OMGRPG writes:
"Let's face it: you can't play a JRPG without its strategy guide. There's no way you can get every single hidden item and ultimate weapons without the darn book, unless you don't really care about getting everything. But sometimes, it's not about the treasures that are at stakes – it's the ending.
In the last few years, JRPGs have evolved from simple, straightforward fight, loot, and save the world games to a Byzantine maze. Long gone were the days you receive a friendly tip from a classmate or cousin telling you where the Final Weapon is hidden. Nowadays without the aid of a trusty strategy guide or gamefaq.com, it's getting harder and harder to achieve 100% completion. Worse, some JRPGs like Suikoden have multiple endings which made the strategy guide an even more crucial component in your quest for success. "
They don't make games like this anymore.
Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.
I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.
Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.
Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!
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Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.
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I have almost never bought a Strategy Guide in my life. I have recently read two, and both were of a fairly low quality from Prima Games. They were in-accurate and sub-par compared to IGN and mycheats.1up.com.
Unless you are playing RPG of some sort, online guides are probably more than adequate in my opinion.