You never actually used a game manual right Zig Forums?

You never actually used a game manual right Zig Forums?

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I never used them before playing but sometimes I’d check out things like character bios and what not after I beat the game

>not just pressing all the buttons when you have the opportunity to

>americans
lmao

of course I did, game manuals are peak soul

use? no
read for fun after beating the entire game? yes

i only read the manual on the ride home whenever i bought a game as a kid. good times

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For actual instructions no, but at the same time i never played a game where i couldn't figure things out on my own. I'd absolutely need one for more complex stuff like certain simulation games, or just older games where instructions aren't communicated all that well.

I miss when instruction manuals for games actually added some spice and/or lore to it, or were built/written like something that was pulled out from the game itself.

>that disclaimer at the bottom right
cringe

That's pretty fuckin' toxic.

DK 64's manual was peak soul.

...

What game was this again?

Considering reading the manual was often the deciding factor if you struggled or not with a game, yes I did read them. Games were literally designed around you reading them. It's probably why a lot of faggots couldn't figure out how to bomb the glass tube in Super Metroid because they didn't see the map in the manual that suspiciously tries to cover the glass tube on the map w/ the text to get you to look at it and go, "hmm what's that." It literally never spoiled any of the actual fun of the game. It's just like making sure you know the basics of what tools you have before the game shoves all those tools into your hand. You still have to experiment with them to figure out how best to use them, just the manual helps a bit.

That was a great feeling.

this right here. the anticipation, the new game smell. fuck i miss being a kid

Try and stop me, faggot.

no one mentioned americans you schizo

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There fun to read since i was little but it kind of got ruin with ad pamphlets they shoved in there later on

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Manuals can hold soul
Pic related
The EU version of the Killzone manual as well

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Home improvement if I'm not mistaken

>have penis
>have Y chromosome
>need instructions
>am not a real man

Based Home Improvement for SNES.

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>game instruction gag for game that could use it the most
Man fuck Tool Time.

>instruction booklets used to be copy protection
>readme.txt file with the .rar
> "Page 19 Row 5 is squiggle line, stick man, pyramid, and pacman symbol"

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Same.
I said if I could read the manual first then my brother could play Paper Mario first.

OP, let me tell you about a time long ago when instructions were absolutely kino

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How did tool time work?

my negro

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used it for its actual purpose; toilet reading material

He's right though

I prefer manuals to tutorials. Either way you're going to spend 10-20 minutes figuring out the controls, so you might as well do it outside of the game so it kicks off with a rolling start. But no, instead they treat us with kid gloves and don't expect the modern gamer to understand that the forward button will 9.9999999 times out of 10 move the character forward.