Game manual pre-release

[dedaas]

Hi all,

Perhaps it's a bit unorthodox and a bit too early to even think about it but I was thinking: Would publishing the manual when the game is still in (late) beta be a viable option for Paradox?

Since the game will at that stage be feature-complete there would be little risk of having to redo big parts of the manual upon actual release. The upside would be potential for extra hype creation.

I know I would love to be able to properly prepare myself properly for the actual release.

 

[LordOfWar16]

Feature Complete doesnt mean that they wont add stuff or that they wont change stuff. Feature Complete only means that the core stuff they wanted to be in, is in. Other than that they still have to balance stuff what the Beta is for.

Besides that they have an tutorial that explains you the game mechanics.

 

[ringhloth]

I don't really know why you'd bother with an expansive manual for HoI4. There's so much that's going to change, it's going to be out of date a week after release, if not sooner. It's definitely going to be useless 3 months after release.

 

[dedaas]

Well I personally wouldn't mind reading an expansive manual but yes it would need more changes after release and after every DLC/patch. The tutorial with Paradox games I've played so far hasn't been very helpful in more than the absolute basics but if you think this tutorial will be better that's fine too!