Have any of you guys ever seen the Homeworld and Homeworld: Cataclysm manuels? Those manuels are absolutely the best manuels ever made in my opinion.

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I've got them both...but IMHO the ones of Imperium Galactica and MoO 3 were nicer...elaborate and detailed, although the unit lists of Homeworld to rank as one of my favorites...

Unfortunately I have never played those games. I would like to however. It seems like those games are discontinued and I can no longer purchase them anywhere.

Unfortunately I have never played those games. I would like to however. It seems like those games are discontinued and I can no longer purchase them anywhere.

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IG2 is rather old and there are some things that could have been better...MoO3 was rather bad, had too much of a star trek + windows exell feel and the battleship scenes were very poor, compared to the ones in MoO2 battle at antares...the manuals were however top notch and indeed they are discontinued, perhaps online sale? or eBay

You want a good manual? *points to the Fallout manuals*

 

Normally when they package the manuals as something being semi-from the game world, they sound stupid. But the Fallout manuals did a good job pulling it off. But that's not important.

 

They had info on what all the feats did (in-depth info; you could read the manual to find the numbers on a feat, rather than having to load up the game), and covered tons of stuff. And they were bound quite nicely too! :D

 

I want a better manual than KOTOR's. It doesn't have to be in color, but that would be nice. Usually, bigger manuals are better, because they cram more stuff into 'em.

 

And please, for the love of all things sacred, tell us the story in the manual this time. It was kinda nice having something to read during the load screens, but I'd rather save that for tips and tricks, as opposed to the background of the story I'm in the middle of.

You want a good manual?  *points to the Fallout manuals*

 

Normally when they package the manuals as something being semi-from the game world, they sound stupid.  But the Fallout manuals did a good job pulling it off.  But that's not important.

 

They had info on what all the feats did (in-depth info; you could read the manual to find the numbers on a feat, rather than having to load up the game), and covered tons of stuff.  And they were bound quite nicely too!  :D

 

I want a better manual than KOTOR's.  It doesn't have to be in color, but that would be nice.  Usually, bigger manuals are better, because they cram more stuff into 'em.

 

And please, for the love of all things sacred, tell us the story in the manual this time.  It was kinda nice having something to read during the load screens, but I'd rather save that for tips and tricks, as opposed to the background of the story I'm in the middle of.

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i quite liked the load screen stories, but maybe they cant fit them in this time as the load times are shorter

You know... You don't have to quote my entire message if that's all you're replying to. :D

 

Really though, what the heck happened to manuals? Manuals are usually dinky little things now that hardly tell you anything? I've gotten so used to reading the manuals really fast, then going online to find out the useful information. And until somebody brought this up, I didn't find it odd at all.

You want a good manual?  *points to the Fallout manuals*

 

Normally when they package the manuals as something being semi-from the game world, they sound stupid.  But the Fallout manuals did a good job pulling it off.  But that's not important.

 

They had info on what all the feats did (in-depth info; you could read the manual to find the numbers on a feat, rather than having to load up the game), and covered tons of stuff.  And they were bound quite nicely too!  :D

 

I want a better manual than KOTOR's.  It doesn't have to be in color, but that would be nice.  Usually, bigger manuals are better, because they cram more stuff into 'em.

 

And please, for the love of all things sacred, tell us the story in the manual this time.  It was kinda nice having something to read during the load screens, but I'd rather save that for tips and tricks, as opposed to the background of the story I'm in the middle of.

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i quite liked the load screen stories, but maybe they cant fit them in this time as the load times are shorter

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You know...  You don't have to quote my entire message if that's all you're replying to.  :D

 

Really though, what the heck happened to manuals?  Manuals are usually dinky little things now that hardly tell you anything?  I've gotten so used to reading the manuals really fast, then going online to find out the useful information.  And until somebody brought this up, I didn't find it odd at all.

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your right

it should be easy to understand and have a lot of info.

Lately manuals have been these little thin pieces of crap that take hardly any time to read. I used to look forward to reading the manuals as much as I looked forward to playing the games. What happened to stuff like the Warcraft 2 manual where they had stories in the manual.

Has anyone here ever heard of STRATEGY GUIDES? $14.95 really isn't that much people. <_< Seriously though, the manual was sort of ok... Like a 4 out of 10.... :ph34r:

Yeah, but strategy guides suck compared to the free guides you find at GameFAQs. Why should I pay extra money for inferior bull?

 

And it's a STRATEGY GUIDE, not an extra manual. Strategy guides are for people too stupid to figure out how to beat the game, not for people who want to learn how to play it.

heh looking at the NWN manual then the KOTOR manual it kinda made me laugh but they arent gonan put a 120 page manual in an xbox case.

Yeah, but the game is coming out on PC too.

 

If they want me to, I'll help write some of the PC manual. I could probably think of some good stuff to toss in...

yes but dont they put the same manual type in the PC box and xbox case? they arent gonan give PC a better manual

Why couldn't they? Who would it hurt if they informed the people who have the bigger boxes?

Looking at this game being an amazing RPG. Usually RPG's do have huge in depth manuals.. Maybe they can ship it out in a cardboard box with manual inside and green xbox case inside the cardboard box. Just like SOCOM with their headset.