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Mar 04, 2020 Rob rated it it was amazing

I've carried this book with me on almost every adventure through the Lunar series. It's absolutely essential.

I'd like to start by sharing all the ways that this book improves on the first one:
It's twice the volume, with a hardback cover that's protected it from half a dozen exhaustive read-throughs. The cover is a deal-breaker for most strategy guides, because it's very difficult to expect a paperback strategy guide to stay open on a table while you leave it for a few minutes to play the game—th

I've carried this book with me on almost every adventure through the Lunar series. It's absolutely essential.

The book also has three beautiful red ribbon bookmarks sewn directly into the spine. This is perfect, because I often find myself flipping between the gameplay section, the monster stats, and the item info pages in order to make sure that all of the necessary game info is at my fingertips.

Which brings me to my next point: All of the necessary game information is included in this guide. Much like a quintessential extension of the hardback game manual that came in the "Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete" box, this contains full-color and high detail images of every aspect of the game and story. They've really gone above and beyond with features such as:
• A detailed stat block (complete with images) for every single monster in the game, including bosses. There are also abridged versions of these monster guides, including page reference numbers, in all of the corresponding dungeon entries for quick access.
• A full script (including performance notes) of every anime cutscene in the game, of which there are 30 minutes, in addition to several frame captures of the actual contents of the scene to accompany the text.
• Locations, descriptions and images for every single item in the game. This includes Bromides, which were very difficult to find and manage in the Lunar 1 strategy guide. In the Lunar 2 guide, they are clear and complete.

This guide is also bursting with bonus features. One absolutely stunning inclusion is the entirety of the full-color "Lunatic Parade" chibi manga series, interspersed throughout the other game content. As with the original, it also has more concept art and creator interviews than any reader could ask for. The back includes twice as many stickers, including (but not limited to) one for all twenty-two bromide images, character portraits, and stickers to label your PS1 memory cards.

In the margins, they even made room to include photographs from conventions and crudely funny mashed-together comics out of the official imagery. My only complaint in this regard is that—as with the localized games as a whole—virtually none of the humor has aged well. Take this with a grain of salt, however, because if you're looking for awkward 90s pop-culture references in an RPG strategy guide, you'll find what you're looking for here.

The game itself has an epilogue, which this guide also explores to completion. One positive note on this section is that, since the epilogue is very open-ended, all of the key information appears in the beginning and the optional content appears at the end. This is especially nice for readers who compulsively flip to the last page before finishing the book (you know who you are), because the final encounters of the game are actually detailed before the optional content.

Overall, I would posit that there's nothing that this strategy guide is missing. It's everything the ideal game guide should be, and more. If you're going to play the Lunar series, take this with you; it's an invaluable companion to the game.

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