Poll: Do you read the instruction manual for a game?

[Mewick_Alex]

Only usually to read things like character bios or class descriptions, or if i'm catching the train home from work and have nothing better to do.

 

[War Penguin]

Rarely. I prefer to learn how to play by myself and gradually learn how to play.

 

[Aqualung]

Only when waiting for it to load, sitting on the drive home to play it, etc.

 

[Cargando]

I only read the manual twice: once just after I've bought the game, just while it's loading/installing and once when I'm halfway through the game.

However, if it's a nice manual like Fable II's then I'll read it more often.

 

[XJ-0461]

I usually flick through it briefly, only going back to it if I get stuck trying to perform a certain move or find any specific part interesting.

 

[Comma-Kazie]

Generally not--I usually jump right into the action.

 

[tsolless]

I flip through it while the game is loading, installing, or during incredibly longwinded cutscenes.

 

[Oneirius]

Usually I do. Sometimes it's too boring.

 

[(whitty name here)]

I read them when theres nothing better to do. Like in a car or on the toilet. Yay boredom.

 

[WayOutThere]

I think it is depressing that the 3rd option is getting votes.

 

[tsolless]

I think it is depressing that the 3rd option is getting votes.

Because it's the only "No" option.

 

[Proteus214]

I like to flip through them while the game is installing. Just in case there's something interesting that may not be apparent in the game.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

Well when I was younger, and was sent to bed I'd bring the manual to bed so I could read up on stuff. I like the ones where they are thick enough to beat goats to death with.

 

[WayOutThere]

I think it is depressing that the 3rd option is getting votes.

Because it's the only "No" option.

You have a point.

 

[Volodanti]

I usually start reading them about halfway through a game, before swearing and going "that would have made it a whole lot easier" and promising to read the instructions before i read the next game... which i don't

 

[Generic_Dave]

Only if there's back story or I get stuck.

 

[Tdc2182]

I read it right after I get the game on the drive home because it makes me excited.

 

[eelel]

It depends on how chalenging the game is for me.

 

[ssgt splatter]

Yes, I do. How else am I going to know how to play?

 

[.Ricks.]

Almost never but when I do, I read them long after I started playing just for curiosity of finding art or little facts that I wouldn't know otherwise.