The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom – The Complete Official Guide: Collector's Edition

An item of this nature is definitely necessary to with a game that is as large and complex at The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. I know I would have been lost at several junctures without something like this at my fingertips. The guide is quite thorough and I've found that, for the most part, I haven't needed to consult outside sources about questions I have for the game. Plus, it's ad. free content and I don't have to worry about being tracked when I play the game which are two huge advantages that a physical game guide such as this continues to have over it's digital counterparts.I do wish the guide contained some official game art. That was always a nice feature that game guides back in the day had before digital source material was so readily available. Seeing how there's no DLC planned for the game, players don't have to worry about the material in this guide going out of date either which continues to be an argument against physical media of this nature. I would recommend this official guide to anyone playing the game.Piggyback remains a master of their craft which as is indicated by their masterfully crafted guide to this guide. That is good since they're about the only one left releasing physical game guides these days.

Made a great gift and reference book for the kids to learn how to use

Good reference guide tons of information

I hated the two month wait on this because I have most of the big stuff completed before I got this and anything I needed help with I got online. BUT that is truly the only complaint I have for this wonderful guide! My hardback copy came in perfect condition; no dents in cover or bent pages. The content of this book is accurate from what I can tell (I've been pouring over it for 2 days now) and they really do a great job of giving you all the details in how to find/do a quest in as straightforward as one can expect from such a huge and complex game. What really helps is the copious use of the map coordinates to help me find exactly and precisely what I'm looking for in game. There are clear and concise map keys and everything is easily labeled so you won't get lost hopping between pages to match what you're looking for.One of the main complaints I heard the most was the the picture quality was horrible and, for me personally, I find that this couldn't be further from the truth. Yes I did find a couple pretty dark pics of some of the monsters that look like they copied them straight out of the game but I could still easily differentiate between them and the others they were comparing them to. I found that all of the pictures have a very sharp enhanced look to them which I loved because you can see every little detail despite the pictures being so small. Another compliment I heard was about the lack of a pull out map poster for the game and to that I say I'm not really sure how they would do that with this game. BOTW's map had 2 sides to the same map illustrating 2 different completion objectives (shrines and towers on one and all Korok seeds on the other). They would have had to have given 2-3 maps to be able to cover all 3 sections of the map ie, sky, land and the depths. While I miss the poster and hope they include one in the next guide with a dlc explanation the atlas they provided in the back will work well for me.This book covers anything and everything you could hope for in a game guide book! I'm also very grateful that there is still a company out there that is still willing to make and publish a guide book for games. It's great that I can go online for somethings but usually I have to sit through 20mins of a 30-45min video just to see the 1 thing I need to find out to got forward in game. I just love knowing this book is right there beside me, ready to be picked up at a moments notice and with a quick scan I can see what I'm missing. A book like this would have been REALLY helpful for Pokemon Arceus and Snap, but I digress.I truly hope everyone enjoys this book as much as I have!

Just what my granddaughter wanted. Received new hardcover. Recommend

Love it, looks good, great gift, if you love zelda it isA nice collectors item and very informative. Would recommend

This guide isn't nearly as good as the BotW guide, but that doesn't mean it's not worth buying. I still think it's a good product, but the biggest CON to this guide is the god awful map of the Korok Seed locations. They used tiny white dots that you can barely see to indicate their location on the map. So many of the dots are wedged between the pages or are placed together overlaying each other, so you can't tell how many there really are. I went through the maps in the guide twice before giving up and resorting to an online map guide with a checklist. I'm almost 99% positive that some of the white dots were missing or in the wrong place in the guide. Some are literally right on top of the other, which causes more confusion. There's freakin' 1000 Korok Seeds to collect, so you would think this should take priority in getting right and making the most legible for the gamer.As for the rest of the guide, I thought it was fine. I can't give this guide 5 stars though because of the Korok Seed locations on the map. This guide felt kind of rushed and needed more polish. It needed more of the love and care that the BotW guide got.