Fallout 3 Collector's Edition: Prima Official Game Guide | 
| Author: David Hodgson
Publisher: Prima Games
Category: Book
Buy New: $39.99
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Rating:  43 reviews
Sales Rank: 72384
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Har/Pstr C
Pages: 496
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0761559973
Dewey Decimal Number: 794
EAN: 9780761559979
ASIN: 0761559973
Publication Date: October 28, 2008
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Product Description
Exclusive Collector's Edition content! Get a view behind the scenes into the creation of the most anticipated game of the year!
A gigantic tour of the Capital Wasteland with over 100 maps showing nearly every area in the game.
Every major ammo and health cache, Bobblehead, Skill Book, Unique Weapon, Weapon Schematic, Mini Nuke, and more!
Expert tactical advice on utilizing V.A.T.S. combat techniques, how best to allocate your S.P.E.C.I.A.L. abilities, plus which skills to pick as your adventure progresses.
Examples for creating different types of characters, from heavy-weapon specialists to stealthy lockpicking pros.
Multiple tactics and tips for every Main, Miscellaneous, and Freeform quest, including exhaustive notes on every single activity you can attempt, anywhere in the game.
Flowcharts and every major Karmic choice detail exactly where your decisions lead. Plus: All you need to know about completing all endings.
Giant map poster to guide you through the Wasteland!
Rugged Hardcover edition for extra survivability.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 38 more reviews...
 Not bad, could be way better. January 6, 2009
Brendan Hansen (California, USA)
This is a pretty nice thing to have if you're a big Fallout fan or can find it somewhere for less than $30, it has all of the same info as the $25 standard guide plus a nice hardcover, some art in the back and an extra large poster map of the Wasteland.
I can understand the difficulty involved in writing a guide for such a massive and mostly non-linear game, and most or all of the info you will ever want is in this guide... somewhere. That's the only problem with the guide, if you have a question and need to look something up, good luck. It could be in a number of different places, and with no index, you'll find yourself going to the Table of Contents and guessing at different places to look. The organization of the book seemed strange to me at first, but the more I thought about it, it's probably the best way to do it considering the size of the game. It starts off with an in-depth look at the SPECIAL system and the different skills and perks, then follows up with some general tips for playing the game. Next up is the Bestiary, listing the different factions and enemies you will encounter, followed by a walkthrough for the main quest. Next up are walkthroughs for each of the many side quests, with explainations for all of the different branching points you may encounter in each. Following that is the Tour section, which exhaustively lists every location, item and person that you can find in the game. This section is probably where you will spend most of your time when you have questions while exploring, and it could really use an index. Next is a quick description of the different endings and how they are achieved, then some appendices which are actually quite useful, and finally an extras section which is mostly artwork with comments on how they made the game.
Overall, I'm happy with my purchase, having ordered from Amazon for $23.09.
I used the guide very little on my first way through the game, only checking it if I got stuck or had a specific question about consequences of certain choices, but I'm looking forward to starting a new game and using the guide extensively(this time I'm going to be a very bad character...)
A beautiful guide December 30, 2008
Mike (Moses Lake, WA)
Not only is this guide aesthetically pleasing, it's also very helpful. Whether you're trying to be a good guy, or evil SOB... you'll get exactly what you want from this guide.
The Wasteland Survival Guide December 23, 2008
Thomas E. Hong (Lawndale, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered this guide off Amazon and I have to say that Prima did an excellent job. It has info for all of the main quests and all of the side quests. One part of the guide that may be a bit difficult to navigate is the Tour of the Wasteland section where it lists every possible locale you can visit including info even on the freeform quests. It's very, very exhaustive.
The book itself is very well made The paper is not glossy. I can't really describe the feel of it. It's rougher than normal paper. It almost reminds me of the spelling paper I used in elementary school. I really like the paper. The guide is definitely built to last. The binding is very secure.
I foundd myself reading through it here and there even if I wasn't necessarily using it as a 'guide.' This is one of the more well made guides out there.
A very comprehensive companion to the game December 22, 2008
Kevn (Salt Lake City)
This is most likely the mostly in-depth and comprehensive strategy guide I have used (I only use them for RPGs). The authors did a most excellent job. It can even be daunting at first, as opening it up to any random page and viewing it's contents is like doing the same with a textbook, so much information. But once you learn how the book's laid out, it's not as overwhelming. The amount of valuable info held within is definitely worth the money, especially at Amazon's price. (I honestly don't know what the collector's edition provides other than it's nicer hardcover. I researched it before buying it, and that may be the only benefit.)
Huge, just like the game. December 20, 2008
G. D. LEHR (Portland, Oregon)
This is a comprehensive guide and very expansive. It shows you every single thing to earn, kill, complete, and find in the game. And for those who havent played the game yet, thats well over 120 hours worth of play time if you want to try and complete everything in the game in one playthrough.
However, ive had to bookmark sections to flip back and forth between because in reality you could get a headache because of the mass amount of things to do, and if you dont do them right you'll miss out on things. I honestly have gotten a headache or two because there really is so much to do. Make sure you read ahead in things before you atempt to head out in the wasteland or do new things. You will find many times that while doing one quest you must complete another in order to make the one you wanted to do originally have better rewards, or get more quests and people etc.
I think the only downfall of this guide is that things arent laid out in an exactly orderly fashion quest wise. You will have to have sections bookmarked to flip between them (as I stated above)
A word of advice to the new player: Create many saves, because you might get a glitch (which happens a bit too often) or do something to ruin the Autosave you just passed through. Save before you complete a quest, or speak to a new person, or take a new path...because that could exclude certain new objectives and items if you do them wrongly or say the wrong thing in speaking.
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