Ok,I love this game,and if you love this game too I reccomend you get the this.It tells you everything about the characters,their ether,their weapons,their tech attacks,and the A.W.G.S.It will tell you all the enenmies you'll fight,where they appear,how much hp they have,and their weakness'.This guide will also tell you some secrets of the characters and if they have special things you can find for them too.This book will also tell you how to play the mini games and what you need to play them.They have made maps that make sense and help you find your way around easily.This book pretty much covers everything you would want to know.Keep in mind that some times the guide will tell you how to fight.Everything is pretty much upgraded and a lot of times things don't work out.If something like this happens then do it your own way that makes in easier for you to win.I give this guide 4 stars because the pics in the book aren't that great and are blurred,and they didn't explain how many things worked.But I do reccomend this guide for the xenosaga game to get a better understanding of how it works.

I am glad to say that this time round, Bradygames didn't screw up this guide.

The maps layout of enemy positions and item locations are right on the spot. Also the item charts, skills extractable tables and ethers are accurate. All sidequests, from Great Joe/Mintia and Meld/Din Gareth bosses are highlighted, as well as a great walkthrough.

XenoSaga can be considered an easy RPG, but purists looking to find every item, complete every sidequest would have a much easier time using this guide-for nearly everything in here is written in a clear, concise manner. I had no problems completing the game my first walkthrough as this guide told me of the creatures' weakness, what skills/techs to equip and where to find the less obvious items on the maps.

There are a couple of things I would like to see if they ever are going to reprint this guide:

1. The Casino section. Poker can only help you to a small extent with G. Slots is truly the way to being a millionaire. Check out gamefaqs for more information.

2. The tech levels are there, but the effects (how much damage does it do per level?) are not shown. I would like to see not just the T pts requirement for upgrading one level but also the statstical improvements-by how many points (Ether Attack /Physical Attack) does upgrading a tech helps?

Other than these minor concerns I have, a perfect guide. Keep up the good work!

I have remarked elsewhere that Zenosaga is a game where the devil is in the details - all the myriad details. The plot marches cheerfully onward from (lengthy) cut scene to (even longer) cut scenes. But the action is complicated by countless possibilities for character development and weapons/equipment strategies. Not to mention puzzles, special quests and side quests. It is simply too much to keep in your mind if you hope to touch most of the games bases.

Take characters, for instance. You can build basic traits (strength, etc.), spell casting, technical attacks, and personal skills. You can don mechs, upgrade weapons, and tune your engines. To, while maps are important to finding everything, the real test of a guide is how well it brings all the rest of the confusion together.

I have to hand it to Birlew and Parkinson for managing to present all this material in a manner that makes good, usable sense. This is a 224-page guide, and you will wind up reading most of it. For the most part it is clearly written, well illustrated, and contains only a few glaring errors. None of the latter are disastrous, just irritating when you are trying to figure something out.

I have no qualms about using guides. Especially in a case like Xenosaga, where the designers obviously were planning an all out war with the players. Games like this scream out for maps and lists and charts, and here they are. One of my measures of the quality of a walk-thru if it extends enjoyable game play, and this effort meets that criterion head on. Well worth the cost.

My sisters and I saw this movie years ago and are laughing to this day about certain scenes. To us,it is a classic.The musical numbers aren't hits, but the film itself reaches out to young people of different backgrounds. It shows that no matter where in the country or the world you are, we all deal with similar issues.