I keep thinking about why FFXV stresses me out so much, and I'm convinced that the official strategy guide is at least partially to blame. "Before this battle, be sure to unlock this skill on your Ascension Grid," the guide will say, and then I will spend ten minutes looking for the skill only to find that it doesn't exist. "You need to complete all the sidequests in order to stay ahead of the difficulty curve," the guide will say, "but for more information you need to go to the back of the book, where we have listed everything in random order and completely removed it from its context."
I'm strongly considering ordering the Japanese guides for this game. Based on my prior experience with the official Square Enix Ultimania guides, they are infinitely easier to use and have much more detailed and accurate information.
(Not gonna read the FFXV novel though, nope, life is too short.)
(I would make a stupid joke about having spent a full decade of my life learning Japanese in order to read strategy guides, but this is in fact what I did. Bitches gotta get a perfect game on FFIV.)
Another - and perhaps saner - alternative for FFXV is to just play the damn game without a guide and not worry about finding everything during the first playthrough. According to everything I've read (mainly on Polygon and Kotaku), there's no way to do a full playthrough the first time around anyway, and there is a bundle of patches and DLC that will be released soon anyway.
For what it's worth, XIII-3 was a big old NOPE for me. My little brother and one or two of my friends at Bethesda swear by that game, but I think it's an acquired taste. I'm glad I'm not alone in finding it anxiety triggering!
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Date: 2017-01-21 02:55 pm (UTC)I'm strongly considering ordering the Japanese guides for this game. Based on my prior experience with the official Square Enix Ultimania guides, they are infinitely easier to use and have much more detailed and accurate information.
(Not gonna read the FFXV novel though, nope, life is too short.)
(I would make a stupid joke about having spent a full decade of my life learning Japanese in order to read strategy guides, but this is in fact what I did. Bitches gotta get a perfect game on FFIV.)
Another - and perhaps saner - alternative for FFXV is to just play the damn game without a guide and not worry about finding everything during the first playthrough. According to everything I've read (mainly on Polygon and Kotaku), there's no way to do a full playthrough the first time around anyway, and there is a bundle of patches and DLC that will be released soon anyway.
For what it's worth, XIII-3 was a big old NOPE for me. My little brother and one or two of my friends at Bethesda swear by that game, but I think it's an acquired taste. I'm glad I'm not alone in finding it anxiety triggering!