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[rastak]

Well CivIII and IV had well designed manuals, but they were in black and white, nothing wrong with that. I agree with everything else though:



And I'd rather have a good paper manual over a good PDF . Won't we be sucking enough screen with the game itself? It'd be nice to take a break (preferably bathroom break ) and just be able to sit on my bed and read it. I suppose I still can, if I print out the 100+ pages on my printer, but that seems less eco-friendly than if Firaxis had just made the effort themselves.

Umm, you take bathroom breaks while sitting on your bed? Geez, there's on old saying "never sh$t where you sleep".

 

[SammyKhalifa]

You can tout the cost-saving benefits of not having a paper manual, but insisiting that a PDF-only is better from a customer/player perspective is disingenuous. It's not as if a game with a paper manual doesn't have a PDF.

Really, the change from physical product to digital only (and convincing people it's for their benefit) is a major coup for the studios. They're not exactly passing those savings on to the customer.

 

[wilson1225]

Time to search through a book for the exact definition of 'trade network' in a:

Paper Manual: 3 to 5 minutes
PDF: 3 to 5 seconds.

Ever heard of an index?

 

[Darth Caesar]

You can tout the cost-saving benefits of not having a paper manual, but insisiting that a PDF-only is better from a customer/player perspective is disingenuous. It's not as if a game with a paper manual doesn't have a PDF.

Really, the change from physical product to digital only (and convincing people it's for their benefit) is a major coup for the studios. They're not exactly passing those savings on to the customer.

 

[craig123]

Ever heard of an index?

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