July 11, 2001, 03:37
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Prince
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Manual
Could we please have a decent manual?
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July 11, 2001, 03:48
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King
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Re: Manual
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Originally posted by Mannamagnus
Could we please have a decent manual?
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Click The virtues of the SMAC-manual: The appendix. Agree?
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July 11, 2001, 03:59
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Prince
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Civ2 had a good manual, unlike ctp2.... 
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July 11, 2001, 04:22
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King
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I wouldn't even mind paying $40-$50 if it had a good manual. Even a better manual than Civ2MGE would be preferable but at least as good as the Civ2MGE manual.
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July 11, 2001, 06:03
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Deity
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I've found that in the past, Firaxis have been generous with manuals. For a game with as much depth as Civ3, it would probably be necessary. The SMAC manual was huge, very comprehensive...same with Civ2. So it is one thing I am confident about in this case.
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July 11, 2001, 06:47
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Warlord
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As others have said, the manuals weren't that bad. You can always ask for better but I would be happy as long as they don't make it worse (haven't played Alpha Centauri or anything after civ 2 though). The other thing is, with good in-game support (especially for newbies like me  ) and the proliferation of websites, I think everything will be all right...
What I would rather see is for them to answer questions periodically (once a month or something). This way we can get answers for things that don't make it to the manual (like some game specific details--nothing exploitive though)...
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July 11, 2001, 11:21
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Prince
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I agree Ralf. And yes, so far Firaxis has a good track record as far as manuals are concerned.
My worst fear would be a digital (PDF) manual. And like TechWins I wouldn't mind paying an extra ten dollars for a realy good manual/strategy guide.
Also it might be worth considering printing the tech-tree-poster only on one side so people can put it on the wall above their desk. (though my wife would seriously disagree since our computer is in the livingroom)
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July 11, 2001, 12:44
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Alpha Centauri needed an appendix... badly... hopefully civ3 will have one.
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