Instruction booklets. Do you read them?
By Marcola
@Marcola (2774)
United States
February 13, 2009 8:02am CST
Ever since I became a video game fanatic, I've tried to make it a practice to read the entire manual before playing a video game. Sometimes the manuals are like novels (40+ pages) and others are toilet paper thin. (10 pages) So whenever I get a video game that includes a manual, I try to read the manual before playing. Is it the same for you?
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6 responses
@KaniaHara2010 (250)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Yes, just to get a feel of what game I'm dealing with and sometimes I do need help with certain things from time to time, but don't need Gamefaqs.
@jimbomuso (950)
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13 Feb 09
Hi Marcola
I read the instructions for anything first(I'm a little sad I know). I usually read the manual on the way home from buying it!!
@ArsonCuff (3114)
• United States
15 Feb 09
Yes. I'll always read over the manual first, which in many cases is kind of useless because games tend to have "training" levels at the beginning all the time now.
@Arkadus (895)
• Canada
25 Mar 09
I don't, at least not at first. I learn what I can by just getting in game and pushing buttons to see what they do. Now if there's no in-game help that covers a thing I'm having problems with then I page through the manual to see if I can get some help.
@lovelyrita (53)
• Philippines
13 Feb 09
i don't. = ) i try to be miss know-it-all but in reality i learn as i go along. it took me a year before reading my digital camera manual. that's the time i found out what other cool features were there. hahahaha!
@Desmont (80)
• United States
20 Apr 09
In all honesty it depends on the what type of game it is, if its a fighting game I flip through the manual to find out what the controls will be like and what characters are in it(at the beginning at least.) but if its an RPG or a platformer I just jump right in and learn as I go.
