i pretty much only see the pictures because the actual games teaches you how to play, having that said i dont the single payers stand off in RDR maybe i should look in that manual thing you are talking about :P
yes but not to learn how to play the game (most games are pretty self explanatory really). i just read it for the lore and other stuff. though manuals these days are pretty crap (or non existent). the best manual i have seen lately is probably the MH3 one...and its still meh. ive just taken a quick look at my manual for x3 reunion. 83 pages of goodness...now thats a manual :). arcanum of steel works and magic obscura also had an epic manual.
I only read them for the backstory and characters background along with the game artwork, aside from this most game usually have some sort of tutorial at the beginning to ease the transition for anyone new to the series. Also can't forget that most of the stuff in the manual are also on some of the game option menu.
I used to when I was younger, but nowadays, pretty much never. There's usually nothing interesting, and anything the manual says is stated in the game anyway.
Normally I read them on the car ride/walk back, or after I get off and have 10 minutes to spare. Not for the controls, but for the characters and hints.
Yes, but not as often and thorough as in the days of BG2 and Planescape: Torment. They were a hell of a lot more expansive and you pretty much had to read them to grasp the concepts.
Yeh, it's kind of tradition for me. Eventually I'll go around and flip through the pages. Sadly, most of the games released recently have really bad manuals, nothing like last generation's.
no not really, i find them lacking now, it's like four pages with a picture of the controls, a credits page, user interace page and a contact page. if it has information on the characters and such then i might give it a read.
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