Assassin X wrote:FARCRY for instance. I never read the manual so i dont know if there was a story in it. But i played the game and i loved it and its story. If i read the story(assuming there was one) in the manual would it have changed anything? No.
Not entirely true - the manual may have gien you interesting information about the game's background story, things that might have been covered only briefly in the game and was never touched upon in the same degree as the manual did. Fo example, had I never read the translation for the
Shin Megami Tensei II manul, I would never have learned of what happened between the two games: the establishment of the social community, he rise of th Messian Church into a theocracy, the outlawing of all other religious and the persecution/slaying of their worshoppers, and other fascinating tidbits It might not give you information that equates to a button combination or a secret cache, but it's still well-worth the time reading it, and for all the information gained, the cst is negligable.
OK, so i guess i do read the story in the manual. SO maybe all games really need are PLastic sleeve and a story paper thing. Im all set! I mean theres nothing else you need because after all thats what the net is for.
The 'net isn't going to keep your CD from cracking in the event you hit a nasty speed bump while heading home, causing something to fall onto the sleeve and scratch/crack the disc.
Anyways you cant argue that $50 is somehow better then $10 for a game!
Yes, you can: a fifty-dollar game that comes with a nifty jewel case and nice, informative and interesting manuel, is easier to store and is more pleasing to the eye when stored in a good fashion, and is likely to have a far longer operating life due to the case protecting it from scratches is better than a ten-dollar game that comesin a shitty paper sleeve, has no instructive dcumentation that proves to be helpful (as well as enlightening on certain subjcts) is a pain in the ass to store and is an eyesore when looked at, and has a higher probability of being scratched or damaged due to the flimsiness of the container.
You know what's better than a fully-decked fifty-dollar game? One that's thirty or forty dollars (and in the case of a purchase made last night, less than seven dollars). Shop around; do research; get information; find the best ratio between cost and content. That's what E-Bay, Amazon, and other sites are for. Right now, I'm looking at a like-new copy of KoToR II, which is set for less tha thirty dollars, yet is selling at Media Play for 49.99 (Ooh!
Mega Man Anniversery Collection for X-Box!)
And if you're still not satisfied with the prices as they are, you can always wait. As time passes, demand will start to curb, and prices will naturally fall. Sure, you might be "out of the loop" for the time you're waiting - but if cost is that important to you, then that's the price you pay in lieu of fiat - and in the case of classic games like
CounterStrike, you'll nver
really be out of it.
This has been another blunder by you friendly local idiot.
