Halo: The Essential Visual Guide

by D.K. Publishing

Explore the locations, characters, creatures, vehicles, and weapons of the bestselling video game Halo(r)in this all-encompassing essential guide. Halo: The Essential Visual Guide delves even deeper into the phenomenon that is Halo. Covering material from Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo Wars, and the latest game, Halo: ODST, the book provides amazing images and insightful information making you feel as if you yourself are part of the game!

(c)2011 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

Genres: Video Games, Art, Science Fiction

208 pages, Hardcover

First published May 16, 2011

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Michael Alexander · Rating 4 out of 5]

The recent release of "Halo: The Master Chief Collection" for XBox One spurred me to get reacquainted with some Halo lore. The book covers pretty much everything except for Halo 4. There are entries for characters, vehicles, weapons, armor, multi-player maps, ships, and much more. Lots of little details that made me excited to revisit the games. Great for any Halo fan.

[Joseph Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

One page summaries on ships, characters, planets, and guns in the Halo Universe. Honestly, you kind of wish there was more than one page on Master Chief, Cortana, Nathan Fillion, but it's still a nice summary, particularly if you've missed one or more of the Halo games.

Obviously, there's almost no point reading this if you haven't played at least 1 of the games, preferably 3+.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

From a guy who's played all the Halo's (I mean ALL), this was really interesting to be able to read a detailed encylopaedia describing all of the creatures, weapons, and vehicles across the Halo universe. I learnt more about the Halo series than I thought I would and overall, it was a great read.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the encyclopedia, but worth a read.

[Parka · Rating 4 out of 5]

( More pictures on my blog )

Halo: The Essential Visual Guide is sort of like a condensed version of the Halo Encyclopedia. Both were released in 2011. This book's 208 pages as compared to the 368-page encyclopedia. The book size is also smaller at 10 by 7 inches.

The content is arranged alphabetically and contains selected characters, weapons, vehicles and planets. The games it covers are Halo, Halo 2, Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, Halo Wars and Halo Reach. It has lots of information.

For the price it's worth it. However...

I prefer the Halo Encyclopedia because it has everything. Why get a condensed version when there's a full version available?

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a great book it is helping me a lot in the game!

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