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[watsername?]

lol I've never played gundam warriors
were the manuals in french?

[Kyon1979]

lol I've never played gundam warriors
were the manuals in french?

every store I went to they had them in french so I was forced to memorize my 10 or so years of french knowledge just to read it.

[bloodr]

I only read the manuals if there is something not covered in the tutorial, or there's a subtlety of the game i need clarification on.

I think it's better to have a well thought out playable tutorial and on-line help.

[watsername?]

every store I went to they had them in french so I was forced to memorize my 10 or so years of french knowledge just to read it.

oh that would've sucked,
I bought a movie and it was completely in japanese EVEN the subtitles
but luckily i used to learn japanese so i knew kinda what they were on about 

[JiaoWejing]

Let us know about your experience with instruction manuals.

I read them but not all of it, i generally look at the things that are either new or i wonder about so i voted i read them.

[Ninjaoctopus]

I tend to read them, usually on the way home from the shop but if not, I read it when I get home to get a feel for controls and any info on storylines/characters. However, I tend to gloss over DW/SW manuals cause I know the majority of the controls 

I would vote for something more interesting though..like a pop-up-book style instruction manual or a scratch and sniff instruction manual. But that's not being picky or anything   

[SoroSuub1]

I read them but they're unmemorable.

What was memorable was the RTK XI tutorial.  Yeah!

[ArcKnight7337]

I read them on the bus ride home from the mall right after I by the game. It serves as a little taste of the awesomeness I'm about to behold... As if I couldn't wait 15 minutes to just play the game itself

[Doc_00]

I would look at an intruction manuals occassionaly. Only if I really needed to or I would just figure what to do with the game myself. In the great words of the Fairly Odd Parents, "No one reads the manuals!".

[ArcKnight7337]

Haha! I love that episode... Ahh Doug Dimmadome...

But that reminds me, I also read the manuals when I'm stuck or when I have no idea how to reload or crouch... And on occasion I have to check how to shoot my gun (ie: the first time I played KOTOR)

[Balakirev]

One of the great pleasures that comes with an involved strategy title has been a good, solid manual that gives you all the basics, plus a lot of background flavor.  What I don't like at all are games that shortchange you in this respect, providing little more than a keys list and an in-game tutorial.

[Mr.Honda]

I fully read them now. When I picked up SW2 a couple years ago and didn't know what the EXP bar was, even after playing for awhile, I finally read the manual in detail and gave myself one of those "RTFM" speeches

I find they are a valuable source of information, even if the gameplay of a particular game is not much different than previous versions I may already own. For example, when I bought Warriors Orochi, I immediately opened the box and read the manual before I got it home to play. The stuff about coalitions and alliances was nice to read about, since you might not pick up on it during normal gameplay.

Besides, I used to proofread manuals for a living so I'm naturally drawn to look at them for other reasons besides just figuring out games I know how to play anyway

[warriorsorochi]

before I play the game I always visit the manual or  if it have a tutorial mode then I go for it

[Date Masamune]

I recentlly started reading game manuals, only Koei manuals that si becuse I only play oei Games atleast most of the time.

[Tha Black Lu Bu]

yeh i read em

B4 wen i didnt I NEVER KNEW HOW 2 BLOCK!!!!................coz i never lokked at tha controls

And I never Knew how 2 backflip & use Musou Rage

but i like how they have CHARACTER INFO & STORYS inside

i like tha way koei design em

ESPECIALLY DW5 & DW5 XL