Poll: Do you read game manuals?

[prophecy2514]

rarely nowadays. Most games now have very good tutorials built in, no need to look unless its for clarification of combos etc.

 

[Mr Dizazta]

Today? What manuals?

Pretty much that. I mean I surprised when I bought The Wither 2 for the the 360 that it actually came with both a manual and a mini strategy guide.

 

[kortin]

Back when they were good. I think the last decent manual I came across was the World of Warcraft one.

Now they're just one page of absolutely nothing useful.

 

[NeutralDrow]

I read them for fun.

 

[scorptatious]

When I was little, I'd read the hell out of any manual that came with my games. Most of them had backstory, character bios, pictures, ect.

Not to mention they smell nice.

...

Don't look at me like that, I'm not crazy I swear.

Now-a-days though, manuals just seem to be an afterthought. Not much is put into them. Hell, Arkham City's manual is practically nothing but advertisement for Batman related merchandise.