Well its a strategy guide so it does what it is suppose to do. It tells you everything you need to know about the greatest game.

This guide goes completely in-depth with Final Fantasy X. The information is set out well in an easy-to-read manner, and is accompanied by detailed maps and information on all the side quests, including: Blitzball, the optional aeons Anima & the Magus Sisters, characters' ultimate weapons, and so on.

All I'd have to say is that you'd only really want to use this if you are repeating the game to finish it 100%, or you have finished the main storyline and are looking for more quests to do. This guide can over-prepare you for bosses and make the game a lot less difficult, so if you're looking for a challenge, I recommend finishing the major storyline first before relying on this guide.

All in all, I'm glad I purchased this!

The item is exactly as described. It shows everthing needed to beat the game easily. Great on showing all bonus features too.

This guide works great for me. Easy to find the more obscure quests and items.

Helped in some complicated situation, very good quality for a book, in color,i received it very quickly with the other final fantasy book that i had ordered. very good product

There is no getting lost in the game with this by your side. You'll always know what you need to do next.

It would be impossible to accomplish all of things you can accomplish in this game without some help. There are simply too many secret places, special weapons, hidden aeons, etc. than one person could unlock on their own. The book is easy to use, easy to understand, and put together in a helpful, comprehensive manner. You will enjoy this game even more with this valuable resource.

Well organized & absolutely essential!
This guide lends even more playability to an already great game!

This guide book is well written at certain points, but terribly hole-filled at others. It's a great walk-through of the straight through and giving you an idea of what to do. However, if you're like me and like to completely dominate the final fantasy games, then this book won't help much more than any online walk-through guide. Now begins my rant... The original, area and species creations are merely mentioned; there is no info about the actual fiends and considering almost all of them are insanely harder than even the final boss it would have been nice to know what to expect or at least know how much hit points each one has. The guides to getting the legendary weapons are vague and not very helpful except stating where each one is on the map. There are no helpful hints on the hard events that you need to do in order to get the parts for the weapons (anyone who has done the chocobo trainer race or the lightning dodger knows what I'm talking about). In my opinion he could included tons more information and made a really good strategy guide, but it seems like he rushed the whole thing and included just what was needed to get through the game. By now there are many many guides on the internet that are as good if not better, don't bother with this when you can get the same thing for free.

Normally I am not one to BUY walkthrough or strategy guides but I noticed that this particular game is VERY complex and most information I found on-line just didn't seem to cut it. I was skeptical about buying this guide, but I read the more than stellar reviews on it, and I decided to get it when it went on sale.

BOY! I sure didn't regret my purchase! This is clearly one of the best reference guides I have bought in years! Simply put, the book is beautiful. The colors chosen, the map drawings, and the amazing attention to detail cannot be understated. I would have easily paid double what I paid and still I would be satisfied with my purchase.

While I thought this book is a walkthrough and left it at that, I found out that is it's much more. First of all, the book is divided into sections. The walkthrough is actually one section of the book with all key locations are given as well as where all the secret treasures lie. There is also a section describing each of the characters in your party as well as detailed information on the summonable Aeons.

But where this book also shines is that it also gives you a wealth of information that is difficult to find.

All the beasts and foes are given their own section and their strengths and weaknesses are all given in addition to their hitpoints and other vital information.

Another thing that always bewildered me with Final Fantasy X is the whole meaning and gameplay behind Blitzball. Not only does the guide explain it very well it also gives you information (again) you just can't find elsewhere. I always wondered why my Blitzball team was always losing, but then I found out that you can HIRE Blitzball players and they can be pretty much scattered about Spira. All of the capabilities of all the hirable players are given in addition to 'regular' players.

Finally, the book gives you a fold out that illustrates the entire sphere grid. There is a whole section in the book that explains the sphere grid and then gives suggestions on paths you can take each character.

Because the book is laid out in sections, you pretty much can look information up on Blitzball players, Weapons, and Beasts without giving away anything 'secret' (there is a whole section on that topic too).

The Walkthrough section is divided into a couple sections as well. One is the main or core walkthrough, then there is the walkthrough to access sidequests and also secret items.

Given the scope of Final Fantasy X AND the detail given to the creation of this book, I feel that you cannot have one without the other. Ok, if you have LOADS of time to figure out every element of the game yourself, then perhaps you can 'wing it'. But for me, I see the Final Fantasy X Official Strategy Guide an extention of the game manual and instructions.

Simply put...it is a must get. You will not regret it.

This book definitely doesn't have everything in it but it has most. I would recommend you use online walkthroughs for the more trickier things like the bestiary or getting the best characters out of the grid system.

Ok, I have to let my nerdy side show a little for this one. I own several games with accompanying strategy guides, and for the record, Dan Birlew is one of my LEAST favorite guide authors. Now I don't want to be too harsh on old Dan here, perhaps the versions of his games were different than mine. But it seems too consistent to be coincedence that his strategy guides always have omissions and errors that can affect your experience. On this particular guide, certain elements of the guide are confusing and generally not well layed-out. Of main concern is the bestiary. (It sounds dirty, but it's not, pervert.) It's a bit cluttered and quite eyeball intensive. The walkthrough and other elements are ok, but not quite what I would like to see for such a deep, engrossing game. This guide will help, but be prepared to go online in search of the deepest, darkest and best kept secrets to this game.

Fantastic Game and the book had everything I needed to know. I loved playing this so much I am know playing Final Fantasy VIII and plan on playing all the Final Fantasy games. I went about half way through the game without the book, and missed some of the side quests. I could go back and do them but they would have been easier if I would have had the book and done them earlier in the game. I will probably play the game again from the beginning consulting the book as I go. The book does not give anything away, it enhances your play.

I bought this books and the FFX-2 strategy guide,
and there are helpful tips in the book. it will bring you through the whole game and various situations step by step, what otherwise had cost you a long time.
the lay out is beautiful, and there is a poster folded on the inside too, with dresspheres and stuff extra. if you want to have your game complete and acquire every item, I would recommend this book. It really helps you completing this game !! I'll wish you all a great time playing final fantasy X.
I sure had.

Good guide, a lot of detailed description for all the FF fans. the plus of this guide is the photo set, a large aount of images that all the fans can't miss!

My son is 8 and is loving the Final Fantasy game, without this guide book he would have never gottten anywhere in the game. I set and help him out by letting him know how to defeat the big bad monsters. It leaves alot to find out by yourself also, but lets you know the "key" items that you need to look out for.

Pick this up for my daughter for a christmas present. It was one of the things on her 'high-priority' list. It was a last minute present & Amazon was one of the few places that could get it to me in time for christmas.

This book is not only very helpful but it is also beautifully drawn up. The descriptions are useful. The game is classic and the book is a worthy investment!

This book offer tips on how to defeat enemies and provides a detailed list of all enemies's HP/MP amount, what their weakness and strengths, and even mentions the items you'll if succsfully defeat, steal, or bribe them successfully. The maps are accurate, so you never get lost. But the book is most helpful when you're at the temples trying to place the orbs into the correct pedstals in order to unlock a secret passage.

The guide also gives information on where to obtain secret items to power up your party members to their fullest potential. In addition, they're also secret locations you can go to and fight extrenely powerful monsters so you can level your party members faster.

Looking throughly into the enitre book, there's no misspelled words or incorrect grammar, and the information is accurate. As far as credability goes, this book is a winner!

I've gone through many Final Fantasy guides in my gaming lifetime and once again this is another fantastic guide that helped my through every step of the game. Great tips to beat the tough bosses and fantastic character and aeon insight as well as some extremely helpful secrets and a comprehesive walkthrough. A must buy.

This book offer tips on how to defeat enemies and provides a detailed list of all enemies's HP/MP amount, what their weakness and strengths, and even mentions the items you'll if succsfully defeat, steal, or bribe them successfully. The maps are accurate, so you never get lost. But the book is most helpful when you're at the temples trying to place the orbs into the correct pedstals in order to unlock a secret passage.

The guide also gives information on where to obtain secret items to power up your party members to their fullest potential. In addition, they're also secret locations you can go to and fight extrenely powerful monsters so you can level your party members faster.

Looking throughly into the enitre book, there's no misspelled words or incorrect grammar, and the information is accurate. As far as credability goes, this book is a winner!

I've gone through many Final Fantasy guides in my gaming lifetime and once again this is another fantastic guide that helped my through every step of the game. Great tips to beat the tough bosses and fantastic character and aeon insight as well as some extremely helpful secrets and a comprehesive walkthrough. A must buy.

easy to follow and very cool. i would tell everyone to use it for the game.

Great comprehensive guide to the in's and outs of FFX still lacking some of the more detailed secrets eg where to get and claim lots of key spheres for unlocking the sphere grid

barring that this guide has everything you would want to know about finding and moving through the world of spira

a definite must for all serious final fantasy fans and those who are having trouble with some of the basics of the game

Well written, jammed packed with information.

Would like to have seen more information on the sphere grid and suggestions on how to handle alternative spheres, but all in all a great guide.

This guide was very detailed and I finished the game faster than it thought I would.

I have been using online walkthroughs to play most of the games I have owned, and since my computer broke down, I had and I mean had to buy this book.. Although it lacks deep informations about some sidequests involved in the game, it does pretty much cover everything else, and what else you also get the complete list of Rikku's overdrive, mix.. Overall a great product and will make a great gift for your friend or a family who is a FFX fan..

This guide consists of six main categories that cover 100% of the game. The first section is the RPG basics, which tells about game play. The second section focus' more on character information, unlockable aeons and skills this beasts can learn, as well as tips for leveling up your characters on the sphere grid. Special abilities are also featured.

All items in the game are listed as well as the effects each has in the game. There is a weapons listing, but not very much information on how to get the weapon, or the stats of each weapon.

The walkthrough section of this guide is extremely detailed, and a must need if anybody hopes to complete this game 100%. The guide helps solve puzzles, boss strategy, and hidden items, as well as the main game play.

There is also a seperate side quest section to help plaers with the countless mini-games and monster area information! The secrets section reveals special locations where you can find more powerful items and new abilities and aeons. There is a seperate section to locate the Al Bhed Primer books, and decipher the Al Bhed language. This section also goes over hidden legendary weapon locations.

There is also a Blitzball section, where all of the possible blitzball players are listed with detailed stats and techniques, so one can pick the best possible team to dominate! Lastly is the Bestary, where all monster and boss stats and abilities are located. The guide also comes with i giant sphere grid replica and Rikku's overdrive table!

Overall, this guide is not neccesary to play the main story of Final Fantasy X. However, it's highly reccomended to any and all people who want to complete the game completely or in the easiest possible way! It helped me a bunch! 4 stars!

I thought this guide was going to be awesome. Because FFX is the best game ever. I was disspointed with this guide. The writer seems to not really focus on boss fights or enmies, but focuses on mini games, items, hidden Aeons, weapons etc. Like The Kingdom Hearts guide and FFX-2 guide, the writer seems to focus on items and weapons. I got all 3 of the guides for boss help. I can get item and weapon stuff online. Another disspointment was the poster, it was supossed to help you with Rikku's overdrive mix, but it was very confusing! The other side was everyone's Sphere grid. It seemed VERY un-orginized!!! In the FFX-2 poster, I loved it because it had a real picture of the girls that I could hang on my wall!!!

That much being said, here are the good points in the guide:

Good Aeon help, told me i had to get a certin item for Shiva to attack with 9999 damage, while online it said She can attack with 9999 damage without a item. I cannot say which one is incorrect, but getting the item seemed right. Like I said, tons of Aeon coverage. I helped to find all the secret Aeons. Also it said if you get all the Aeons, you cannot die in the last boss fight!!!! That's something no one told me online!!! Brady Games is known for not giving away spoilers, but I wish they did!!! I am the kind of person who wants to know what happens next.

It gave great coverage on Blitzball. But overall it needed more time on Boss fights. I would have givin it 5 stars, but I needed more time on the boss fights.

Songstress Lenne

The FFX Official Straegy Guide for PS2 systems lets the player guide very involved in the game. I have played for over 140 hours and still haven't accomplished everything in the book. The strategy guide keeps you informed without revealing the storyline. I would buy other Bradygame guides based on my exerience with this one.

best ffx walkthough book on the market. from monsters spec to game secerts, aquire every legary weapons etc etc the full package all u need.

the strategy guide came in full contact quickly what more could I ask for

Excellent book, very few omissions/mistakes. Worth the money if you want to master the game.

This guide has everything you could possibly want to know about Final Fantasy X. Maps for every area, detailed walkthrough, shop lists for every area, each character's sphere grid, a whole picture of the entire sphere grid, how to get every ultimate weapon. There is a two page list of how to obtain every single ablility for weapons and armor including the No Encounters ability. It really goes into detail about every sidequest and mini-game including Blizball that has pages of Blizball player data for every single player and team. There is an interview with the Squaresoft team about the development and a two-sided poster of Rikku's Overdrive Mix on one side and the entire Sphere Grid on the other side which is also included in the actual guide. I love the pictures and illustrations, it's a very beautiful guide. There are pictures and details about every Aeon and all the abilities that every Aeon can have.

There's only one minor flaw with this guide: in the Bestiary section, they don't tell where you see the enemies in the game. And I know that they list all the enemies in the beginning of each section throughout the walkthrough but those lists are a shorter version of the real lists in the back of the guide. For instance, if I just want to know an enemies' HP, it will tell me in that section of the guide, but if I want to know what I will get for Bribing, how much Gil is needed to Bribe, if I want to know if an enemy is immune to Poison or something like that, I have to turn to the back of the guide. That's the only downfall but other than that, the guide is perfect.

From what I've heard, this seems to be the best guide made by Brady Games. The Final Fantasy IX Guide was a sorry excuse for a quide, always telling you to goto PlayOnline.com and even if you were to go there it wont exsist anymore...

this guide was really helpful to me.it gives good maps pictures and descriptions.

Once again like the ff8 version, this guide is marvelous!
Leaves nothing out and is comprehenceable.
Very recommended

don't buy this guide. It's the worst guide i ever read. For example, how do I get the ability of No Encounter? The author did even bother to tell us how to get it, he just mentioned: equip it. And he tried to spoil the plot!!! He made tons of unnecssary statements about how to get or do the stuff that you don't need. Those of people who mentioned this is the best guide ever didn't know what they missed. Don't buy the guide! Go to www.gamefaqs.com or buy Ultimania final fantasy x guide found elsewhere fo doing a google search.

I had started this game twice, and both times got stuck because my characters were too wimpy for the boss's I ran in to. This guild has helped IMMENSELY. I feel much more confident this time around that I'm not missing important items and chances for experience.

It's size is perfect for dropping it into your lap and reading while gaming. Very easy to follow. Doesn't give away plot points, which I appreciate (as much as I want to know what's going on!). Highly, highly recommended.

Talk about leaving no stone unturned. This strategy guide covers absolutely everything about Final Fantasy X, from the various enemies you come across through the game to the battle skills that can be learned by your characters.

Beautiful illustration and layout are the norm for this book. There really is no substitution.

This isn't the greatest guide I've ever read. While playing the game, I discovered several Save Spheres not listed, and a few Al Bhed Primers. There wasn't much help on hard-to-beat fiends (for instance, the Sand Worm in the Sanubia Desert), and only a few fiends got any spotlight at all. I probably died more on fiends than on bosses! Also, I found it hard to Customize things when the book instructed (e.g. when it said: equip all characters with items with SOS Regen), when it didn't tell you what you needed to customize. Oh yeah, and for some reason, the guide told me at a certain point near the begginging of the game for Lulu to use Fira...which would be pretty much impossible to have at the time unless you went hunting for fiends to fight for a few hours. The maps were a bit confusing, but I liked how it didn't give away many spoilers :)

Many published guides exist for games that simply do not need umpty dozen slick pages of fan information and a simple-minded walkthrough. These are simply marketing maneuvers to increase profitability. But occasionally, a game comes along that is so complicated and secretive that simply following the linear path may win you the game, but miss the real richness and effort put into it. Final Fantasy X (FFX) is one of those games that come along so rarely, and the possession of this strategy guide will greatly enhance play.

Technically, this guide is typical in format. It starts with an introduction to the game, its main characters, and the spiritual forces called Aeons. There is a discussion of the unique system for acquiring enhancing abilities, discussions of weapons and armor, key items, shops, etc. Following the walkthrough are sections on side quests, secrets of the game, how to play blitzball (something I never mastered), an extensive bestiary and some interviews with the creative staff. This is a glossy, 270-page dissertation on the game - an alarming amount of information.

The walkthrough itself is quite thorough, complete with the customary maps, illustrations, and directions. The discussion, however, is not always in the best order, creating the possibility that over reliance on the guide may lead the player to make some irritating, but not fatal mistakes. Some of the diagrams for the puzzles are also a bit hazy, perhaps deliberately. In any case, this is a complicated game, and even a guide like this will miss some details. I think this is for the best, actually. It keeps the player from simply connecting the dots.

There is a real danger that the extra quests, etc., will lead the player to over-level the characters. It is possible to get to the point that the final series of battles is something of an anti-climax. Keep this in mind when using the guide. Some help is a blessing, but too much can spoil the show. Even so, this is the best resource for extending game play. If you want to squeeze the last few drops of value from the game, this is what you need.

While not perfect, this is a very good guide to Final Fantasy X. The guide gives an excellent walkthrough for the main story of the game without spoiling the story. There is a lot of detail in finding the items in sidequests and getting all of the Al Bhed primer. My lone gripe is that while all of the Primers are listed, they missed a couple during the walkthrough and i missed my chance (one of them permanently) to get them. Normally, any boss strategy is just to whomp them until they die, but this gives fairly detailed strategies...some of which are very helpful.

If FFX is giving you any trouble, this guide is worth getting.

I didnt know if I wanted to get this guide, mainly because the guides for Final Fantasy 9 and Chronicles .... But im glad that I did. This guide is up to par with the guides for parts 7 and 8 which were very helpful. Another plus is that the author doesnt give away the final boss (which is a shock). I would definetly get this guide to help you complete this great complex game. You will love the game and love the book.

I read the Final Fantasy 10 Guide

I thought it was excellent book because it is a good detailed book

I think kids 10 years and up would enjoy this book

I recommend this book because it will help you in this game and and it will give you all the secrets in this game and tell you how to play Blitz Ball and who you can hire to play.

You don't need this guide to finish the game because there's really nowhere you'll get stuck, but I recommend getting it anyway.
Here's my FF tactic: I play the game a first time to the end, and then I buy the guide and play it a second time with the guide at hand.
I found this guide to be very helpful in figuring out the leveling up of characters correctly. You will end up wasting your characters abilities if you don't know what you're doing.
You'll also need it if you're interested in getting the ultimate weapons of your characters. You may be able to stumble upon most of the items you need, but unless you do this professionally, I can almost guarantee that you'll never figure them all out without help (and even with help, I had to give up on a few ... too frustrating to do).

Normally strategy guides are for those ones that get stuck and need some help but just to get through it and leave it alone, others will follow the book by the letter and make sure not to miss a thing. I'm the latter. It will frustrate you when you don't know how to beat this boss, not realizing you got the wrong equipment or the wrong strategy against him. The guide is quite helpful in figuring out where to go next. There was one minor problem is that they do show the weapon list but they've got it alphabetically so that you aren't sure whether this new weapon for your character is the best one. But other than that, it's a great guide to get you out of those rough situations.

Uh, small spoiler ahead, very small : All I can say is buy it, and there is really only one reason: The Closier of trials. The puzzels in them are very confusing. The first 2 aren't, but the final one is so hard I had trouble with the guide (even though it goes step-by-step.)

The guide is very easy to understand so you should go and buy it if you think you'll have troubles. It's also very helpful with the legendary weapons part.

This book is worth it. Why? Two words for you:

Skill Map.

That's right; a full-sized (and smaller sized ones in the book) of the skill map for your characters is included as a poster, along with ALL of Rikku's attacks.

Nuff said.

The book is an excellent example of what a hint book should be. It's nothing you can't get if you aren't internet savy, however, the convience of having a full-color guide in your lap while playing is invaluable. And for the skill map which you can uh, mark your progress on with a post it note. So you don't study any erroneous paths accidently. Not that I would do that myself, heh.

If you're heavy into the weapon-customization track as well, this is handy for assisting you in getting the blade/staff/whatever of your dreams if the Ultimate Weapons don't quite cut it for you.

Downsides: some of the area diagrams are off. The items listed that you can find in a few cases are incorrect as well. Other than that, it's pretty decent.

I have Bradygames FFX OSG and Digicube's Scenerio and Battle Ultimanias for FFX. After reading through Digicube's and Bradygames' guides, I recommend Digicube's vastly superior guides for die hard FF fans who want to know everything there is to FFX.

Here are some instances that exemplify the contrasting differences.

Affection levels, and how they trigger certain scenes are not clearly explained. Scenerio Ultimania has covered this whereas FFX OSG only tells you it can happen, but not how. Criteria and condtitons to be met are simply left out in FFX OSG.

Customisation of weapons and armour do not have lists that shows their names after the process.

The maps are confusing in comparison to Ulitmania. Furthermore, maps from Bradygames only show direction, treasure chests and save points. Ultimania's maps shows all the above, and where events take place as well as location of recruitable Blitzball players.

Lulu's Overdrive is not clearly explained. Battle Ultimania has a graph chart showing how many times you need to turn the right analogue stick to trigger x amount of spells. Certain spells have limits of 7 (Ultima), even though you turn the analogue stick 25-29 times. Brady Games' guide only tell you to turn the right analogue stick and not how many times is needed, how stats affect the number of turns on your right analouge stick (higher stats=lesser number of turns for same amount of mulitiple casting), nor which spells have limits to mulitiple castings.

Kimahri's "Ronso Rage" and its blue monster magic also lacks details. Ultimania shows a list of all the blue magics and which monsters allow Kimahri to learn from. Bradygames' tells you ocassionally which monsters you can draw skills from in its walkthrough section.

Digicube released two books to cover FFX. In the past for FF VIII, Vagrant Story, and Chrono Cross Digicube released one book. This shows that this time for FFX the amount of information needed to be passed on to gamers is too large for a single guide to handle. Bradygames is too ambitious to try and cover everything they can in one volume.

It is good for beginners and intermediate players of the Final Fantasy series who wants to complete the game for leisure but for serious hardcore fans who want to see everything, find every secret and understand the underlying mechanics of FFX, try Ultimania ... or go www.gamefaqs.com to download the missing information in Bradygames' guide.

In the final analysis, FFX OSG is good but Ultimania surpasses it in nearly every regard. What FFX OSG has, Ultimania has in its two volume guide. In addition, trememdous amount of relevent, important information can be found in Ultimania whereas sadly, the same can't be said for FFX OSG.