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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets Review


Fallout Tactics:  Brotherhood of Steel: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets  Manufacturer: Sybex
Author(s): Michael Rymaszewski

ISBN: 0782128882    EAN: 9780782128888
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256

Average Rating: 3 out of 5 Stars

Retail Price: $19.99
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"Fallout Tactics" is the follow-up to Interplay's "Fallout 2". A squad-based, tactical combat game, "Fallout Tactics" also features RPG (role-playing game) character development and a rich story line. The game also features 38 single-player missions, a robust multiplayer system and intense strategy and statistic heavy gameplay. This guide to the game features: walkthroughs for all missions, including detailed maps; statistics and strategies for all weapons, characters, vehicles and creatures; hardcore multiplayer tactics; and an online companion site featuring additional chapters designed to continue to support readers.


User Submitted Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets Reviews


June 26, 2007
Passable as a strategy guide...
As a kid I always enjoyed reading the strategy guides to my favorite console games, like the Final Fantasy series. Usually these strategy guides had all the information on the actual gameplay/items/locations, plus added touches like 'bonus features' or 'secrets' and even tidbits of information about the game that owners might find interesting. The pages were in color and you could almost read the guides like a good magazine or even a book.

Not so with this guide. As soon as I got this guide in the mail, I realized I would be disappointed. The quality of the printing is low; small pages, black & white print on normal computer printer paper. There are no pictures of items & the descriptions of them are extremely brief and not really useful. The book covers the missions themselves in a brief fashion (a couple pages per mission) with a general outline of the objectives & strategies, with a couple fuzzy screenshots mixed in.

Nowhere is there specific vendor information, ANY information on random encounters or special encounters (which the book bluntly lies about on the back cover by claiming it does have this information), or a tips/tricks section -- of which there are plenty to discover in Fallout Tactics.

All in all this is a mediocre book and you really shouldn't buy this unless you are some kind of avid 'Fallout' merchandise collector. You are better off going online to look at a F.A.Q. or Walkthrough on the game; this book is cheaply made and only covers the most basic essentials of playing through the game.

February 17, 2004
At this price??
I sincerely hope no one would be crazy enough to buy the strategy guide at four times the price of the game. It is a good game, but you can figure out most of the stuff that is in the guide for yourself.

May 9, 2001
Decent Play
I really was put down when I realized how different tactics would be compared to the origional Fallout 1 and 2; it had excellent graphics and a good storyline, and the new and improved items were great. I can't forget the multiplayer and map creators that are readily available, but if you are interested in buying tactics for the sheer RPG value of it,then don't even bother. Go for Deus Ex or Baldurs Gate.

In terms of a standalone game, without comparing it to the others, Fallout Tactics is still an amazing game, and certainly worth getting.

April 14, 2001
A well layed out book
This book has many tables and lists of all the statistics in the Fallout Tactics universe. It also gives information on comabat, charactors (and charactor building), missions, enemies, perks, skills, MULTIPLAYER, and tips on how to win your way to victory. It was easy to understand, the good thing was that it didn't tell exactly what to do. This left the game open, not a complete walkthrough (you know, do this, do that... no fun!). The book really helps make the Fallout expirience ten times better. Buy this book and make the most out of your game.


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