How do you like your game manuals?

Arnabas · 05-03-2004, 10:59 AM

I'm just curious...

pritchke · 05-03-2004, 11:52 AM

I do like big manuals with lots of background information. But if they are not very organized I prefer them short and sweet. All basic controls to play the game should be in the first 2 or 3 pages and not scattered throughout. I would read the rest whenever I need to take a dump.

[ 05-03-2004, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

RoSs_bg2_rox · 05-03-2004, 11:59 AM

I like manuals such as the baldurs gate ones, they give you a nice lot of background info etc. which you can read time and time again and never get bored of (ok Im said I know

) I also must have my manuals, I hate manuals which are in PDF format, they just piss me off.

Arledrian · 05-03-2004, 01:56 PM

ROFL pritchke, I do the same thing. I must've been in the bathroom for three hours going over the BG II manual.

philip · 05-03-2004, 03:54 PM

I like the paper large manuals [img]smile.gif[/img] Got a manual on Emire Earth 225 pages, and on Europa universalis which is large as well, both with background and game controls. Everything I could possibly want to know needs to be in there.

Also I don't like those manuals on CDs. Recently I bought BG and BGII (SoA again was in a bundle and they didn't have tob loose) and I got a full CD with manuals. Didn;t look in them. Also it was pretty stupid cause on the same CD were manuals for like 10 other games as well.

Jaradu · 05-03-2004, 04:31 PM

I never really look at manuals. I just figure out the buttons myself. This is easier ona console than on PC, so I may just glance periodically at PC game manuals. The one manual I do read, though, is the BG2 manual - packed with useful information and character backgrounds. ROFL, pritchke

! I know what you mean

Aelia Jusa · 05-03-2004, 04:31 PM

Yes, I HATE non-paper manuals, just like I hate reading journal articles online or newspaper articles online. And I can't edit my written work unless I print it out and get a red pen

. The worst manual I experienced was for Europa Universalis (probably why it remains so unpenetrable to this day

) - it had no contents and no index. Rather hard to get into you might imagine

. I like a lot of examples and things explained simply. I thought the wizardry 8 manual was an excellent one for instance.

dplax · 05-03-2004, 08:34 PM

I like big manuals with lots of background info. Like Wizardry 8 or BG2. Me neither I don't like manuals on the CD. Never read one of those before.

T-D-C · 05-03-2004, 09:23 PM

The manuals need to be paper so you can look at them while your playing the game.

How stupid is it to have it on CD when your in the middle of a game and you have to exit the game, take out the Game CD, put in the manual CD and look something up.

Both the BG2 and NWN manuals were great!

Kakero · 05-03-2004, 11:01 PM

I never read any manuals. just throw them away. they make my headhurts. though I do keep maps that come with it. I can memorize maps very easily.

View Poll Results: How do you like your game manuals?
I like big manuals with lots of background info on the game world	31	86.11%
Short and sweet-- gimme just the basics to get started	2	5.56%
Manual? Bah. Who reads those?	3	8.33%
Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll

05-03-2004, 10:59 AM	#1
Arnabas Baaz Draconian Join Date: October 11, 2001 Location: Montreal,Quebec,Canada Age: 53 Posts: 721	I'm just curious... __________________ Est Sularis oth Mithas

05-03-2004, 11:59 AM	#3
RoSs_bg2_rox Zartan Join Date: May 20, 2003 Location: Near Aberdeen, Scotland Age: 35 Posts: 5,225	I like manuals such as the baldurs gate ones, they give you a nice lot of background info etc. which you can read time and time again and never get bored of (ok Im said I know ) I also must have my manuals, I hate manuals which are in PDF format, they just piss me off. __________________ [img]\"http://img.ranchoweb.com/images/ladyzekke/dragonwater2.gif\" alt=\" - \" />

05-03-2004, 04:31 PM	#7
Aelia Jusa Iron Throne Cult Join Date: August 23, 2001 Location: Brisbane, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 4,867	Yes, I HATE non-paper manuals, just like I hate reading journal articles online or newspaper articles online. And I can't edit my written work unless I print it out and get a red pen . The worst manual I experienced was for Europa Universalis (probably why it remains so unpenetrable to this day ) - it had no contents and no index. Rather hard to get into you might imagine . I like a lot of examples and things explained simply. I thought the wizardry 8 manual was an excellent one for instance. __________________

05-03-2004, 09:23 PM	#9
T-D-C Ironworks Moderator Join Date: October 26, 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 43 Posts: 4,415	The manuals need to be paper so you can look at them while your playing the game. How stupid is it to have it on CD when your in the middle of a game and you have to exit the game, take out the Game CD, put in the manual CD and look something up. Both the BG2 and NWN manuals were great! __________________

05-03-2004, 11:52 AM	#2
pritchke Bastet - Egyptian Cat Goddess Join Date: September 5, 2001 Location: Calgary, AB Age: 49 Posts: 3,491	I do like big manuals with lots of background information. But if they are not very organized I prefer them short and sweet. All basic controls to play the game should be in the first 2 or 3 pages and not scattered throughout. I would read the rest whenever I need to take a dump. [ 05-03-2004, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: pritchke ]

05-03-2004, 01:56 PM	#4
Arledrian Egyptian Goddess of the Dead Join Date: July 12, 2001 Location: South Carolina Age: 40 Posts: 3,771	ROFL pritchke, I do the same thing. I must've been in the bathroom for three hours going over the BG II manual.

05-03-2004, 03:54 PM	#5
philip Galvatron Join Date: June 24, 2002 Location: aa Posts: 2,101	I like the paper large manuals [img]smile.gif[/img] Got a manual on Emire Earth 225 pages, and on Europa universalis which is large as well, both with background and game controls. Everything I could possibly want to know needs to be in there. Also I don't like those manuals on CDs. Recently I bought BG and BGII (SoA again was in a bundle and they didn't have tob loose) and I got a full CD with manuals. Didn;t look in them. Also it was pretty stupid cause on the same CD were manuals for like 10 other games as well.

05-03-2004, 04:31 PM	#6
Jaradu Silver Dragon Join Date: July 29, 2003 Location: Shrewsbury, England Age: 34 Posts: 1,635	I never really look at manuals. I just figure out the buttons myself. This is easier ona console than on PC, so I may just glance periodically at PC game manuals. The one manual I do read, though, is the BG2 manual - packed with useful information and character backgrounds. ROFL, pritchke ! I know what you mean

05-03-2004, 08:34 PM	#8
dplax Jack Burton Join Date: July 19, 2003 Location: an expat living in France Age: 39 Posts: 5,577	I like big manuals with lots of background info. Like Wizardry 8 or BG2. Me neither I don't like manuals on the CD. Never read one of those before.

05-03-2004, 11:01 PM	#10
Kakero 40th Level Warrior Join Date: March 24, 2002 Posts: 10,215	I never read any manuals. just throw them away. they make my headhurts. though I do keep maps that come with it. I can memorize maps very easily.

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