Question of the Day, August 14, 2010

[GothmogII]

What the heck happened to the posters? I mean really, a well made poster seems like the cheapest thing to put in a special edition, and yet they seem to be so rare these days. My pride and joy is a tattered Planescape Torment poster that I still have on my wall to this day.

And maps, I -love- maps, room is plastered with maps from various RTSes and RPG's.

 

[Firia]

Soundtrack.

FUCK YES, BLAZBLUE!

Isn't THAT the truth.

 

[Knight Templar]

I like all of it, from in-game items to figurines and music.
But I like the tin most. Unique look, heavy and made from something not plastic? It just screams special. The one downside is that it's usually hard to get to the disks within, that screams a very different kind of "special".

 

[_Cake_]

Stuff from the game made real.

Ex: the bobble head, lunch box and pipboy from Fallout 3 or the Bioshock 2 poster with the hidden black light message.

 

[Adventurer2626]

Movies here. Unless I missed the point of the thread. They tend to have more scenes and some special features goodies. I.e. PJ's LOTR movies.

 

[Gage540]

Night vision goggles for MW2 were definitely the best thing I've ever gotten out of a special edition. If only it also came with a lifetime supply of batteries...

 

[TheTemby]

Special Edition Tin Cases such as the ones for Doom 3 (Xbox), Devil May Cry 4 (Xbox 360)or even 007 Quantum of Solace (again Xbox 360).

 

[jetsterjinx]

In-game items. I'm buying a game, I want items that benefit my gaming experience.

 

[Drexlor]

I like in game content. I still wish I had the templar lairs in Assassin's Creed 2.

 

[Herb sewell]

I like me a soundtrack but nothing beats well done game swag like Fallout 3's lunchbox. Dead rising 2's special edition looks pretty cool too.

 

[adumb24]

night vision goggles

 

[Nouw]

Art Books or Statues. Is there really the point of an in-game item?

 

[Snotnarok]

Other: I liked the Mass Effect 2 SE where it came with a bunch of goodies, same with Devil May Cry 4 actually. Though that Starcraft 2 special edition looked mindblowing ...far better than the standard edition where they didn't even have the courtesy to give a real jewelcase instead of a shitty paper one.

 

[MasterV]

I don't buy special editions. I buy a game for the game. If they want to entice me, they can give me freebies (like that free soundtrack they were giving with Majora's Mask back in 2000), otherwise they can stick'em you-know-where. Or they can sell them as stand-alone items. Special editions are for suckers imho.

 

[SirCannonFodder]

I like items that look like they could have come from the gameworld, eg the LP and vinyl-like CD (plus the posters) that came with Bioshock 2 or the Pocket Guide to the Empire and Septim coin that came with Oblivion

 

[theSovietConnection]

It depends for me. If the game has a soundtrack that is entirely licensed music, like EA Trax, then I'd rather have the art book. If the game has an original soundtrack, I'll take the soundtrack.

 

[StudiousOctopus]

Things like extra areas, free in game levels. Like in Assassin's Creed 2 or Heavy Rain. Or real items from the game world - like a bobble head from Fallout.

 

[drdamo]

I'm a sucker for special boxes.
I really hate the new era where they dumped the cardboard bigbox for the plastic dvd-box because its cheaper for logistics, so if theres a special edition that comes in a shiny alternative package, i'll buy it.
Actually, i only buy those versions of a game if the choice is available.
And i'm solely talking about PC games here.

 

[aaycumi]

Art books occasionally, and they do have to be something special at that.