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Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 03, 2005, 04:38:49 pm
I read something on the back of the FS2 user's manual that caught my attention. Appearantly, there is a player's guide out for FS2. It is called "Official Strategies and Secrets", I searched on E-bay and it seems that some people are selling it. Is this even worth buying? What does it have to offer? How many people even know about this?

Any feedback on this issue would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! :)
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Grug on March 03, 2005, 04:53:19 pm
I doubt it offers much that you couldn't find buried deep in HLP... :)

Can't say I've ever read it though.

*Wishes I knew hyperlink to the 'welcome' beam*
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Kie99 on March 03, 2005, 05:05:42 pm
Welcome beam?  

Uh s/he has 90 posts and has been here 2-3 Months

BTW the link is : welcome: without the space between the colon and the w
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Unknown Target on March 03, 2005, 05:22:14 pm
I have the strategy guide. It's good for missions, but everything else is out of date by now, even some of the mission info, I believe.
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 03, 2005, 05:32:08 pm
Does it have lots of good backround story info pertaining to the Freespace Universe? (ex. History of GTVA, Vasudans, Shivans)

Or is it just a basic walkthrough that tells you how to beat missions and fly better?
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Galemp on March 03, 2005, 06:13:21 pm
It would be interesting to see what's in it. I've never seen it, but again there's probably nothing in there that opening the mission in FRED wouldn't tell you. And I seriously doubt there's any insider info on the Freespace Universe that we don't already know; chances are it's by Prima or one of those guys, not straight from the deVelopers.
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Cobra on March 03, 2005, 06:24:06 pm
same here. although info on Vasudans, etc are pretty much completely explained in the techroom. :)
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 03, 2005, 06:44:11 pm
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chances are it's by Prima or one of those guys, not straight from the deVelopers.


I think It's by Sybex, but woulden't it have to be approved by [V] in order for it to be released?
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Eishtmo on March 03, 2005, 07:01:18 pm
It's Sybex.  I have it sitting on my lap right now.

Nothing super special (got it mostly for reference when/if I novelized FS2).  Mentions Ground Freespace and Planet Freespace in one part.  Some "combat tactics" (not sure if they're useful, didn't really pay attention).  Some multiplayer and FRED stuff, and of course, a campaign walkthrough.  Nothing spectacular (pretty black and white pictures aside).

Not worth the time anymore, but when I got it, it was worth it.

I also have the guide for FS1.  Inferior to the FS2 guide in everyway, even has an outright error in one mission (claims the ship facing off against the Bastion in Clash of the Titans is a Cain, imagine my surprise to find out it was a damn Demon!).
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 03, 2005, 07:10:01 pm
Hmmmm.... I shall bid high then. It does have the name 'Freespace' on the cover after all. How could I resist? :)
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Cobra on March 03, 2005, 07:36:29 pm
don't bid too high now ;)
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Grug on March 03, 2005, 09:59:48 pm
lols.

There's alot of background infor around here too, some of it fanfiction, but near all of it is a good read if you get the time. :)
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Xelion on March 04, 2005, 01:03:42 am
There are online alternatives to the fs2 strategy guide, these are not that much different then the strategy guide. Here are two places that have good ones
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: karajorma on March 04, 2005, 04:58:35 am
That second one is the one I linked to in my FAQ. Best one I ever found :)
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 04, 2005, 04:19:19 pm
Hmmm... This site seems to have everything (http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/techfs/index.shtml)! Complete ship/weapon index, origin of names... Wow! This must have taken years to complete!
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Cobra on March 04, 2005, 04:20:48 pm
Oo. They updated while i wasn't goin there... they have a LOT more content than what they had before
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 04, 2005, 04:26:13 pm
All i need to know is right here (http://freespace.volitionwatch.com/techfs/hold.shtml)! Especially the Best ship viewer. It has everything! Looks like they just copied down everything from the tables and put it in an easy to view format. I won the bid for the strategy guide, but i'm not dissapointed. Anything Freespace = Good! :D
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Cobra on March 04, 2005, 04:31:42 pm
w00t! kw is cool! we cool, gimme 5. :D
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 04, 2005, 05:03:37 pm
*gives five* :cool: :yes:
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Cobra on March 04, 2005, 05:13:13 pm
that's right, we cool :cool: :yes:
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 04, 2005, 05:16:01 pm
Oh Yeah! Here Comes Post #100! Smokin'! :thepimp:
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Cobra on March 04, 2005, 06:16:26 pm
uh, you mean post #102, don't you? and besides, i have more posts than you :p

j/k :D
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 04, 2005, 06:23:06 pm
:lol: I've posted twice since then, and the updated post count affects all of your past posts too.

Whoa! You have 12x more posts than me!

Btw, is there an official time joinied/postcount before you are no longer considered a n00b? :D
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Cobra on March 04, 2005, 07:33:27 pm
you're only a n00b unless you act like one and you have only 1 post ;)
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: KappaWing on March 04, 2005, 07:34:17 pm
Ah. That's a relief. :)
Title: Official Strategy Guide; Is It Good?
Post by: Xelion on March 05, 2005, 02:03:37 am
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Originally posted by karajorma
That second one is the one I linked to in my FAQ. Best one I ever found :)

Thats where I got it from since I couldn't find it through google :). It used to be in another location but thats obviously changed.