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[SnipedByAGir1]

Good place to order it in Canada is Chapters. Only 27 online or $25 if you're irewards member. Usually a lot cheaper than EB Games.

[KAiWAi]

Hi guys,



just to let you know that, this time, the DA2 guide will not just be a strategic guide ... there is also a large 'extra' chapter with many informations regarding the universe of DA and a lot of very nice piece of art. All the pages look different! The quality of printing and paper are also better then the previous one.



:-)

[Browneye_Vamp84]

Its all about the art

[fastlane88]

i thought piggyback was doing the strategy guide???Here's the link www.gamestop.com/strategy-guides/dragon-age-2-official-strategy-guide-collectors-edition/89421

Modifié par fastlane88, 18 février 2011 - 03:15 .

[KAiWAi]

Yes, Piggyback Interactive produces the guide and Prima distributes it in USA.

Sample pages of the DA2 guide will be soon available here.
I'll let you know.

sirdario1986 wrote...

I wonder why it is not available yet in the italian Gamestop...

Don't worry, it will be distributed in italian language, as well as spanish and french. ;-)

schalafi wrote...

I still didn't hear an answer about if the guide is for pc only, or is it one guide for all, consoles too? I once bought a guide for Mass Effect 1, and it was for the X-Box, and I was really mad. since my game was for pc..

The guide covers the PC, PS3 and X360 versions.

Modifié par KAiWAi, 18 février 2011 - 02:39 .

[MB957]

I paid for mine already! I can't play these games without the guide book! I can't imagine how someone plays without it. For those who play games without using the guide books, I am curious, how do you do that? Does it take longer to explore everything? Do you like the challenge of it being fresh and realistic?



I like to play for the story and to pass time and to let my imagination run free. Without those guide books...lol...I would probably run the disk through a wood chipper or sumthin!

[KAiWAi]

MB957 wrote...

I can't imagine how someone plays without it. For those who play games without using the guide books, I am curious, how do you do that? Does it take longer to explore everything? Do you like the challenge of it being fresh and realistic?

And now, imagine the guys who wrote the guides and complete the game 110% ... without a guide !!  

Modifié par KAiWAi, 20 février 2011 - 01:00 .

[MB957]

I would think that the guys who write the guide books work with the game designers and not actually play the game to write the guide. Wouldn't the designers have all the action storyboarded and ready to go? Of course, I am only familiar with DAO, Awakenings and now ME2...lol. I also play gran turismo (1 and now 5...lol) and madden and ncaa football. thats bout it for my gaming experience! I did play DandD on a tandy 1000 back in the 80's...lol! no guide books for that!

[KAiWAi]

The authors of guides generally work hand in hand with the developers, but not at a point that all the informations are available for them. They really play through the game and have to search for 100% of the secrets by themselfs. They just receive the support of the developers (who are already very busy making their own game on schedule) for critical stuffs. It generally works like that... so imagine how complicate the task is when it's about a deep game like DA and the guide has to be ready before the release date of the game.

:innocent:

Modifié par KAiWAi, 20 février 2011 - 11:24 .

[ElvaliaRavenHart]

I already pre-ordered this from Amazon. I want to play the game through first without using the guide, and I won't use it unless I get really, really stuck. I purchased the Collector's Edition. I like books and stuff like this.

[DosyMcAwsome]

they had a strategy guid for DA:O i must of missed it

[AbsolutGrndZer0]

So, is it based on the Alpha version of the game, like most other Prima strategy guides?  Seriously, save for Oblivion (which still had some mistakes), I've always found Prima guides to be horribly innacurate, like saying powers do things they don't do, Sims 2 strategy guides listed a bunch of cheat codes that were removed from the final game, etc.  Jade Empire listed fighting styles from Beta that were removed from the final game, even after I specifically asked and Bioware assured me "We are working closely with Prima to make sure everything is accurate." 

I've just never found a Prima guide (other than Oblivion's) that I felt was worth paying more than a penny for.  On the other hand, save for Final Fantasy XI, I've never found many serious mistakes from Brady (and all Brady's mistakes were due to the dynamic nature of FF XI being an MMO)

Modifié par AbsolutGrndZer0, 21 février 2011 - 07:07 .

[Rammstein775]

CAN ANYONE HELP ME LINK MY GAMERTAG TO THIS EA ACCOUNT? I'VE LOOKED UP AND TRIED ALL THE WAYS IT SAYS, WITH MUCH FAILURE, NOTHING WORKS, I NEED HELP, I REDEEMED MY CODE FOR SIR ISAACS ARMOR, AND CANT EVEN LINK MY XBOX360 GAMERTAG, IF ANY ADMIN SEES THIS PLS! HELP!

[AbsolutGrndZer0]

KAiWAi wrote...

The authors of guides generally work hand in hand with the developers, but not at a point that all the informations are available for them. They really play through the game and have to search for 100% of the secrets by themselfs. They just receive the support of the developers (who are already very busy making their own game on schedule) for critical stuffs. It generally works like that... so imagine how complicate the task is when it's about a deep game like DA and the guide has to be ready before the release date of the game.

:innocent:

For an official guide the devs should just hand over all the info necessary IMO.  The BEST ever strategy guide I ever had was actually a "Totally unauthorized" one for FFVII, forget who wrote it.  But, it was 99% accurate to the japanese version of the game. They warned players that Chocobuckle's sheer awesomeness was turned to uter crap in the US version,and that the "Test 10000" free xp hidden monsters were removed also. The only mistakes were they were not aware of the use to the drops from Emerald Weapon and Ruby Weapon left out the part about taking the drops from Emerald and Ruby to a guy
in the first town, he gives you all three master materia for Emerald's
drop and a Golden Chocobo for Ruby's drop., and they left out the Underwater Materia (which many players will swear up and down to this day it doesn't exist... but I had it... get it from same guy as above, using item stolen from the Ghost Ship)

Modifié par AbsolutGrndZer0, 21 février 2011 - 07:22 .

[KAiWAi]

 If I'm not mistaken, the ff7 guide that you refer to, is the one from a dutch guy that I know personally. He used to work for 2 big guides company since he made his own ff7 guide. :-)

AbsolutGrndZer0 wrote...
I've just never found a Prima guide (other than Oblivion's) that I felt was worth paying more than a penny for.  On the other hand, save for Final Fantasy XI, I've never found many serious mistakes from Brady (and all Brady's mistakes were due to the dynamic nature of FF XI being an MMO)

The DA2 guide will not be a product of Prima or Brady but Piggyback.
You should at least try. 

Modifié par KAiWAi, 21 février 2011 - 10:33 .

[halokitty]

Ooooooh! Pretty collectors edition guide! Don't need it, but definitely want it!

[Gunny5821]

I don't use the Guides until my 2nd play through, BUT I always grab the CE versions just because they are so dam awesome!!!!

[WardenKing]

Allready bought this book long time ago, cant wait for it tho. I too probably wont use it before my second gameplay, but if it contains more info about the Dragon Age universe then I will be more then happy.

[phoeinx420]

cant wait

[phoeinx420]

cant wait

[AbsolutGrndZer0]

KAiWAi wrote...

 If I'm not mistaken, the ff7 guide that you refer to, is the one from a dutch guy that I know personally. He used to work for 2 big guides company since he made his own ff7 guide. :-)

AbsolutGrndZer0 wrote...
I've just never found a Prima guide (other than Oblivion's) that I felt was worth paying more than a penny for.  On the other hand, save for Final Fantasy XI, I've never found many serious mistakes from Brady (and all Brady's mistakes were due to the dynamic nature of FF XI being an MMO)

The DA2 guide will not be a product of Prima or Brady but Piggyback.
You should at least try. 

Hmm. might be, although was his guide actually a published book? I especially liked the section on chocobo breeding and racing.

As for the DA2 guide, so Prima is just the US distributor?  I might give it a try then.

Modifié par AbsolutGrndZer0, 23 février 2011 - 05:38 .

[KAiWAi]

No, the FF7 guide was not official. It was the work of one guy. Impressive.



The DA2 guide is 100% produce by the Piggyback team... and distributed by Prima in USA (and by Piggyback in Europe).



:-)

[Bryzon]

I've had my CE guide preordered on Amazon for $20. March 8 can't get here sooner.

[Brawne]

Browneye_Vamp84 wrote...

Its all about the art

You can paint speedflames on your crutches but they will still be crutches. 

[VeoLu]

Will this be put on canadian gamestop? If I have to order from ".com" I end up paying another 20$ just for shipping.

EDIT: Disregard! Thanks!

Modifié par VeoLu, 26 février 2011 - 08:32 .