Game Manuals.

[CliCliW]

Oftentimes I'll pull out the manuals for the games and read them, look at the concept art, credits (especially voice actors), etc, but mostly the pictures :P

I do like to have them if I can, Otherwise it feels like you're not a very good collector. Not to mention it drives the price of a game waaaaaay up if you have them. That's pretty cool :)

 

[Hiatus]

I prefer to look online because, most of the time, game manuals don't have answers to my questions. :p They only include basic info, such as controls, which are not very helpful unless you're completely new to the game. Only reason I ever look into manuals is to just view artwork, haha.

 

[Captain Gizmo]

I love game manuals, they're really fun to read and also some of them gives you tips^^

I was totally shocked once when I bought L4D2 for the PC and the manual was just a 2 sided paper saying how to install the game on one side and the other side was the controls. I was like....uhh.. seriously?

 

[Ozymandias]

lol I never read them XD if i ever need help with controls i just press start and look from there or look it up on my phone :3

 

[Kotone]

if i read the manual, it's just to look at pretty pictures. other than that, no. if i have a question, google helps me :D

 

[Aeroblast]

With the advent of the internet, the practical use of game manuals has decreased dramatically.

 

[Orogenes]

I do enjoy the manuals overall and kind of miss their "absence" from modern games. Looking back, the manuals were often quite elaborate with great artwork, and I do tend to pay a bit more when I'm looking for old games if they contain the manual and box, rather than just the game itself.

 

[Sheep]

I don't read them but I might look through for the pictures. I love to collect them though so they will forever be in a good home. :3

 

[Raine]

Even though I never really used them (only once in a while), I actually miss the days where companies put the game manuals in the game case. There are often times when I'm playing an FPS and have no idea how to place a C4 or something, and I'm sitting there mashing all these buttons trying to figure it out XD But I understand that the environment is becoming a concern so they're trying to do their part.

 

[skyluigi2]

I used to read them. Back when there were actual physical booklets, like with GBA and DS games. Now with 3DS and Wii U games you'll get a one page sheet explaining the basic controls because most of the manual is digital. I don't really bother reading them unless I really can't figure something out, because they just aren't that interesting.

 

[Starry Windy]

I usually check for online manual because it's far more complete than the original manual that I got from buying the game. However, I read the original one sometimes just for fun.

 

[Knor]

I used to read them, but a lot of games that I buy these days are similar to ones I already own, so I can get a grasp easier on controls, don't need to learn, etc., so I don't find myself reading them anymore.

That being said... If I buy a game these days, and it doesn't come with a manual, I'll be sad. :(

 

[Meganium]

Before this thing called the Internet came around, I read the whole manual thoroughly, so I can know what to expect in the game. Nowadays I use the PDF version of the manuals to read. xD

 

[pokemasta92]

Even though I never really used them (only once in a while), I actually miss the days where companies put the game manuals in the game case. There are often times when I'm playing an FPS and have no idea how to place a C4 or something, and I'm sitting there mashing all these buttons trying to figure it out XD But I understand that the environment is becoming a concern so they're trying to do their part.

I like to think part of the reason they do it is to save on paper and help the environment, however I believe the main reason they do it is simply because it's a lot cheaper to have nothing physical to release and since a lot of the games are still sold for the same price regardless of how it's distributed, they make more money.