Go to google for info when you first arrive at the Village of the Albinaurics, and you'll get annoying wikis full of ads and noise and bad writing, you'll get videos that no one wants to watch of some kid walking through the area, etc. But a nice book will give you a few beautiful pages with nice maps, called out details you could have missed, and other bits in well designed tables etc. It's an enormous difference.

I guess half of it is the difference between web and physical books, and the other half is the enormous gulf between the trash content that is free online and the kind of writing, desing, and layout you can get from someone professional.
 
Great news. Does it teach how this one can fix the framerates on console?

Whats Up Stare GIF by NBA

Fix yo shit from.
 
For context - Future Press makes extremely high quality, collectors edition guides. These go out of print quickly, and then end up on eBay for hundreds of dollars. The Dark Souls Compendium goes for 500-1,000 all the time. The same will eventually happen to these two.

Also, people shouldn't take "strategy guide" so literally. Purely collectors items. I don't think too many people sit with the book in their lap. We knowwwwww there are better places for the info. They're not meant to make you a master gamer, they're just big collectors pieces for your favorite games and a huge chunk of this is about the game itself, the lore, etc. Read the description about the difference between the two.

I bought two copies of both. One for myself and one to keep sealed.

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TexMex said:
For context - Future Press makes extremely high quality, collectors edition guides. These go out of print quickly, and then end up on eBay for hundreds of dollars. The Dark Souls Compendium goes for 500-1,000 all the time. The same will eventually happen to these two.

Also, people shouldn't take "strategy guide" so literally. Purely collectors items. I don't think too many people sit with the book in their lap. We knowwwwww there are better places for the info. They're not meant to make you a master gamer, they're just big collectors pieces for your favorite games and a huge chunk of this is about the game itself, the lore, etc. Read the description about the difference between the two.

I bought two copies of both. One for myself and one to keep sealed.

1Mdb7qO.jpg
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So do these guides typically expand or explain the lore and story in any meaningful way?
 
TexMex said:
For context - Future Press makes extremely high quality, collectors edition guides. These go out of print quickly, and then end up on eBay for hundreds of dollars. The Dark Souls Compendium goes for 500-1,000 all the time. The same will eventually happen to these two.

Also, people shouldn't take "strategy guide" so literally. Purely collectors items. I don't think too many people sit with the book in their lap. We knowwwwww there are better places for the info. They're not meant to make you a master gamer, they're just big collectors pieces for your favorite games and a huge chunk of this is about the game itself, the lore, etc. Read the description about the difference between the two.

I bought two copies of both. One for myself and one to keep sealed.

1Mdb7qO.jpg
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Dude. I every one of these guides as well. Strictly for the art and lore.
 
Mephisto40 said:
You don't include anything that could change if anything gets buffed or nerfed
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Any weapon/talisman/ash of war can be buffed/nerfed at any time, dude. Ths happens every single patch. You can't make an effective strategy guide without knowing that information. These books are printed months before release date. Likely the info in the guide is based on patch 1.03 at nbest
 
I pickd up the guides to DS3 and Sekiro as I missed old school strategy guides, but I found I never used them. For whatever reason I'm tempted to get this, but I know I'll never look at it. Fextralife's wiki covers everything anyway.
 
If there was ever a game that needed a guide it's elden ring. I couldn't go 5 minutes in the game without looking at fextralife and trying to lose that freaking browser game ad!!

I ordered both. Ive been a fan of future press at least since their dark souls1 and kingdoms of amalur guides.
 
midasmulligan said:
good reminder, it had been delayed so i cancelled my preorder. Might have to jump back in now that it's releasing
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Best act quick. Look like they are rising in price in the UK already from second hand scalpers. These books look like they're fairly limited in quantity. I really like the look of Vaatividyas "soul arts" book as well.
 
Huh was wondering what the deal with these was . Got both pre-ordered from Amazon but just says delivery date pending. Hopefully they show up eventually.
 
If its the same publisher that did bloodborne, old hunter dlc and sekiro, will preorder today. Those books are masterpieces of art.
 
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