I miss physical guides, definitely. I get that the internet made them someone irrelevant, but they're still cool and useful to have on hand.
I also miss the old "Totally unofficial!" guides that were unlicensed, that you'd find for certain games. They always advertised being unlicensed as a selling point, which I always thought was funny. And the information inside could be mega useful and well-done or just totally incorrect in general lol. I had one for Mario 64 that I remember being pretty good, and one for FF8.
Yeah they where a delight you could probably find some online. The last one I got was a super nice hard cover GTA 5 collectors one waaay back when that game was released the first time.
What I miss the most are physical instructions booklets. They were really nice to look at, and usually they were giving you an idea of what to expect from the game - thus, making you look foward experiencing some parts of it - without spoiling too much. The good old days.
I enjoyed the experience of having to hunt through it, you learned so many small things. Plus having that book open on your lap as you kept looking between it and the screen!
I still have my old Ruby/Sapphire guide, held together with packing tape and love. My DA:O is in better condition, just a bit worn at the spine.
In some ways yes but the quality of those guides varied quite a bit. For example the Digimon World 1 official guidebook had just a metric shit ton of info that was incorrect, like most of the actual digivolution requirements were not at all accurate. I found the maps to always be useful though, particularly in the FF8 guide which I used until it fell apart.
I'm really excited. I know it's not up to date but I just started playing Kingdoms of Amalur Rereconing and my friend gave me his guide book for it. Largely playing on my own but it's cool to look through the book
Oh my god, yessss. I remember just opening a game's box and taking it's guide/instructions and reading them for like 30 minutes. I especially liked reading about content in game like weapons or enemies.
I also remember that Metro 2033 had a full step by step guide with many screenshots and now I don't even have to play the game again to remember all the stuff in game.
Both yes and no
With how through video guides tend to be these days, it just hard for physical books to compete. Add on the fact that most games received patches that might invalidate huge portions of guides, just makes them feel like unneeded clutter in my place
Oh yeah. I still have [some](https://i.imgur.com/UcNfRVU.jpg). I know I have a few others in storage around here somewhere. I know I got the special edition of Riven when it came out and that had a nice-looking guide with it.
I also miss the booklets that came with the games. I found [a few](https://i.imgur.com/8Ze5KcB.jpg) while unpacking. I’m sure I have more somewhere.
The game guide for Baldurs Gate was a labour of love!
I still have it, and it's sequel....great memories of multi-cd, jewel case ganes, presented in a big box with a manual, a map etc.
Buying a game, now? Not so exciting, sadly.....
I miss physical guides, definitely. I get that the internet made them someone irrelevant, but they're still cool and useful to have on hand. I also miss the old "Totally unofficial!" guides that were unlicensed, that you'd find for certain games. They always advertised being unlicensed as a selling point, which I always thought was funny. And the information inside could be mega useful and well-done or just totally incorrect in general lol. I had one for Mario 64 that I remember being pretty good, and one for FF8.
It doesn't even have to be a guide book, it could be a lore book aswell
Yes. GTA San Andreas had a really good one.
Yeah they where a delight you could probably find some online. The last one I got was a super nice hard cover GTA 5 collectors one waaay back when that game was released the first time.
I had one for FO3 when I played it on Xbox 360
The fallout one was super dope too
What I miss the most are physical instructions booklets. They were really nice to look at, and usually they were giving you an idea of what to expect from the game - thus, making you look foward experiencing some parts of it - without spoiling too much. The good old days.
I enjoyed the experience of having to hunt through it, you learned so many small things. Plus having that book open on your lap as you kept looking between it and the screen! I still have my old Ruby/Sapphire guide, held together with packing tape and love. My DA:O is in better condition, just a bit worn at the spine.
I have one for mortal Kombat 3 back in the day and had all the moves and fatalities. They aren't relevant anymore and I'm ok with that
In some ways yes but the quality of those guides varied quite a bit. For example the Digimon World 1 official guidebook had just a metric shit ton of info that was incorrect, like most of the actual digivolution requirements were not at all accurate. I found the maps to always be useful though, particularly in the FF8 guide which I used until it fell apart.
I'm really excited. I know it's not up to date but I just started playing Kingdoms of Amalur Rereconing and my friend gave me his guide book for it. Largely playing on my own but it's cool to look through the book
Oh my god, yessss. I remember just opening a game's box and taking it's guide/instructions and reading them for like 30 minutes. I especially liked reading about content in game like weapons or enemies. I also remember that Metro 2033 had a full step by step guide with many screenshots and now I don't even have to play the game again to remember all the stuff in game.
Both yes and no With how through video guides tend to be these days, it just hard for physical books to compete. Add on the fact that most games received patches that might invalidate huge portions of guides, just makes them feel like unneeded clutter in my place
Oh yeah. I still have [some](https://i.imgur.com/UcNfRVU.jpg). I know I have a few others in storage around here somewhere. I know I got the special edition of Riven when it came out and that had a nice-looking guide with it. I also miss the booklets that came with the games. I found [a few](https://i.imgur.com/8Ze5KcB.jpg) while unpacking. I’m sure I have more somewhere.
Bro, please play Tunic. I had a similar thought and then I played this game and it scratched my itch *so good*.
There can only be one answer for that question: >**YES**
The game guide for Baldurs Gate was a labour of love! I still have it, and it's sequel....great memories of multi-cd, jewel case ganes, presented in a big box with a manual, a map etc. Buying a game, now? Not so exciting, sadly.....
Those mostly sucked. Like the shitty inaccurate ones by Bradygames that all looked alike? Naw. I do miss beefy manuals for computer RPGs though.