Marco Thorek wrote:
I can't recall any. Even very complicated games like Microsoft's FS9,
who really should come with adequate printed documentation, have most of
it on the CD only. And Knight's of the Old Republic, being a CRPG, who
usually have and need bigger manuals, comes with nothing more than a
couple of pages that explain the basics.
The last game I bought that had good documentation was Arcanum (late
2001). 150 page manual, with TONs of information (walkthough of first
area, background on all the character classes, even a recipe for cookies
:). Was very pleased to see that. Of course, that was also one of the
very last large/original-size box formats. Now everything is the
smallbox format. We must be the only group in the world who hates the
small boxes :-)
But about the collector's editions you mentioned: Nice way of selling us
for extra money what once upon a time we got in the first place.
Yes, BUT, games usually cost about $59-$69 back then. So although you
got more, you were paying more. Collector's Edition Return to Castle
Wolfenstein cost $59, so instead of saying once upon a time we got in
the first place, we should be saying all releases should be
collector's editions or with collector's editions, you get what you
pay for. (Sorry to play Devil's Advocate, but one of the reasons I
started collecting old games post-1997 is because it was actually
*cheaper* for me to do so compared to back in 1987!)
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