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Guess there is "Bonus content only available in the Collectors Edition. " according to Amazon. Wonder what it is.
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Future Press aren't doing the Dark Souls 3 guide
- Thread starter SeeNoWeevil
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^This! The 2 BB Guides are amazing! Outstanding work from Future Press! Really bummed to hear about the DS3 Guide!
I guess the upside to this, as others have mentioned, is that ENB gets to go in blind and offer a fresh perspective.
Just out of interest, are non-blind playthroughs considered popular at all? I mean, from people who know the game well (in both a mechanical and contextual sense), and maybe talk retroactively over their playthrough of it. Perhaps those with extra insight about the games?
I realise the community building interpretations and forming strategies together is a big part of these games, especially in the early stages. But just curious about thoughts on here about more "informed" Let's Plays and the like.
Just out of interest, are non-blind playthroughs considered popular at all? I mean, from people who know the game well (in both a mechanical and contextual sense), and maybe talk retroactively over their playthrough of it. Perhaps those with extra insight about the games?
I realise the community building interpretations and forming strategies together is a big part of these games, especially in the early stages. But just curious about thoughts on here about more "informed" Let's Plays and the like.
X and x-2 HD guide was Brady not prima. And they are not missing much. I platted FFX in 60ish hours on ps3 last year
Yeah, as much as I loved his behind the scenes insight (no pun intended), seeing a blind let's play from him would be much better for DS3.
SeeNoWeevil
Member
A free Future Press guide.
Orochinagis
Member
Playing non blind, ironically blinds you of how you play and interprete the world, like choosing your started weapon according to a guide would be an awful experience because you are not using the weapon you like but the weapon the guide recommends you or going directly to X zone because that the weapon that will help you instead of actually trying the remaining weapons.
Some people just use the guides and videos to finish the game and move to another game. I think its really hard to form your own view of the game if you already watched lore viden when you are still not connected the dots by yourself like you have that guy thinking but not your own and some people just link the video instead of writing his/her conjeture.
I think my main compain about the BB guides is there is interesting information you wont be know if you dont own the guide because the game wont tell you about, its like Destiny visit Bungie.net to know about the story but this time you have to pay real money to know if the Loran Dark Beast is the origin of the tonitrus and Paarl
Some people just use the guides and videos to finish the game and move to another game. I think its really hard to form your own view of the game if you already watched lore viden when you are still not connected the dots by yourself like you have that guy thinking but not your own and some people just link the video instead of writing his/her conjeture.
I think my main compain about the BB guides is there is interesting information you wont be know if you dont own the guide because the game wont tell you about, its like Destiny visit Bungie.net to know about the story but this time you have to pay real money to know if the Loran Dark Beast is the origin of the tonitrus and Paarl
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
This is such a bummer... All of those guides are phenomenal and the only collector's items I still bother with. Guides in general are a relic of the past thanks to the internet and wikis but these guides were so lovingly crafted they gave fans a good reason to buy them regardless. They are compendiums of knowledge covering some of my all time favorite games. It's hard to express how disappointing this is.
This is such a bummer... All of those guides are phenomenal and the only collector's items I still bother with. Guides in general are a relic of the past thanks to the internet and wikis but these guides were so lovingly crafted they gave fans a good reason to buy them regardless. They are compendiums of knowledge covering some of my all time favorite games. It's hard to express how disappointing this is.
PeregrinSe7en
Member
i think its just extra pages of artwork
and the hardcover itself lol
honestly why the hell have sg gotten more expensive. smh
TheBryanJZX90
Member
People are conflating ENB with Future. He was one of many people working on the previous guides. There's no cause and effect between him deciding not to work on the guide and Future not doing the guide. He wasn't going to do the guide even if Future did.
Fuck, man.
All the spines match and everything.
Just make the demon's souls remaster spine lineup as well, please
SeeNoWeevil
Member
I liked the BB guide best when it isn't actually, erm.. being a guide. I found it almost impossible to follow text and intricate maps while playing. If I really did need to find something, a quick YouTube was usually preferable. The only maps I used were the basic overview of a level ones and the sections giving me a checklist of what to do on each level (all on a second playthrough, first is always blind).
OrbitalBeard
Member
I LOVE your guides so, so much.
Please be making Bloodborne 2 and Demon's Souls Remastered guides.
Bl@de
Member
He already announced that he will go off the internet at some point before DS3. Total blackout to play it blind. Looking forward to it. I never figure anything out on my first playthroughs
I just play it for the atmosphere and gameplay. And afterwards I read up on what the hell is going on.About the guide: Sad that it will be a different company. I have the DS2 Collector's Edition guide (amazing guide) and a similar DS3 guide would be great. Let's see how the new one will compare to it.
Veggy
Member
Would love to work on a Bloodborne sequel if they ever do one, not sure on the likelihood of a Demon's Souls remaster guide though
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Deleted member 17706
Unconfirmed Member
Honestly, I would prefer this.
I don't want to take anything away from the livelihoods of ENB and AGermanSpy, but it's obvious that their involvement with the guidebooks affected their output when it came to Dark Souls II and Bloodborne video content.
The Future Press guides are incredible productions, but I would much rather have great videos from those two guys than a book.
Melkezadek
Member
Damn shame. Both the BB and DLC guide were amazing. I loved the lore section in the Old Hunter's guide.
I have the Bloodborne guide and it's well worth the money. Very well produced.
I'd have bought the DS3 one in a heartbeat if they did it.
A little off-topic, isn't the lack of news about DS3 a bit weird? I feel like we knew much more about Bloodborne at this stage.
I'd actually love it if it will be featured in IGN First next month like Bloodborne was or something along those lines.
I'd have bought the DS3 one in a heartbeat if they did it.
A little off-topic, isn't the lack of news about DS3 a bit weird? I feel like we knew much more about Bloodborne at this stage.
I'd actually love it if it will be featured in IGN First next month like Bloodborne was or something along those lines.
Augustiner
Neo Member
The guide really is terrible. There is almost nothing useful that was not already prominently displayed in the quest menu within. The guide does not even contain any meaningful strategy. It feels like they just dumped the quest objective text and hit print.
I do not recommend giving Prima the benefit of the doubt on their future guides.
A bit late of a reply but they also held back a ton of info on bloodborne. Most of the trailers focused on early gwme bosses and fire dog from the chalice dungeon. Personally I think that's the way to go. Dark Souls 1 trailer spoiled so much come to think of it.