Will you read the manual before playing Half-Life 2?

Will you read the manual before playing Half-Life 2?

  • Yes

    Votes: 112 61.9%

  • No

    Votes: 35 19.3%

  • Undecided

    Votes: 18 9.9%

  • What's a manual?

    Votes: 16 8.8%
  • Total voters
    181
Heheh, I will read it while the game installs.


But thats only part of my HL2 prep.


Once I hear a release date I am going to:

Download EVERY update my PC could ever need.

Run systems scans with nortens

Run systems scans with adaware and spybot


Make a whole new section on my hard disk for HL2.





THEN play! :)
 
everynight before I go to bed and every morning until the end of the world...
 
Yes, It will arrive in the mail (1 day airfare..extra 10 bucks) and i will open it up and read through the table of contents. If the weapons page is available or other suspicious topics then i wont view them because i dont want to spoil all of the weapons or anything else. Ill take a quick glance and check it out while installing. Then play for hours and hours until i get pretty far and then decided to try out the multiplayer.
 
Yes, just as I did with the first one and the expansions.
 
ya, its for the car ride home and the installing time, also ill probably be in the bathroom before i start the game (i dont want to crap myself in excitement) and it will serve me well in there
 
I would read it in the car but i drive and plus i aint picking it up! Arriving on my doorstep most likley the day or day after it arrives in the store.
 
I'll read it to death while I'm on my way home on the bus back from the city.
 
tokin said:
Yes, It will arrive in the mail (1 day airfare..extra 10 bucks) and i will open it up and read through the table of contents. If the weapons page is available or other suspicious topics then i wont view them because i dont want to spoil all of the weapons or anything else. Ill take a quick glance and check it out while installing. Then play for hours and hours until i get pretty far and then decided to try out the multiplayer.
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The first Half-Life manual only spoiled, I think three weapons, the shotgun, machine gun, and the pistol.

Of course, I've read every manual I have at least 5 times over. :)
 
I'm undecided. It really will depend on the content of the manual

I would like to go into the game with as much idea as someone who has been asleep for ten years, so if the manual looks like it gives away any real game content then I probably won't read it until after I finish the game.

I'll read the controls section and any 'The story so far' guff if it goes through the events of the original HalfLife though.
 
I almost always finish the manual before getting into the game. You never know how important a little piece of information in it can be.
 
Unfortunately I've lost my original Half-Life manual (I loved that sketch of the creature that was replaced by the Gargantua, man, that thing was awesome. To bad it was removed). I played the game before I read it though: manuals are for people who need bathroom reading material, or stuff to read during car-rides.

Since I'll be doing the driving, that leaves the small window between installation and playing (hopefully theres a DVD release so my drive can finally make use of itself). Aside from that, I will look at it whenever I need to take a dump - which will probably invovle fast food ordered while playing the game...which will need to last me the ~40 hours the game will take to play.

(man, I'll be like that one Korean guy who died while playing Everquest because he didn't move...and I wont care :p ...well, from the story so far at least, if they can keep it in that general anticipation level it'll be awesome (hopefully not to much buggy driving))
 
poseyjmac said:
most importantly i will open the manual and put my face in it and breath in deeply. am i the only one that likes to sniff brand new game manuals? :)
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haha u manual sniffer, u!! :LOL:
tho.. to be honest.. i'd be doing the same.. :eek: :LOL:

im expecting some *notes* and stuff like in the HL one where theres a letter in it and some journal/dairy notes so it will be interesting reading through it :)
 
I'll be reading it on the way home and during the install...I love opening a new game box and reading all the stuff inside.

I'll probably buy the strategy guide too. I want the full experience.
 
I'm going to read it while I'm installing HL2. Then, I'm going to keep reading it even after it's been installed, until I get to the very end. It'll be funny, 'cause I won't be using the computer and i'll be not letting my siblings use the computer :E
 
stigmata said:
I'm going to read it while I'm installing HL2. Then, I'm going to keep reading it even after it's been installed, until I get to the very end. It'll be funny, 'cause I won't be using the computer and i'll be not letting my siblings use the computer :E
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No way, I will ogle at the loading screen and its background for the entire time in the greatest anticipation of my life. Kama Sutra... :D I will read the manual on rides to and from school (long 40 minute rides) and on the hopper. This shall be the best bathroom reading material ever . Hehe, about your sibs, good thing we got some new comps! Mine being the most l33t of course.
 
I'll read it during the installation just to see if there's anything I should know about, then I'll give it a more thorough read later after playing the game for several hours.
 
galoot3000 said:
ya, its for the car ride home and the installing time, also ill probably be in the bathroom before i start the game (i dont want to crap myself in excitement) and it will serve me well in there
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LOL :LOL:
 
:dozey: Since it is Half-Life 2, you bet I will... I gonna read and look thoroughly at all the shit that comes with it before even playing it.
 
No, I won't read the manual before I start the game. Manuals make me more confused. :bonce:
 
most importantly i will open the manual and put my face in it and breath in deeply. am i the only one that likes to sniff brand new game manuals?
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That and new Magic:The Gathering Cards
 
galoot3000 said:
ya, its for the car ride home and the installing time, also ill probably be in the bathroom before i start the game (i dont want to crap myself in excitement) and it will serve me well in there
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T.M.I.

To Much Info..... :cheese:
 
Skip the manual, I'll spend the install time gathering snacks and drinks so I'll never have to leave my desk until it's time for work the next morning, I'll just play the extensive training course which will obviously be in there somewhere.

*sigh* I always save the strategy guides for the second time through.
The truly joyous moments in the game are the surprises along the way, and figuring stuff out on your own.
 
ill read it while im on my way home and while i install the game
perhaps on da shitta as well.. in between hours and hours of play
!!!!!!!!!
 
I never read manuals... I don't know why really..
 
I'll either read it (cover to cover) on the tram ride home, or while the game is installing because I know it'll take forever on my computer :(
 
Depends what the manual looks like, if its just gonna be a paper back thing I will prob skip it untill I have some spare time (not playin HL), If its a nice thick well made thing I may read through a little of it while its installing.
 
[sl@yer] said:
Only saying "yes" as i'll be reading it (whilst trying to contain my excitement) on my way home from buying it! But when I get home to my PC....hell no!! I'm playing the damn thing.
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Thats the spirit !
The same for me :)
 
i'll read it on the way home and then installing...then probly use the manual to wipe up my drool....and other liquid substances....:x
 
AS I plan to buy my first copy of the game over steam I wont have a nice manual to read :/. But I get 2 play instantly so thats okay :)
 
I *never* consult a manual before playing. I do it only if I encounter a problem, or if I'm out of stuff to read while on the toilet taking a crap.

I'd also be too horny on HL2 to not play it, and I already know all there is to know about FPS-games in general, and Half-Life gameplay, so who needs it? Only interesting storystuff (Hopefully) to read.

/rant done

Regards
Dead-Inside
 
I hope the manual contains the HL Bible. :p

But I guess I skim through it.
 
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