This was a great Final Fantasy game-one of my two or three favorites-and finishing all 35 achivements was a great way to record my success, as none of other Final Fantasy games have appeared on Xbox 360. The guide streamlined my play DOWN to about 165 hours to full completion-if I'd had to learn all of the nuances of item crafting, it would have been much, MUCH longer, especially with regard to collecting Platinum Ingots. The comlpexity of this sub-game, and the importance of it in defeating the final mark missions, is a trial-and error nightmare. The single best aspect of this guide, however, was its assistance in helping me craft items to get the "Treasure Hunter" achievement. While I never understood fully the idea of the Pulse Vestige, its power, or its relationship to the Fal'Cie and the L'Cie, I appreciated their actions in the story, and how the game guide allowed me to enjoy the playing experience without telling me what was going on during the cutscenes. FF game stories are always hard to follow, as they make little contiguous sense, but there are pieces of the stories-Aeris' death in VII, Princess Ashe's emergence in XII, and of course Auron in X-that really stick with you in your gaming life. What I appreciated about this guide was its commitment to the story of the game. I've not finished a Final Fantasy game without a guide since FFIII on the Super Nintendo, and from breeding a Gold Chocobo in FFVII to crafting Ultimate Weapons in FFXIII, I've needed the help I've gotten from these game add-ons. Games like this are very, very difficult, and exponentially more time-consuming, without some kind of assistance.
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