Dragon Age: Inquisition Collector's Edition Announced at $170

[HotHandedGamer]

Yep, I love this CE, definately forking over the cash for this. Also very impressed with what I've seen of the game so far, I have faith this will be a great game!

What have you seen 'cause I've seen bugger and all.
Literally, One bit where the protag walks around and a shit load of prerendered cutscenes.

 

[Ferisar]

Yep, I love this CE, definately forking over the cash for this. Also very impressed with what I've seen of the game so far, I have faith this will be a great game!

What have you seen 'cause I've seen bugger and all.
Literally, One bit where the protag walks around and a shit load of prerendered cutscenes.

I crei evry tiem.

But no really, they have shown gameplay, it just hasn't been directly on their official website x)

That's good to hear. That was a profoundly shitty practice. And Sebastian sucked.

It was, and he did. I think he was the first person I outright wanted dead by the end of the game, not to mention his impact on the game was entirely non-existent. At least the ME3 character DLC had a legitimately interesting squad-mate, not a Fox News version of Fenris.

 

[HotHandedGamer]

Yep, I love this CE, definately forking over the cash for this. Also very impressed with what I've seen of the game so far, I have faith this will be a great game!

What have you seen 'cause I've seen bugger and all.
Literally, One bit where the protag walks around and a shit load of prerendered cutscenes.

I crei evry tiem.

But no really, they have shown gameplay, it just hasn't been directly on their official website x)

Well that was silly!
It looks more Oblivion-y / Skyrim-y but doesn't look horrible.
I have two major problems though - That I don't trust EA with my videa geams and that it probably won't run on my PC.

I hope for the best but expect for the worse.
Sidenote - I still think $170 for that edition is pretty ... extreme ? It doesn't seem like any of those things match the game other than a nice shiny thing.

 

[Maeshone]

Yep, I love this CE, definately forking over the cash for this. Also very impressed with what I've seen of the game so far, I have faith this will be a great game!

What have you seen 'cause I've seen bugger and all.
Literally, One bit where the protag walks around and a shit load of prerendered cutscenes.

There's about 30 minutes of gameplay floating around on Youtube, from PAX '13 I think. I think the gameplay looks fun enough to build a game around, and I'm not particularly worried about the story, Bioware haven't let me down yet in that regard.

 

[Ferisar]

Well that was silly!
It looks more Oblivion-y / Skyrim-y but doesn't look horrible.
I have two major problems though - That I don't trust EA with my videa geams and that it probably won't run on my PC.

I hope for the best but expect for the worse.
Sidenote - I still think $170 for that edition is pretty ... extreme ? It doesn't seem like any of those things match the game other than a nice shiny thing.

That is actually a concern of mine as well, which is a shame since I just upgraded my PC and feel like it's about to become a mid-range machine again. Oh the absolute woe. As far as the EA thing, yeah, meh. I'll keep some faith, although it's hard for me not to be hyped after I saw this a couple months ago. It just looks... Good. Maybe I got the visuals bug to bite me though (entirely possible, I'm a sucker for spectacle).

And yeah, the price is a bit out there, but I feel like it's the combination of items that's doing it, mostly. If they sold one BIG EHEMGERD EPIC +10 TO GIANT STATUETTE with the same price, it would probably be passable. Honestly, they could cut out about half of these things and keep the box and the map and lower the price a good 70 bucks. Or just put a good artbook in. As it stands, it seems like a lot of people are going to want just one or two things from the edition without having any interest in the others.

 

[HotHandedGamer]

Well that was silly!
It looks more Oblivion-y / Skyrim-y but doesn't look horrible.
I have two major problems though - That I don't trust EA with my videa geams and that it probably won't run on my PC.

I hope for the best but expect for the worse.
Sidenote - I still think $170 for that edition is pretty ... extreme ? It doesn't seem like any of those things match the game other than a nice shiny thing.

That is actually a concern of mine as well, which is a shame since I just upgraded my PC and feel like it's about to become a mid-range machine again. Oh the absolute woe. As far as the EA thing, yeah, meh. I'll keep some faith, although it's hard for me not to be hyped after I saw this a couple months ago. It just looks... Good. Maybe I got the visuals bug to bite me though (entirely possible, I'm a sucker for spectacle).

And yeah, the price is a bit out there, but I feel like it's the combination of items that's doing it, mostly. If they sold one BIG EHEMGERD EPIC +10 TO GIANT STATUETTE with the same price, it would probably be passable. Honestly, they could cut out about half of these things and keep the box and the map and lower the price a good 70 bucks. Or just put a good artbook in. As it stands, it seems like a lot of people are going to want just one or two things from the edition without having any interest in the others.

I think I would have to cut a deal with someone. I LOVE the Map and markers, but it isn't enough. My wall is covered in Maps from all types of games, mostly ones I had played but not owned and someone had gifted me the map because it's not their thing. I still have the plastic Morrowind one thats degraded to almost nothing other the years.

But, Lockpicks? Do lockpicks now sell in the game - are they a main feature ? Ink and Quill, Coins?
It seems ... random a bit. Not offensive but just out of place. I think they could of made one for cheaper with the nice box, map and maybe the book / notepad and sold it and I would be pleased and would probably buy it just for those nice bits because you can then switch it around if it's bad.
'Hey, I bought this map, artbook and this lovely box and it just so happened to have Dragon Age Inquisition with it'

... Hell, I still have the Fable 3 cards on my desk because they have a nice little box, And I hated the game ...

EDIT - It has one set of 4 maps instead of just the one.
Maps are good, Everyone loves maps. This improves in slightly but $170 is still loads!

 

[BeeGeenie]

They are vastly overestimating the value of their product.

Plus, after the massive letdown that was DA2, I'm sceptical that I'll even buy the plain old edition at launch.
If the hype-train derails, which it almost inevitably will, maybe I'll get it when it hits the bargain bin in a couple of years.

 

[danielcofour]

Well that was silly!
It looks more Oblivion-y / Skyrim-y but doesn't look horrible.
I have two major problems though - That I don't trust EA with my videa geams and that it probably won't run on my PC.

I hope for the best but expect for the worse.
Sidenote - I still think $170 for that edition is pretty ... extreme ? It doesn't seem like any of those things match the game other than a nice shiny thing.

That is actually a concern of mine as well, which is a shame since I just upgraded my PC and feel like it's about to become a mid-range machine again. Oh the absolute woe. As far as the EA thing, yeah, meh. I'll keep some faith, although it's hard for me not to be hyped after I saw this a couple months ago. It just looks... Good. Maybe I got the visuals bug to bite me though (entirely possible, I'm a sucker for spectacle).

And yeah, the price is a bit out there, but I feel like it's the combination of items that's doing it, mostly. If they sold one BIG EHEMGERD EPIC +10 TO GIANT STATUETTE with the same price, it would probably be passable. Honestly, they could cut out about half of these things and keep the box and the map and lower the price a good 70 bucks. Or just put a good artbook in. As it stands, it seems like a lot of people are going to want just one or two things from the edition without having any interest in the others.

I think I would have to cut a deal with someone. I LOVE the Map and markers, but it isn't enough. My wall is covered in Maps from all types of games, mostly ones I had played but not owned and someone had gifted me the map because it's not their thing. I still have the plastic Morrowind one thats degraded to almost nothing other the years.

But, Lockpicks? Do lockpicks now sell in the game - are they a main feature ? Ink and Quill, Coins?
It seems ... random a bit. Not offensive but just out of place. I think they could of made one for cheaper with the nice box, map and maybe the book / notepad and sold it and I would be pleased and would probably buy it just for those nice bits because you can then switch it around if it's bad.
'Hey, I bought this map, artbook and this lovely box and it just so happened to have Dragon Age Inquisition with it'

... Hell, I still have the Fable 3 cards on my desk because they have a nice little box, And I hated the game ...

EDIT - It has one set of 4 maps instead of just the one.
Maps are good, Everyone loves maps. This improves in slightly but $170 is still loads!

One thing I can tell you is that it's not out of place. The Figurines and the Map represent the army mechanic in the game. Where you interact with a map, and send your armies to conquer camps and castles, repair landmarks, and whatnot. The lockpick... beats me. What it is for, is to open the compartment in the box itself. However I have no idea whether there will be an actual lockpick mechanic in the game.

 

[Rodolphe Kourkenko]

to have a good experience, you have to buy DLC (even the EC for ME3 must be buyed now)

If you mean to say that you have to buy the Extended Cut DLC you are 100% incorrect. The EC is free.

True, thank you for correcting my mistake.

 

[TravelerSF]

For those hungering for an European PC version, Mark Darrah tweeted today:

"We are aware that there is currently no PC uber edition available in Europe. We are working on it now. Sorry this happened."

So it seems an European release MIGHT be coming... Probably?

 

[disgruntledgamer]

LMAO $170 After Dragon Age 2 and your track record of blowing the 3rd installments of games?

Bioware you so funny......