Dark Souls CE, MINI-stratagey guide!!??

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#1 BoxingTheStars
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Seriously the Collectors edition of Dark Souls only comes with a Mini digital copy of the Strategy guide. The full strategy guide is 382 pages and this one they include in the CE is 46 pages. Come on that is some bull!!! It practically serves no purpose what so ever. They hyped us up with a free strategy guide and it tells you nothing!

Now with that being said I love the game and will continue to play it religiously but dammit now I have to go out and actually buy the full strategy guide, seriously not cool From Software!

Don't use the comeback "well its free" yeah i know it is but then they should of advertised it as a miniture version of the strategy guide not like it was the full thing!

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#2 PoisoN_Facecam0
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I always knew it was a mini guide... same as Demon Souls.. I don't think they ever actually advertised it as the full guide.. (which i've pre-ordered from amazon for quite a while)
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#3 Pvt_r3d
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I thought the the guide from Demon Souls was actually VERY useful. For this CE, I know that the guide is digital only but that didn't really matter much to me.
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#4 cosmicwave
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well it is free. all the stuff you get for the price is actually quite good.

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#5 Essian
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I'm surprised that there is even going to be a "real" strategy guide. Last time around they only offered the mini one that came with the CE. At any rate, if I am so flustered and stuck in Dark Souls as to need a guide book, I will either just be summoned into another world (better than a guide book, as it shows you penalty free what is coming next) or, god forbid I need it, check out online videos and strategy guides from IGN and youtube. I love strat guides, but right now, 20 bucks is something I can't afford.
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#6 Gxgear
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The real strategy guide won't be nearly as detailed as fan-created wiki sites anyways, so I'm not really bummed about it as the CE upgrade is free on pre-order.

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#7 BoxingTheStars
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I always knew it was a mini guide... same as Demon Souls.. I don't think they ever actually advertised it as the full guide.. (which i've pre-ordered from amazon for quite a while)PoisoN_Facecam0

idk what your talking about the Demos Souls one had everything you need to know about it. It had every area, every weapon, every armor set, every enemie, every npc and more. This one for Dark Souls has only 4 areas,2 types of weapons, and the armor sets the classes start with

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#8 Vari3ty
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The real strategy guide won't be nearly as detailed as fan-created wiki sites anyways, so I'm not really bummed about it as the CE upgrade is free on pre-order.

Gxgear

This completely. The Demon's Souls wiki was the go to place for info on the game, I expect the same for Dark Souls. Why waste money on a strategy guide when you can get the best one for free?

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#9 epichotcheese
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Guide ruin this game. Just jump in and experience the world and die, die and die.

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#10 Morphic
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I have to agree the mini guide is pretty tame.

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#11 mikeyMKII
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The strategy guide is redeemed online right? I just opened up my copy, but don't have time to play it yet.
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#12 Vari3ty
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The strategy guide is redeemed online right? I just opened up my copy, but don't have time to play it yet.mikeyMKII

Yes it is. Although I'm having troubling opening it.

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#13 x-2tha-z
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I got a message a few months ago from the site I pre-ordered from, saying the mini guide was no longer part of the CE. It said it was being changed to a full guide because of the difficulty of the game. However, because the full guide couldn't fit in the packaging, you have to go online and download it. If it just comes with a DL code for a mini guide, that's some BS right there.
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#14 PoisoN_Facecam0
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I just started downloading the CE stuff now... I can't believe how poorly Namco Bandai handled this.. its giving me 10kbs download speed.. ridiculous.. What a waste. i might as well just download it from somewhere else..
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#15 BoxingTheStars
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Also i just opened up the art book for the first time today and it is so terribly made! Just while turning the pages all the seems were ripping and the pages were falling out! All I've got to say is thank god i didn't pay extra for this CE I am quite disappointed.

But in the end it is really just the game that matters and the game is freaking amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[QUOTE="Gxgear"]

The real strategy guide won't be nearly as detailed as fan-created wiki sites anyways, so I'm not really bummed about it as the CE upgrade is free on pre-order.

Vari3ty

This completely. The Demon's Souls wiki was the go to place for info on the game, I expect the same for Dark Souls. Why waste money on a strategy guide when you can get the best one for free?

I agree 100% I loved Demons Souls before I realized its depth. That realization came from the wiki site!