Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Atlas: Prima Official Guide Paperback – November 17, 2017

***Edit: After several hours with the guide, I can officially declare the Collector's Ed. Strategy Guide for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: One of the greatest books ever written.First off, the text, the pictures, everything, feels... stamped. You can FEEL each letter, in every sentence, the paper, feels... rough... real... natural. They're are several screenshots with every single side quest, what the surrounding area looks like, what the NPC you need to talk to looks like.And the interactive map? Don't get me started, it has every single solitary nook and cranny of every spot in Skyrim laid out.Oh what about the Giant poster map that comes in the back of the Guide Giovanni? Does it HAVE EVERY SINGLE POSSIBLE POINT OF INTREST ON IT LIKE THE EXPLORER PERK IN FALLOUT? - YES!But what about the armor locations? Does it tell me where? Better yet, it tells you who/what/when/where/how/why and how much to acquire/forge every armor in the game.Let me put it this way, I will be doing a video tomorrow which will contain a proper look at the guide. It will be on my youtube channel GFWScarface.Table of contents is 4 pages long, the index is something like 20pgs long.If David Hodgson reads this, I am stupified at how much time and effort you took into putting this Tome together.I read that it took you and a team of appx. a dozen+ people OVER 2,000+ hours to make the collector's guide.Assuming you worked 8hrs a day, thats roughly 250 DAYS, give or take how many hours you worked on it per day.Did I mention the Holy Bible style Foot Long Ribbon page makers? And that there's two of them? And they are black?I HIGHLY RECOMMENED THAT ANYONE WHO BUYS THIS GUIDE ACQUIRE A PAIR OF GLOVES PREFERABLY MEDICAL/LATEX FOR THE COVER LEAVES FINGERPRINTS BADLY (you skin exfoliates oil naturally, no matter how many times you wash your hands it will come back, TRUST ME, I've wiped my guide down about 10x already, now I ONLY touch it when I have a pair of medical gloves on [you know like in the Emergency room?]}BUY THIS GUIDE!*Initial unboxing review:As of the past week and of this writing (11/13/11) this guide is no longer available for purchase from several online retailers including Amazon. I fournately pre-ordered mine back in July for I knew that a near 700 page guide was hard to make and with David Hodgson and the team at Prima spending over 2,000+ hours on the collector's guide, it was special.Now first thing anyone playing Skyrim should know: Explore.The main questline and all the side quests (ALOT OF SIDE QUESTS, with detail on them too) are in here, but also, my favorite part: Locations of all armor/weapons/collectibles and a online interactive map that is downloaded with a unique one time code.Now of course there is much more, and I haven't read every single page, but I will tell you this: the Skyrim Collector's Guide is by and large; The best strategy guide for an RPG (close tie with the Dark Souls guide) ever.The binding is very good, I have the Battlefield 3 guide, and it's about 330 pages (not even HALF the size of this guide) and the binding is below par, you can look and tell that if you laid it down, open on a page for too long it would begin to tear.Not so with this Skyrim Coll. guide. Plus the hardcover art is VERY nice.What more is there to say? If you can even FIND one of these guides (for less than $40 that is, anymore and they are price gouging, which any seller will since it is sold out everywhere) buy it, because my local gamestop, walmart and barnes and noble are all sold out and CANNOT get anymore in from the publisher (Prima) so it looks like we have ourselves a genuine coll. edition.

This book is a real page turner! I'm only about 8 hours into the actual game, but its hard not to keep "peaking" at this book. The hardcover is great, and the quality is excellent. I love the black page ribbon, very classy for a video game guide book. The bindings seem to be very durable, I noticed this after flipping through a few extra times.I've found myself reading the book like a novel, and not using it to actually play the game. I do like to draw off memory things I read and try to apply them to my gaming session, but its just to addicting to wonder around Skyrim!...Ok back to the book. From what I've seen so far, this thing is very well written. The screenshots, and game photos are beautiful (not to mention 100% full color). Its quite the task to think about playing through Skyrim and seeing and doing everything, this is even more mind boggling when you think about the time that went into writing this book! Every detail is included, and the best part is when something "triggers", or ties into something else...the book mentions it. This is a great help since you'll spend less time flipping pages searching for that one answer!One more quick note: The interactive map alone is worth the price of admission. Its great if you have a laptop nearby, and don't wanna delve into the story much via the book. You can mark tons of locations and hover your mouse over the icons for a short description/location. I found this to be very helpful when you just need to know where a certain town is, or where that rare sword can be found!All in all awesome book, awesome price, and an awesome game. I'm very happy with this purchase, and have no problem giving it 5 *'s.

For those of you who bought the game "The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim" but did not buy this book, well, you do not know what you are missing! In such a grand game, this book is a must to experience all the aspects of the game! The book fully illustrates the huge amount of work the developers have done, and it reflects in the amount of work put into the book! The book is not a true gameguide, but rather a reference guide with a very fine index where you can find everything you encounter in the game. The book is fully illustrated, contains numerous tabels, charts, maps, puzzle solutions, etc. that helps you getting the most out of the game! With the index you can find any place, item, person, quest you encounter exploring the Skyrim Universe.If you are looking for a walkthrough (if there is such a thing in this game), this is probably not the book for that. Rather it explains things, gives a better understanding of the game that makes you enjoy the game you otherwise wouldn't have. However, as all quests are listed and described in detail, the gamer that wants to follow "a red line" in the game can use the book as a walkthrough, as opposed to the gamer who just want to travel all over the Skyrim Universe and experience what he meets on his way. The latter will find the book perfect.I have never seen a game guide that enhances a game so much as this guide does!The book is worth every penny! I would have given it 6 stars!

Great guide and it came with a map of Skyrim, as it's not new it wasn't in mint condition but besides the cover wrinkles there weren't any visible markings

You can't beat the official guide.

"The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Atlas: Prima Official Guide" es una guía esencial para los jugadores que deseen sumergirse completamente en el vasto mundo de Skyrim. Esta guía oficial, publicada por Prima Games, proporciona una gran cantidad de información detallada y consejos útiles para ayudar a los jugadores a explorar y dominar cada rincón de este épico juego de rol.El Atlas de Skyrim es un compendio completo que cubre todos los aspectos importantes del juego. Desde la creación de personajes y la elección de habilidades, hasta la exploración de las vastas tierras de Skyrim y la resolución de misiones secundarias intrigantes, esta guía lo tiene todo. Incluye mapas detallados de todas las regiones, ciudades y mazmorras, junto con información sobre los objetos, hechizos y enemigos que puedes encontrar.Además de la información básica, la guía también ofrece estrategias avanzadas para la construcción de personajes y combates, así como consejos sobre la personalización de armas y armaduras. También se incluyen consejos sobre la mejora de habilidades y la progresión del personaje, lo que ayuda a los jugadores a maximizar su potencial y a enfrentar los desafíos más difíciles con confianza.Con un diseño claro y fácil de seguir, el Atlas de Skyrim es una herramienta imprescindible para cualquier jugador que quiera sacar el máximo provecho de su experiencia en Skyrim. Ya seas un aventurero novato o un veterano experimentado, esta guía te proporcionará el conocimiento y las estrategias necesarias para convertirte en un verdadero Dovahkiin y explorar cada rincón de este mundo épico.

un'ambientazione Fantasy bellissima, il gioco terra' impegnati per molti mesi prima di arrivare al suo epilogo

It has all information a player would like to have. For tabletop RPG players like me, it even gives the opportunity to use the maps as references when I run my adventures.