Before playing a new game, do you...

[the_shadow]

read the manual?

 

[Nekot-The-Brave]

Most of the time. Unless it's a physical copy, then i always read the shit before I play. Most games now a days don't have manuals.

 

[Clockwork Knight]

It saves time in the long run. Being impatient just means I might get stuck trying to figure out something the devs assume I know.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Lol no.

A game that requires a manual shouldn't even had been greenlit in the first place.

 

[Zlaja]

I miss the fact that games don't have paper manuals these days. One of my favorite things in the past used to be getting really REALLY exited about playing a new game and then going to the bathroom before starting to play it. And while doing so I would of course always grab the game manual and go through it while mother nature does her thing. These days I'm a lot more bored while sitting on the can.

 

[taxalot]

Games stil have these ?

 

[J_C]

For new games, no. You have to be braindead to not be able to play these new games. But when I play an old game from GOG, I usually check the manual first.

 

[mbv123]

If it's something that I need a manual for, then I just check it out parallel when I'm playing a game to familiarize myself with game concepts that I don't understand.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

These days, no.

 

[Zarniwoop]

Manuals are for oldfags. Reading more than 250 characters, half of which are hashtags, is teh hard.

These days, the more millennial audience demands that all awesomeness be contained in the amount of buttans on a standard Dualshock 4 controller. Any super-complicated hardcore concepts that might confuse new players, like pressing triangle to reload or X to get over the crate, should be explained in an extremely tedious, and completely voice acted tutorial.o

 

[Dawkinsfan69]

Wtf is a manual?

I drive automatic in forza 7

 

[flushfire]

Only if I can't figure something out myself, even for older games.

 

[markec]

I was playing pirated games all my life and those almost never came with a manual, also I got internet only in early 2000s so it was hard to check any information for myself, forcing me to learn as I play.

I never had any trouble figuring out things on my own even in games like Master of Orion, Cave Wars, Hearts of Iron or Academagia.

The only time I actually remembered using a manual was before playing Solium Infernum and thats because me and my friends were going to playing for the first time co-op and I wanted to have any advantage in order to win. If I was playing it solo I would just learned as I played.

So its baffling to me when an adult gaming journalist cant figure out how to progress trough first cave in Fallout.

 

[DraQ]

read the manual?

Those are still a thing?

I was playing pirated games all my life and those almost never came with a manual, also I got internet only in early 2000s so it was hard to check any information for myself, forcing me to learn as I play.

Same story here initially, but later on legit copies increasingly became a thing here, and good manual can really set the tone, mood and provide background information.

Anyone remember's Homeworld 1's, for example?

 

[the_shadow]

read the manual?

Those are still a thing?

I'm surprised so many people are saying this. I've never played a game that didn't have a manual.

 

[Plisken]

most games dont benefit nor require nor have a manual to read from. Do I really need a manual to find out a generic FPS has the exact same control scheme it will undoubtedly beat me over the head with prompts in the opening levels anyway? Even RPGs dont often require this stuff.

I think the era of games having unique manuals is pretty much long gone at this point.

 

[Bladeract]

Manuel says....

 

[the_shadow]

Do I really need a manual to find out a generic FPS has the exact same control scheme it will undoubtedly beat me over the head with prompts in the opening levels anyway?

Yes!

 

[Scroo]

Only when playing old rpgs, modern games explain everything in the tutorial

 

[catfood]

I can't read.

 

[the_shadow]

I can't read.

Oh. Before you play a new game, do you have someone read the manual to you?

 

[catfood]

I can't read.

Oh. Before you play a new game, do you have someone read the manual to you?

No I don't have friends either.

 

[Black]

They don't make manuels any more.

 

[Falksi]

 

[Dux]

I ain't got time to read no goddamn manual.