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In-House Strategy Guide Review (Pt. 1)
The first part of the Apolyton CS (ACS) in-house review of the "Rise of Nations: Sybex Official Strategies and Secrets" strategy guide, written by ACS staff writer Locutus, is now online.
Today, most strategy guides are but a mere shadow of these old guides from the early nineties, Locutus writes. [T]he information contained in today's strategy guides is usually based on betas and at least some of it is obsolete by the time game and guide hit the shelves. [..] Hard-core fans usually start to come up with better strategies only one or two weeks after the game's release, which often makes the guides all but useless. So when I heard about the "Strategies and Secrets" guide for RoN, I was initially a little sceptical about it, but willing to give it a try.
Included in this instalment are three screenshots, including one from the front and back cover of the guide respectively. Thanks to Sybex's Yaniv Soha for supplying a copy of their guide to review.
The second and final part of Locutus' review will be posted next Monday, August 11th. Comments on this edition are welcome in this thread.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
Today, most strategy guides are but a mere shadow of these old guides from the early nineties, Locutus writes. [T]he information contained in today's strategy guides is usually based on betas and at least some of it is obsolete by the time game and guide hit the shelves. [..] Hard-core fans usually start to come up with better strategies only one or two weeks after the game's release, which often makes the guides all but useless. So when I heard about the "Strategies and Secrets" guide for RoN, I was initially a little sceptical about it, but willing to give it a try.
Included in this instalment are three screenshots, including one from the front and back cover of the guide respectively. Thanks to Sybex's Yaniv Soha for supplying a copy of their guide to review.
The second and final part of Locutus' review will be posted next Monday, August 11th. Comments on this edition are welcome in this thread.
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Dan; Apolyton CS
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