Ubisoft to stop including manuals with their games! - Polidicks

I don't see what's the drama about all of this. Sure, back in the day, in the good ol' 90s, the manual was pretty much required, because in-game tutorials and instructions were wasting valuable space on the cartridge, stuff like that, but now, come on... Valve games aren't shipped with manuals in retail stores yet nobody complains :v:

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;21457036]I don't see what's the drama about all of this. Sure, back in the day, in the good ol' 90s, the manual was pretty much required, because in-game tutorials and instructions were wasting valuable space on the cartridge, stuff like that, but now, come on... Valve games aren't shipped with manuals in retail stores yet nobody complains :v:[/QUOTE] Because Valve offers good price/content ratios on their products, Orange Box anyone? I wouldn't be angry if this meant Ubisoft was going to cut game costs, but you and I both know that isn't going to happen. The current trend is that games are going to double or even triple in price as more and more of the content we've already paid for becomes locked inside the disc so we can "free" it by buying DLCs. Soon those digital manuals will become $1-3 mini DLCs.

[QUOTE=Tools;21449590]I don't think any of us ever will. Ubisoft will end up making browser-based games, so that nobody can pirate it.[/QUOTE] I have a SWFcatcher...

The more paper saved, the better.

As much as this upsets me, I can't remember the last time I actually read a game manual.

[QUOTE=evilweazel;21450238]Remember when manuals told you the story, gave a background info for the weapons, and characters? Those were the days :allears:[/QUOTE] Oh god Empires: Dawn of the Modern World had a history behind each faction, an explanation how each unit and vehicle in the game worked, and historical info. To top that off, the game had "Historical Interventions" that you could use, e.g "Voice of America" restored your troops health, etc, and it had a explanation about everything those were the days.

Honestly, the manuals don't really matter in the Next-Gen gaming era. Why put in a manual, when all of the information is displayed on your screen? I'm actually for Ubisoft doing this. I don't really see the point of manuals in games anymore. It's either on the disc or on the internet.

People really care about the manuals? You guys are just pissed because all you can read is, "Large company is taking away something from me". This shit should have all been digital long ago. I mean sure, all the old manuals look cool but they're rather unnecessary now.

[QUOTE=Max of S2D;21457036]I don't see what's the drama about all of this. Sure, back in the day, in the good ol' 90s, the manual was pretty much required, because in-game tutorials and instructions were wasting valuable space on the cartridge, stuff like that, but now, come on... Valve games aren't shipped with manuals in retail stores yet nobody complains :v:[/QUOTE] Valve NEVER had manuals for their games. Not even Half Life 2.

Game manuals seem pretty pointless especially with games that tie in tutorials with the game so you have no choice but to sit through it.

I bought GTA IV when it came out... It had no manual so the shop offered me it for 60$ Off 110$

[QUOTE=Spacewolf;21450232]Aww but I like reading those in the car ride home from the game store :frown:[/QUOTE] Exactly this

Doesn't everyone just read the controls in the game options, then follow various ingame prompts and hints?

[QUOTE=The mouse;21449731]Then where will the CD keys be?[/QUOTE] In game on the manual. *smug* You'l prob have to send ubisoft an email and wait a year for a responce, they will get back to you and install spyware on your computer, then give you your CD key after they deem your computer "ok" after they upload viruses, keyloggers and spyware.

[QUOTE=icypenguin;21464048]Doesn't everyone just read the controls in the game options, then follow various ingame prompts and hints?[/QUOTE] That is not what reading the manual is for, some people just like to read interesting things about the game they bought.

They can't make a good manual anyway, so why bother. But prices won't go down for sure. If they did, digital distributed games should be even cheaper, but they're not.

lol @ using being "eco-friendly" as an excuse for laziness, screw you ubisoft

[QUOTE=JustExtreme;21464407]lol @ using being "eco-friendly" as an excuse for laziness, screw you ubisoft[/QUOTE] Any-one using the excuse "You didn't get the manuals for free" needs to get a reality check. This wont impact prices, not even by a cent. Edit: fufufu quoting the wrong person at 2 AM.

I love game manuals. Freelancer had a manual that made me cream my pants - it was like a story of its own!

I don't really care, I don't buy games on discs

Having a manual has a deeper meaning than helpfulness.

Is Ubisoft just looking for more ways to die faster, or what the hell is this bullshit they've been spewing out lately?

Good, I never read the manual.

Certain companies have fancy stuff in their manuals. Mainly Rockstar Games, which, ironically, I bought all the GTA games off Steam for, so I didn't get any. Overall though, once devs decide to simplify packages too much, I will never purchase a game from a store again.

[QUOTE=Evanlution;21467213]Certain companies have fancy stuff in their manuals. Mainly Rockstar Games, which, ironically, I bought all the GTA games off Steam for, so I didn't get any. Overall though, once devs decide to simplify packages too much, I will never purchase a game from a store again.[/QUOTE] Grand Theft Autos all had huge maps of the city/cities in them, it was awesome.

[QUOTE=Tac Error;21449618]Screw that, I remember then manuals were at least 200 pages long and had a slew of supplementary information. The M1 Tank Platoon game manual of 1989 had a whole section dedicated to Cold War armored warfare.[/QUOTE] COMBAT FLIGHT SIMULAAATOOR Taught me about World War 2 and Immelmann Turns. Ha, that guy was called Doolittle.

[QUOTE=Hybrid 4F;21452324]PDF manuals > Paper manuals[/QUOTE] Fuck your PDF manuals. I want my manuals to be in powerpoint format.

This is good. Most game manuals now are wastes of paper anyway. I liked the big fat ones you'd get with games like Sim City, instead of "HOW TO INSTALL GAME: PUT CD IN DRIVE, CLICK INSTALL. OK HERE IS YOUR SERIAL KEY"

Man, when I was young and had one of my parents take me to the gamestore, I loved opening up the game in the car on the way home and reading that 5 pound beast of paper. Can't remember what game it was but I have a game somewhere around my room with a manual some 400 pages thick. I loved the huge ones full of information about the games universe. [editline]05:49AM[/editline] [QUOTE=ColinSSX;21453000]I can't be the only person who remembers these days: [img]http://www.mformature.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rayman1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I need to find my disk of this asap.

[QUOTE=ColinSSX;21453000] [img]http://www.mformature.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rayman1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] This game doesn't work anymore for me on Windows Seven :frown: