IF THIS REVIEW WAS JUST FOR THE CONTENTS OF THE BOOK IT WOULD BE AT LEAST 3 STARS, MAYBE 4!

But sadly, that is not the case. The PDF quality of this book is atrocious, and frankly, unprofessional. It's a low quality scan of the physical book, complete with off-kilter pages and hard to read text that can not be selected by any PDF program I have tried. The maps are in a similar shape, being pretty low quality scans with strange blemishes on the edges.

On one hand I understand. This huge a product, that debuted right before the big push for publishers to make their products into PDF. If the files got lost, or proper digital masters never existed in the first place, then this would be a nightmare to retype the whole thing.

But on the other hand that doesn't change the fact that in its current state it is basically unusable and inaccessible to the modern gamer.

Well how about the contents? Are they good?

Yeah, sure! This book is as advertised. MASSIVE! Is everything a home run? No. Is the book pretty? No. Is the city rich and vibrant and full of cool adventuring hooks? You bet your britches it is!

There's just so much here that you will find tons of things you love, alongside stuff that you don't care for and can easily throw out.

In conclusion, don't buy this PDF at least as of my review. Its not worth while unless it gets some serious updating, which I sadly doubt. If you want to take the time and trouble to excavate through this book as an act of ttrpg archaeology, then by all means! I think you will have a good time doing it. Otherwise: Hard Pass.

The World's Largest City does deliver on the promise of its title. The problem here is the quality of the PDF scan.

What you see in the Full-Size Preview section of the listing? That's the quality of the scan throughout. Useable, but not crisp or as clear as it ought to be.

The scan was not made from the original book layout; in fact this PDF looks like a hand-scan. Some of the pages are slightly askew, the contrast and crispness of the scan could be so much better than it is, and the book's cover image isn't even included as part of the scan.

Again, it's all usable (see the preview) but it's disappointing -- even slightly insulting -- that a $40 PDF couldn't be created with better quality, or more care for the customer.

Still, publisher AEG appears to have essentially abandoned D&D gaming as of this writing, and the book is generally out-of-print as far as I can tell. Unless one wants to pay $80 to buy a physical copy of The World's Largest City from AEG's website store, this is your best bet for owning a copy.

Short version: the book delivers on its promise, but the scan quality as of this writing is mediocre. Functional, but far from professional.