Final Fantasy III

by Ken Schmidt

BradyGames "Final Fantasy III" "Official Strategy Guide" includes the following: A complete walkthrough of the entire game. Detailed area maps. Extensive item and equipment lists. Expert boss... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0744008484
• ISBN13: 9780744008487
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Bradygames
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

What I got........

Well. It was used and cheap. It really helped me out on my gaming. I work a lot and I really don't have all the time in the world to play them, so this helps me on my way. Thanks guys.

Fantastic

I think this guidebook was fantastic.It was a great help and I'm very glad I bought it.I think Bradygames made a very good playbook and hope to see more of them.I would recommend this Players Guidebook to anyone who plays FFIII./

Final Fantasy III Guide

Very good map to find hidden treasures and well described battle tactics.

Not the best guide, but helpful anyway.

Ok I guess I've been spoiled by the quality of most of the other Final Fantasy guides by Bradygames. This one is just not on the same level. Good points: -Helpful hints about jobs -Help w/ bosses -maps Bad points: -Rather simplistically written, as if for children. -Not a very good bestiary. This bothered me a lot. -No world map w/ all locations on it. -No play-by-play list of activities in each area, as in many guides. If you're like me and prefer to have a guide with you while playing an RPG, this book is not a bad idea. But if you're used to much more detailed guides such as the ones for Final Fantasy X and XII, you may be disappointed.

Makes the Best of a Bad Situation

Well, since I finished my Final Fantasy collection off, it only seemed right to finish off my Final Fantasy guide collection as well. Final Fantasy III is a complete remake full of its own exclusive secrets and side quests. A guide could come handy and luckily this guide really isn't all that bad. It has its sticky spots, but at least it isn't useless. This review is pretty long, so if you want a basic rundown of what's good and bad about the guide, you can look to the bottom at "The Good" and "The Bad." The guide begins, like every other guide out there, with a game basics section which is, of course, a rehash of what you'll find in your instruction manual. It's not necessary, but as a "just in case" it works to quickly help you get adapted to the game. It isn't that many pages, and you probably won't need it. Although, there are some tips outlined here that aren't mentioned in the instruction manual or in the game itself. So it's still pretty handy to have along. Afterwards it goes into the characters and sub characters. Again, more stuff you probably won't find yourself paying much attention to. It tells you each characters starting stats, but it really isn't necessary to talk about those things anymore than it was necessary to explain the simple battle system. After all that stuff, though, the guide talks about the jobs, which you actually might find pretty useful as a whole. All 23 jobs get an in depth explanation and tips on how to use them, and they're actually not half bad. They'll tell you what abilities they've got, what magic they can use, and effective ways to use them. There's even some detail about using them once you near the end of the game. Finally, you'll find out what their weapons for achieving job level 99 can do for them. It's pretty good stuff, and doesn't waste a lot of time. It's also nice that they give you a table of stats for each level the characters reach. It's also pretty handy that they give you a list of there equipment on the spot rather than making you flip through all the weapons and armor. This section is extremely useful to those new to the game. Afterwards we have the list of weapons, armor, items, magic, etc. All this stuff is pretty standard for an RPG guide. It's an unwritten law that this stuff must be here, and you probably won't need to refer to it much, but it's nice that it's there. After all this we finally get to the meat of the guide. The walkthrough. I must say that I was quite pleased with it. There are no story spoilers, and the walkthrough gets right to the point. It's divided into sections based on what crystal you're going after (i.e. there's a whole chapter concerning the wind crystal, a whole chapter concerning the fire crystal etc.). All the objectives are listed at the beginning of each chapter in the walkthrough. There are then sections for each dungeon, town, etc. So it's pretty well organized. For each town they offer tips on what to buy, and they'l