Do you know what I miss?

[Tsuyu]

Do you know what I miss?

A big fat bulky game manual! I'm sitting here holding my Galactic Edition of Spore and man - the case weights a ton! A big fat booklet with concept art and various other creature ideas to inspire you.

But that's not why I created this thread - the game came with an equally fat manual! Man I loved how games of the old days always came with these, but these days it's a rarity - most games, especially 360 games which usually only comes with a manual with a brief explanation of basic features and a control scheme.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Re: Do you know what I miss?

I have to agree there, i liked nothing more than a good read of a manual before i played the game. It added to the anticipation and also didnt leave you feeling stupid when you couldnt figure out what button did a certain action and the manual not telling you. Manuals these days tend to be about 30 pages long but only have about 4 in your language and they are very brief and basic explanations.

 

[Sephiroxas]

Re: Do you know what I miss?

Me too. Every time I look in a game manual it's either black & white, extremely small, and boring, or there isn't one at all. It's just a pamphlet advertising games...

 

[ali1238]

Re: Do you know what I miss?

I remember the Tekken 1/2/3 manuals they had information on all of the charecters...I even read them more than twice!

 

[Albion Knight]

Re: Do you know what I miss?

Manuals today have more legal stuff than game info. I'd rather learn how to play a game by playing it but I really like having some sort of manual or book to read when I'm away from the game.

 

[Soldier By Name]

Re: Do you know what I miss?

VIVA LA FATTY MANUALS!

What's happened to the reading required to play the game? I used to love reading a good manual, especially one with some color, and actual hints about the game instead of contact information. A strategy guide is like a cousin to the game, that when you get a couple drinks in her, will tell you everything you need to know, but the manual is like a little sister willing to tell you half that for free! lol.

 

[TRA Rotid]

Re: Do you know what I miss?

I seem to be the only one not very fond of manuals. Sure, they are good for reading while the game installs, but I usually don`t read them after that.
And Spore isn`t very difficult anyways - I`m at the civilization phase already. And it sucks, I wish those couple of billion years wouldn`t pass so quickly.
Funny, the part that I`ve so far found the least interesting is the one-creature and creature creation phase. Both the Cell and Tribal phase were very fun (although too short and I´m not even playing on Easy Difficulty).

 

[Darg]

Re: Do you know what I miss?

VIVA LA FATTY MANUALS!

What's happened to the reading required to play the game? I used to love reading a good manual, especially one with some color, and actual hints about the game instead of contact information. A strategy guide is like a cousin to the game, that when you get a couple drinks in her, will tell you everything you need to know, but the manual is like a little sister willing to tell you half that for free! lol.

+Rep for the best analogy I've heard yet today. :thumbsup: