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Major problem of modern gaming: The game manual

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avv:

--- Quote from: Slaver Snipe on December 03, 2010, 04:14:00 pm ---Actually i have to disagree, baldur's gate and baldur's gate 2 i knew what to do almost as soon as i started (low learning curve) and the controls were easy enough to figure out without the manual but those manuals were crafted with love (especially BG2's) and made me love the game all the more, i wish the games still had manuals that were as great as bg2's.

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I don't really know what you want from manuals in this case. For me it's all the same how much love was invested in the manual if everything necessary is received from the game itself.

Shoveler:
The manual should be a book in itself. It should contain extra content such as background information. If a game has a background information then it is a game definitely worth getting immersed into.

One of my favorite past times involved sitting on the toilet and reading the game manual before playing a video game. Why bother anymore if the game manual is just a 15 page pamphlet with the same instructions such as controls and credit that is already included in-gamel.

falloutdude:
i remember when i first played ff7 and you really did not need to read the manual to learn the game but you read it because it had lots of info on the characters and everyone love the ff7 characters and if you dont just jump off a bridge and die anyway does anyone else think new games scuk and have no storty line wish i had a ps3 just to play the old ps1 games i love like dragoon. :)

Sius:
Actually I think well writtnet game manual can push gaming experience into whole new level. F.e. Might and Magic series. Without manual it was hell of a fun but with it the game turned into science and I practically planned my every move six steps ahead. Counting hit chances and damage done at spell vs resistance or armor against sword was always kinda fun for me. But when the game is well designet it might not need manual at all. Take Portal and upcoming Portal 2. Puzzle games but the game teaches you how the world works at the beggining through the series of simple well hidden tutorial tasks. But then you are left on your own to use what you have learned to overcome more complex obstacles. I think in some cases manuals are really not needed since game itself works as a manual.

Y0ssarian:
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