Collector's Edition: I Spent $130 For This??
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Tabula Rasa had a fairly cool Collector's Edition. You got a set of dog tags, a field manual which was basically the game's manual, but entirely in character, and a letter from "General British" informing you of your new placement in the Earth army. In game, you got a cool robot pet and free armour paint forever.
Shame that game died, the Collector's Edition was great
Shame that game died, the Collector's Edition was great
I have mixed opinions about the whole thing. See, I think this is a sign of the game industry getting too greedy in recent years. Back when I was growing up the extras and such were included with the game for free as part of the overall package. Games like Ultima IV basically bulged with the contents. Now Bioware basically wants me to pay an extra $15 for
a cloth map and a few extra items that probably took them 15 minutes to code? Truthfully I'll probably get that anyway which is the sad thing, so I guess it works, but I still think this is fairly ridiculous.
Okay the Batarang (which I've already ordered) is cool. I already have some batarang knuckles I bought from a knife shop (and they are not all that uncommon if you look) they cost me about $12 I think. In the case of the Batarang coming with the game, I very much doubt it will be weapon quality, and properly edged, though it's always possible.
As far as throwing them at people goes *shrugs* so what? Truthfully while I'd imagine a properly made one would do some damage, but honestly you can buy perfectly functional throwing knives from most surplus stores, and they would be far more effective and easy to conceal. Heck for $65 you can go to a Renfaire and buy a Titanium slimline dagger with a leather wrist brace that will drop it right into your hand. With some practice you could probably do it right under a coat (I don't personally own one of those).
a cloth map and a few extra items that probably took them 15 minutes to code? Truthfully I'll probably get that anyway which is the sad thing, so I guess it works, but I still think this is fairly ridiculous.
Okay the Batarang (which I've already ordered) is cool. I already have some batarang knuckles I bought from a knife shop (and they are not all that uncommon if you look) they cost me about $12 I think. In the case of the Batarang coming with the game, I very much doubt it will be weapon quality, and properly edged, though it's always possible.
As far as throwing them at people goes *shrugs* so what? Truthfully while I'd imagine a properly made one would do some damage, but honestly you can buy perfectly functional throwing knives from most surplus stores, and they would be far more effective and easy to conceal. Heck for $65 you can go to a Renfaire and buy a Titanium slimline dagger with a leather wrist brace that will drop it right into your hand. With some practice you could probably do it right under a coat (I don't personally own one of those).
Peeing in the Dark. The only thing I can think of that I KNOW I'd do. No longer doing it by sonar!Anachronism said:
I miss spiffy manuals in general. I love opening them up and taking that initial sniff.George Palmer said:Spiffy manuals are also acceptable to me if they are done artistically or stylized to match the theme of the game.Maraveno said:how about spiffy manuals like the one for LOTR-Online collectors edition??George Palmer said:
I love the ones with T-shirts for all they're worth
T-shirts do nothing for me 'cause Im a 340lb. fat ass and it would never fit me.
Magic Cards have it, DnD books have it, and new Game Manuals have it. That smell is like narcotics to me...oh god.
I thought the batarang was going to be plastic? Hardly an instrument of death...
I've never understood why people buy special editions, the 'extras' are guaranteed to be piles of sh*t, and leave your home littered with nerd-ville items. Everyone seems to forget that you're paying for a game with a crappy figurine for probably double what the normal edition costs. Instead they seem to view it as a magical device that comes with a game.
Pointless.
I've never understood why people buy special editions, the 'extras' are guaranteed to be piles of sh*t, and leave your home littered with nerd-ville items. Everyone seems to forget that you're paying for a game with a crappy figurine for probably double what the normal edition costs. Instead they seem to view it as a magical device that comes with a game.
Pointless.
He thought that it was going to be an actual, functional, wearable helmet? That's hilarious. Tell him that Common Sense misses him and would like to see him again soon.KaiRai said:I know someone who bought the Halo one
I picked up the Collector's Edition of World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade, and I really did like the extras. It came with an art book (sweet for the artist in me), soundtrack CD, "Making Of" video for the CGI intro (sweet for the 3D animator in me) and a Netherwhelp pet for all characters on the account. I wish I could have gotten the CE for Wrath of the Lich King, too, if only for the soundtrack- there's so much awesome music in the game.
I think the reasoning behind this is for their fans who would want this stuff or for those who want an upgrade from just the game disc. Ironically I am looking at the Batman Arkham Asylum Batarang as a fun liitle item. As for Fallout 3 I'll take the art book separate and wait for the 5 piece Game of the Year Edition.
Hate collectors editions. Seriously, people who genuinely need night vision goggles are not the same people who buy them with a Call Of Duty game.
Behind the scenes DVDs, art books, figurines, I don't give a shit. I would prefer to recieve my disc in a wet paper bag than any of those over-packaged ultra super mega sap editions.
Behind the scenes DVDs, art books, figurines, I don't give a shit. I would prefer to recieve my disc in a wet paper bag than any of those over-packaged ultra super mega sap editions.
Why is everyone so excited about the NVG in MW2? Go to Kmart and buy the $10 Spykids NVG, they are the same thing. They're in this business to make a profit, remember? Not give away expensive hardware for cheap.
The only CE editions of games I've bought are the Doom 3 CE and Bully CE. Doom 3 was cool back on the Xbox 1 because it had the original Dooms and some Behind the Scenes stuff. Bully was awesome, it came with a full dodgeball.
Sucks that the Batarang is attached to the stand... Then again it is a good way of avoiding lawsuits. Still I bet someone will find a way to detach it. Still, I'm gonna display that puppy on my desk.
Starfox 64 cost $90 when it first came out.
I don't know what the deal over "Special Edition" or "Limited Edition" is..either you buy it or you don't.
I don't know what the deal over "Special Edition" or "Limited Edition" is..either you buy it or you don't.
I've pre-ordered that!pha kin su pah said:didn't mention this...
the thought of getting all that extra stuff is nifty, i mean a batarang, night vision goggles, masterchief helmet, kobe bryant/ezio figure, and even that locker are indeed quite collectable items, however, personally i realise i don't need this stuff cluttering my desk.
That and the limited edition release of Aion are the only games where I've ordered the collectors edition (though I bought AC2 myself, but my boyfriend bought Aion for me).
That's because they include extras in the game itself (AC2 has extra missions; Aion has extra ingame items that are useful, such as wings that increase flight time), they have artbooks and/or soundtracks, and they have figurines (I'm a geek when it comes to figurines!).
To me, since I would be preordering those games anyway at about £40, I thought I might as well get some extras for £30!
Yeah, I preordered my copy of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at gamestop, and part of their incentive was a gold skin for Prime and Megatron. Played the game, no skins. What a jip.
I got the SF4 CE. I really enjoyed that one since the figures go nice on my shelf. I am buying the Batman CE for the notebook, weapon and the extra content GAME are offering. The Forza3 CE sounds decent as it adds a lot of new cars into the game.
Exclusive content, interviews, music CDs, t-shirts. All are nice to have. Its up to the buyer to decide if they want the content. We aren't being conned by pricing I'm sure. Its only a con in pricing if you are a gamer who plays a game then trades it in within a week.
Exclusive content, interviews, music CDs, t-shirts. All are nice to have. Its up to the buyer to decide if they want the content. We aren't being conned by pricing I'm sure. Its only a con in pricing if you are a gamer who plays a game then trades it in within a week.
yeah, I'm with dude that said the CE's for the Lunar games were awesome. I think Eternal Blue's was even bigger with Lucia's medallion and some kind of board game, oh and that cloth map for the original one was cool....I still have that one, need EB's though