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Title: Shadowbane Official Strategy Guide by Phillip Marcus, Bradygames ISBN: 0744001757 Publisher: Brady Games Pub. Date: 02 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.43
Rating: 1
Summary: Less than useless
Comment: It's been said that the worst kind of ignorance isn't not knowing things, it's knowing things that aren't so. In that context, the Shadowbane strat guide spreads ignorance. It is riddled with errors. Some are cut-and-paste errors, like spells with the wrong description or the trainers' spell lists that duplicate the Bard spells for the Channeler trainer. Others are factual errors, like the discipline runes, levels for spells, etc. While the numerous typos and editing errors (didn't these people have a proofreader?) are fairly obvious, the factual errors are stealthy but dangerous. You think you know something, but what you "know", what the official strategy guide told you, turns out to be dead wrong. Most of the useful material should have been in the manual. Nearly all of it is available on the Web. I bought it for the maps, but they turned out to be nearly worthless; there are player-made maps online that are enormously better.
The strategy guide is a case of the publisher trying to sell you the manual that should have come with the game for an additional twenty bucks. If it was accurate that might even be worth it, but as the mess it is, you'll find one of its flaws when you least expect it and the resulting "gotcha" can put a major damper on any fun you manage to wrest out of Shadowbane. Don't waste your money on this book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Useful, but....
Comment: There is usable information in this book, but be advised it is a mess of typos and inaccuaracies. The Warlockry skill required to gain the Danger Sense power is 23 (not 45 as listed in the guide). And that is just one example. Page after page there are typos, column shifts, and omissions. My guess is they didn't have an editor. Still worthwhile if you can sift through it, but I wish someone had cared enough to do a better job.
Rating: 1
Summary: Error after error
Comment: At first glance, the guide looks terrific. Then you start noticing all the incorrect information on the spell lists and disciplines.
*Class and race combinations are mostly wrong.
*Disciplines: who can use are mostly wrong.
The author's put "filler" information in the spell list were they did not have information for it. It looks like the editor didn't proof read that section at all. Luckily, all the spells are there. The rest of the book is just fine.
But my reason for a 1 star is that:
You make a mistake in what building you bought and it cost you a few hours and gold. Make a character, spend months leveling him and then find out that he can't use that discipline the book said you could and you're going to be REALLY upset. You'll have no choice but to start over.
Class/race/discipline combos and the spell information changed very little if at all from beta. There is no excuse for poor quality control in those MOST important sections.
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Title:Shadowbane ASIN: B000067FDX Publisher: UBI Soft Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $29.99 |
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