I love looking at the artbook. I find it intrigued seeing the beauty and uniqueness of every detail poured into the illustrations by the artist in the artbook
looking at the artbook after playing the game is fun, it gives more immersive experience in my opinion
i'm also more used to the digital artbooks and it's rare to see physical copies
I do! I actually own the Hakuoki artbook (one and only artbook lol), and it's one of my favorite things to flip through. I love seeing the official sketches.
That said, some artbooks do have really beautiful production sketches, alternate outfit designs, or even cut content that can be super interesting. But yeah, they're not for everyone, and they can be pricey too.
I love beautiful art so if I really love the art style and characters I will look into buying them. But they are pretty expensive so I only have a few..
Yes!! Especially when I really love the game, I'll want to buy art books or CD released for it, and if the price is right, I'll even get them for my collection.
Because some out-of-print art books and CD are outrageously expensive.
I even save the pictures on my phone. Although I don't use them as wallpapers, I still open my photo album from time to time just to look at them.
I do, but I mostly look at unused design examples or CG variations. Artbooks often include creative team interviews too, but I'm not much interested in stories behind creation process. Although if I didn't understand something in a story, there where times when it revealed new information and helped with clarification
I'm particularly fond of visual merchandise, so artbooks are right at the top of my list. They can often be hard to get hold of or very expensive, though—but the desire is definitely there!