17-03-2003 07:58									#1
	Poll: Manual from heck Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

Just for fun, imagine that the manual came with ALL of the information needed to play and understand every aspect of the game (barring strategies, cheats, etc). How would this improve things for you?

	17-03-2003 08:47									#2
	Get a bigger avatar today!

I voted "nowhere near enough". A good manual would have been wonderful the first few games when I was learning everything, but what I want now is a good patch.

	17-03-2003 08:52									#3
	Enter the AD-FREE zone

IT IS already an awesome and great game with manual or without it. But obviously good manual is needed to make few learning days (yep, days, dozens of hours) easier for begginers.

	17-03-2003 12:07									#4
	Get a bigger avatar today!

The game needs much more than a new manual.

	17-03-2003 12:42									#5
	Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

I would rather have a useful in game encyclopedia than a manual.

But a beefed up manual would help, definately.

	17-03-2003 13:27									#6
	Tired of ads?

My patience is limited. A new manual might have improved things two weeks ago. QS had years for this game, and at least one month of idle time after it went gold, and still promises are the only thing they have to offer.

That's too little too late.

	17-03-2003 13:30									#7
	Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

quote: Originally posted by darcy My patience is limited. A new manual might have improved things two weeks ago. QS had years for this game, and at least one month of idle time after it went gold, and still promises are the only thing they have to offer. That's too little too late.

Ah, I misread the premise. I thought it was referring to the initial release. And yes, I agree with you, at this point, a manual does little good. Need more in-game stuff now, since those who can play do so.

	17-03-2003 23:32									#8
	Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

The game isn't bad. Better than most. Perhaps I'm odd (likely), but I didn't spend more than five hours getting used to the game before actually understanding the damn thing. It's more like MOO2 than people seem to say.

	17-03-2003 23:59									#9
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

Well I regret getting Master of Orion 3. Stupid me to think that taking 4 years on a game would produce postive results. Allthough I still play the game because I spent $50 on it and I do have some fun with it, I expected more. Allthough I good manual would go a long way in helping people learn the game.

	18-03-2003 00:45									#10
	Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

I needed a middle of the road answer like "better manual good; patching bugs better."

	18-03-2003 09:02									#11
	Increase the size of your Attachments

The manual was kind of vague. Only brief explanations of game aspects. But MOO3 is still a good game and will get better after a patch or two.

	18-03-2003 20:20									#12
	Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

1 It would completely save the game and make it awesome!
2 Almost everything that bothers me would be fixed.
3 It would cover up some shortcomings, but nowhere near enough.
4 It would still stink, even if I understood everything!

I can't vote in a poll this bias.

1 assumes that the game needs saving. 2 assumes things about the game bother me. 3 assumes there are shortcomings (ok that's true), and finally 4 assumes that the games puts off a negative odor (I neven cooked mine).

	21-03-2003 04:25									#13
	Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

You have a good point, Epistax. It is biased. I'll take that into more consideration next time I run a poll.

As it stands, I think most of the people voting are of the opinion that the game was in need of fixing, and I was just trying to see if a good manual would have fixed most of the problem (as was my opinion).

Thanks for the advice,

-D