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PS3 Hint Book?

Postby Barren_Wastelands » Wed Nov 12, 2008 7:53 pm

Yes exacly, Does it really exist a Phantasy Star 3 Hint book?

I sa this on Ebay
http://i9.ebayimg.com/03/i/01/a6/51/d8_1_b.JPG

Whats in it? Somebody has a scan of it?

I'm really curious.
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Postby Heroic_Chaz » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:48 pm

I think perhaps because games of PSIII's scope and size were not common int he US at the time, they added the hint book to go witht he game itself to help gamers along... they did that for PS II as well.
I wonder what people will see in the final days?
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Postby Barren_Wastelands » Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:57 pm

Heroic_Chaz wrote:I think perhaps because games of PSIII's scope and size were not common int he US at the time, they added the hint book to go witht he game itself to help gamers along... they did that for PS II as well.


I bought both PS2 and PS3 as a kid, and I did get the PS2 hintbook but no book for PS3. I didn't even know there was one.
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Postby Heroic_Chaz » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:00 pm

Barren_Wastelands wrote:
Heroic_Chaz wrote:I think perhaps because games of PSIII's scope and size were not common int he US at the time, they added the hint book to go witht he game itself to help gamers along... they did that for PS II as well.


I bought both PS2 and PS3 as a kid, and I did get the PS2 hintbook but no book for PS3. I didn't even know there was one.
There's a hint book for every game on the planet... maybe even the orginal tetris lol. In any case, I wouldn't know, I only played PSIII in collab disks and once on an emulator. I only really use online strategy guides. They're more helpful in most cases.
I wonder what people will see in the final days?
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Postby Barren_Wastelands » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:10 pm

Heroic_Chaz wrote:
Barren_Wastelands wrote:
Heroic_Chaz wrote:I think perhaps because games of PSIII's scope and size were not common int he US at the time, they added the hint book to go witht he game itself to help gamers along... they did that for PS II as well.


I bought both PS2 and PS3 as a kid, and I did get the PS2 hintbook but no book for PS3. I didn't even know there was one.
There's a hint book for every game on the planet... maybe even the orginal tetris lol. In any case, I wouldn't know, I only played PSIII in collab disks and once on an emulator. I only really use online strategy guides. They're more helpful in most cases.


okay..sorry but I'm not really sure what you mean here. Hint book for me is not the same thing as the instruction manual of the game or what it's called in english.
The book I'm talking about is the one with 113 pages and all the maps and everything for PS2, and in the url posted above I got the impression that a similar one existing for PS3 as well. Not just the little manual that says "Don't play the game for more than one hour at the time to avoid epelepsy" and thing like that.
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Postby Zucca » Wed Nov 12, 2008 9:34 pm

Hm. I've never seen PS3 hintbook.
And I belive Heroic_Chaz was talking about manuals? Am I right?
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Postby Missagh » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:52 am

I have a copy of that hintbook back in Sweden. I might get the pages scanned, if I get a scanner :)
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Postby vilkacis » Thu Nov 13, 2008 10:14 pm

I have that book as well, but it pretty much sucks, other than the fact that it has a couple of nice pics (actual artwork) in it.

It has dungeon and town maps, but they tend to just go "look for a powerful sword and protection in this dungeon" instead of actually stating what you'll find and where. The maps are made up of screencaps from a TV, so the image quality isn't the best, and you'll see the party standing around in like 20 different locations per map - anything you'll find online is likely better.

It's been a while since I looked at it, but I don't think it mentions the items that can be used to duplicate tech effects, either. I believe stats for weapons/armour/enemies are also missing. So yeah, if you want a walkthrough, there are much better ones online.
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Postby Barren_Wastelands » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:14 pm

vilkacis wrote:I have that book as well, but it pretty much sucks, other than the fact that it has a couple of nice pics (actual artwork) in it.

It has dungeon and town maps, but they tend to just go "look for a powerful sword and protection in this dungeon" instead of actually stating what you'll find and where. The maps are made up of screencaps from a TV, so the image quality isn't the best, and you'll see the party standing around in like 20 different locations per map - anything you'll find online is likely better.

It's been a while since I looked at it, but I don't think it mentions the items that can be used to duplicate tech effects, either. I believe stats for weapons/armour/enemies are also missing. So yeah, if you want a walkthrough, there are much better ones online.


Ok, thanks for the info. No I don't really want it, I'm just a curious PS-fan. The PS2 hintbook was quite good, but of course, all the online faqs are the best.
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Postby Heroic_Chaz » Fri Nov 14, 2008 6:33 pm

Indeed. The faq's and walthroughs on this very site helped me tremendously, personally.
I wonder what people will see in the final days?
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