The table of contents in the front lists only five sections, and none of these sections are detailed as to what they contain. The guide’s final problem in design lies in its table of contents. Some of the artwork could still have been used to keep the pages esthetically pleasing, but most of it should have gone in the back as a bonus artbook section.

The artwork should have been replaced with the screenshots themselves, and then the tiny screenshots could have been replaced with maps that detail at least a red path of where Ezio travels in this particular memory. The screenshots are so small in order to accommodate the other artwork on the pages that had nothing to do with offering a strategy. To make matters worse, the screenshots provided are extremely small, which do not help in deciphering the locations the writers refer to. These are occasionally helpful, like in the Assassin’s Tombs, but during missions, they are mostly extremely frustrating and oftentimes provide no assistance.

Instead, the guide heavily relies on screenshots to show the player where they should be heading or what they should be looking for. For example, the guide only offers maps of the cities Ezio visited, but provides no maps for any of the walkthroughs, which in many instances, would have been more than helpful and/or welcome. It’s very artistic and very appealing to the eyes, but while this is very conducive for an artbook, it most definitely is not for a strategy guide. While I am willing to admit that this game would definitely not be the easiest to write a guide for, it still doesn’t change the fact that I found most of the guide’s walkthroughs to be unusable. This is my first time to deal with a guide from Piggyback Interactive, and I really was not that impressed. My goal is to determine whether the guide is 1) helpful in the first place, 2) does it encompass gamers who need hand-holding as well as those who need a quick reference and 3) how much information does it really have.

Every gamer has different strengths and skills, and one may need every bit of a guide, another may need to look up information for quick assistance once, and another may laugh at the idea of ever using a guide, even the online freebies.

My goal for these strategy guide reviews is not to discuss whether one needs the guide to complete the game.

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