Advantages: Helps you understand how to play the sims 2
Disadvantages: You may follow certain storylines and be afraid to explore the game

...This is very useful if you are new to the game. When I first started playing the game I did not have this which resulted in most of my families dying out. Once I purchased the guide I found out where I was going wrong, it also offers help and advice as well as many tips as to how the game works. The guide also includes full career listings which includes how much you get paid for each job and what hours you work. As well as this, the guide lists all objects in the game as well as their descriptions and what effects they have on your sims. Sim relationships are also explored in the guide which tells you how you can improve or decrease someone's relationship with another sim by listing all the interactions and what effects the have on sim relations. The guide gives you tips on how to manage the pre-made Maxis families which come... Read review

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Advantages: Gives Lots Of Tips,hints, and some cheats
Disadvantages: STRAIGHT ANSWER: NONE

...This is a great book it tells you all about the Sims 2 not just hints and tips it's also for beginners who don't know what the Sims 2 is all about, and I had a friend in my school and he didn't know much about the Sims 2 but this PRIMA guide taut him how to play the Sims 2! This Guide also has lots of parts like The basics (How to play with 2 chapters) Creating neighborhoods, families and Sims (Has 3 chapters in) Its a lot like life (11 chapters) All in the family: Sims in action(1 chapter) Beyond the game(6 chapters, including a page of: General cheats ,neighborhood ONLY cheats, Filmmaking cheats. I really like these prima books because they tell you a lot about the game, you can also get these prima books on lots of other games including: the Sims 2 Nightlife, University, and Open for business. From my point of view I don't think... Read review

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Advantages: Nice design, makes good bread
Disadvantages: Non-stick deteriorates rapidly

...on the bread. After about 9 months it became nearly impossible to get the bread out without damaging it. Not entirely coincidentally, a friend had the Prima ABM-5 and his developed exactly the same problems. he developed strategies like pausing the bread program at the end of the dough stage and washing and oiling the tin before putting the dough back to bake. Also I discussed the problem on the "recipes and cooking" board of the Motley Fool web site. I didn't mention the name Prima, but someone quickly wanted to know if it was a Prima because they had the same problem with theirs. I concluded that although I could easily get a replacement bread pan, it was likely to have the same problem. Fortunately I had the receipt, so I was able to take it back and exchange it for a Breville bread maker. After doing this I sent an email to Prima Customer... Read review

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Advantages: all new
Disadvantages: guides are poor

...the last relevation has to be the best version of this long lasting game yet. Even to die hard lara fans the new moves and the whole new adventure will keep everyone hooked till the wee small hours every night for several nights. The best £20 spent on self entertainment yet. One word of warning though the official guide is wrong and there are a few places you will get stuck and even prima will not help you, for example you need the crossbow to get the skeletons not the pistol as the guide says. I will not tell you where it is but it is there. You can always find help on the tombraider 4 forum on the net. This is a useeful guide and when you get there be sure to bookmark it. One word of advice to all you playstation game fans get this one it is good.... Read review

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Advantages: Great Colour Book
Disadvantages: None At All

...The GTA IV Strategy Guide is one of the best ones around because of its all colour pages that really are high quality. The book gives you a real insight into the game and really does give you hints and tips in every single mission and will help you to achieve the coveted 100% that all GTA gamers are trying to get too. The book will help you in finding the little missions that are hidden like finding the pigeons and the side missions which you need to do to get the 100%. The book is laid out well and I have found no errors in the game and have nearly completed the entire story mission with the book and without it. I feel the book is a great way to help you if you are stuck as it will give you step by step instructions in every part of the mission. It is simply a great strategy guide and i have no complaints at all with the product.... Read review

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Advantages: Another excellent CM game - it's 2D view greatly improves the game and sets it apart from its competitors
Disadvantages: Needs a very high spec PC to run quickly

..., this is an excellent game and well worth getting if you've got the time to play it. Also available is an accompanying Prima strategy guide, which can be bought separately and helps to introduce some of the games subtleties. After a period when new CM versions seemed to just be data updates, Championship Manager 4 is a much better game than previous versions and reinforces Championship Manager's status as the best football management game around.... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of personal advice, competitions, freebies.
Disadvantages: A lot of articles are repeated over the years.

...the story of one family that followed each of the plans, describing how they had benefited from it. It also gives you a guide as to how much nap time and night sleep your child will need, based on its age. They are sensible enough to add that it is only a guide and each baby has individual needs. This is what I love about the magazine; it doesn’t tell you what to do but advises you and gives you all the options. They also had a feature this month on baby book worms and gave a selection of top ten books for different ages. The also gave advice and tips on how to get you child interested in books and what type of books are appropriate for each stage. I found this very useful for my child as she is already showing a very healthy fascination for books and all kinds of other reading material. There are a lot of adverts in Prima Baby. They tend... Read review

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Advantages: Over 500 colourful screenshots, Excellent layout, Raccoon City map included showing key places
Disadvantages: The author's writing style can be quite annoying

...This walkthrough is a must for anyone stuck in the game or for those wanting to complete the game and uncover all the secrets from begining to end! It's a step by step guide using over 500 Illistrations and screenshots from the game to help the reader see exactly what to do and the writing is very informative... However, the author does tend to use language which many people may find irratating and annoying. He tries (bless him!) to make light of the text and add jokes but most of the time he doesnt quite suceed.. Other than this though the book is excellent as it offers the reader - A huge pull-out poster with map of all relevant points in Raccoon City - including hints and tips! - Tear-out "quick decisions" cards which give you all critical game decisions at a glance - A complete walk-through of the game, featuring over 500... Read review

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Advantages: Great and interesting magazine
Disadvantages: Lots of adverts

...Finding out that I was expecting again was a big shock for me. I am already the mother to 3 girls and in a few weeks I will be the 40. Anyone would think that I would know exactly what to do and how to do it but I don't think you ever get used to it and every pregnancy is different. My latest bundle of joy is due in October and will be born but caesarean. Like all expectant mothers I rushed out and bought baby magazines. I was surprised by the lack of choice but did find a monthly magazine that is very helpful and full of tips. The magazine is called Prima Baby and Pregnancy; it is just over 140 pages long. The first few pages have the index and what special features there are inside. They then introduce you to the experts that give advice throughout the issue. I found this to be very helpful as at least I know... Read review

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Advantages: None really
Disadvantages: Unclear and in places confusing

...Ok it does a job. If you want to know where everthing is and want a birdseye view of all the locations this will do the job. But if your looking for a real strategy guide to take you step by step through all the problems and conversations you should probably look elsewhere. I make a point of always buying a strategy guide once i complete a game so i can go back and get the most out of the game, exporing every option and basically getting my moneys worth. To be honest i cant say i was impressed. Locations on the maps were not clearly marked and often when they were the oversized markers obscured the points they were directing you to, particularly in complex and crowded locations. I also found that frequently references would be made at points, denoting that if you took a certain action earlier in the game you would be able to do something... Read review

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