Will you read the manual before playing your first game of civ4?

[MxM]

I can't chose any of those because what I will do is:
1) skim through it during installation, starting from the back! It is important to start there to see if they supply useful tables.
2) DEPENDING on my impression I will either read the manual later and use those tables to make my strategies or not. But only after I play the game.

From another side, since the last option "eat it along with the box" is mostly for yin, it would be nice to have "eat it along with the banana" option as well

[H Tower]

I may glance at the "what's new" section during install, but other than that i like to play without first. just to see if i horribly suck without the instructions.

[Vince278]

Never read any manual. Haven't eaten any either.

[Lemmy]

Where's the option "I wont have the manual yet when i play my first Civ4 game"?

[GeoModder]

BAN HIM!

[Illuminatus]

I'll read some of it to get new concepts, then play, then read Civ4 General, then play some more, and then finish it.

[Nikolai]

I'll read some of the manual on the bus home, then a little while I install the game, then I'll play and probably come back to it later.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by Lemmy
Where's the option "I wont have the manual yet when i play my first Civ4 game"?

I'm missing that option too

For the first time in many years I have actually opened a manual for a game... it wasn't any use though, at the time I finally bought the game (stupid delay before games gets to DK) I had already finished the game, so a manual was useless

[H Tower]

evil bootleggers!

[Sarxis]

Its tradition for me to read the manuals. I enjoy them, especially when the publisher and devs actually put some effort into it. Of course, many games come with built in training modes or scenarios, so the days of the "Grande Manual" are all but spent.

[conmcb25]

Originally posted by H Tower
Burn it for firewood as I'm going to buy, then read the strat guide first before ever playing the game.

Since when are you going to play a Civ game beyond Civ 2?????

[Dis]

Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
Its tradition for me to read the manuals. I enjoy them, especially when the publisher and devs actually put some effort into it. Of course, many games come with built in training modes or scenarios, so the days of the "Grande Manual" are all but spent.

I like the manuals for rpg's. Especially when they put some humour into them such as the fallout games or baldur's gate series with the comments they put in boxes.

[Darkstar]

Most likely, I'll never open the manual.

[Tassadar500]

Originally posted by Spiffor
I will read the manual while playing, as soon as I can't understand something.

After a few games, I'll read the whole manual. It's a nice change of pace

[Vince278]

Don't think I would have gotten anything out of the MOO3 manual unless I rolled it up and smoked it.