Biggest Collectors edition weakness?

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What, in a collectors edition, makes you want to buy it pretty much by it self :p?
My weakness is steelbooks, I just can't get enough of their shiny, shiny, shininess :D and they always look pretty...
 
DLC that is something more than just a weapon. If it comes with a special maps or levels then I really want it. I don't like big boxes or addition stuff unless its like a DVD/bluray or game.
 
[quote name='GUNNM']Steel books but it got a point where I just ask myself why do I need all of this shit?[/QUOTE]

I went through a steelbook phase and then started asking myself "why do I want all these steelbooks again?". Steelbooks look nice but they're so easily scratched/dented/chipped that I can't bring myself to bother with them anymore, especially since most of the ones I want are only released overseas.
 
Artbooks and soundtracks for me. Steelbooks too!

Leaning more towards the little goodies inside collector's editions, which aren't easily available separately, usually get me rather than the case for it.
 
Coffee table status books.


However I don't see the value in CE when I can pick them up in a few months for a fraction of the price (looking at you SWTOR CE :) ).
 
Soundtracks are one for me. But particularly if it's on CD and not a download because I highly prefer lossless.

Another is in-universe items or things that enhance the immersion or tangibility while playing. For example the journal from halo reach, or the novel from Alan wake. Things that have substantial creative content in them and not just baubles thrown together. Not a CE example specifically but I bought the paper map pack for Arma II because I find it more fun to look down at a folded map than use an in game map on screen.

Well done or creative packaging also gets me sometimes. Like the halo reach ONI box or the fallout 3 lunchbox (again an in-universe item too). The Borderlands loot chest thing falls into this category too but the price was a little steep on that one.

I'm actually turned off somewhat by statues. I wouldn't display them anyways so if there's a statue involved I actually find it much easier to pass on the CE with no regrets.
 
Anything physical really. IE; soundtracks, artbooks, figures, bobbleheads, and stuff along those lines. Digital stuff is nice, but it loses its allure by being digital and most likely sold at a later date.
 
Any unique packaging (steels included) or artsy physical bonuses, like the ACB jack-in-the-box. Sometimes for digital bonuses if they give a clear advantage, like early access or something.
 
Steelbooks. Now I will mostly buy a game if it doesn't take up too much space. Some of these collector editions take up too much space (I'm looking at you Borderlands 2), and most of those stuff I put back in the box anyway.

Honestly, I'm just happy if the publisher would just upgrade me to a steelbook if I pre-order, like AC3.
 
[quote name='Spokker']I only buy the collector's edition if it's heavily discounted. Otherwise, it is a waste of money.[/QUOTE]

Ha, yes, as a CAG clearly this is the correct answer. Halo 3 Legendary for $16 from Toys R Us...one of my all-time favorite scores. Though I've bought some at msrp if they were free upgrades (Dark Souls, Last Story) price is the big factor. Other than that, I'm looking for statues / physical goods, art / guide books, and custom cases.

Oh and it has to actually be a GOOD GAME. Half of the crap that gets collector's editions baffles me.
 
Exclusive DLC.

Artbooks and soundtracks can usually be purchased separately down the line, and a big statue will actively make me not want to purchase the CE.

Steelbooks are cool too.
 
1. Something from the game.

I mean like an item in the game that they made a collectible out of. Like with Trails in the Sky you got the badge that the characters wear, and with the Infamous 2 CE you got the backpack that Cole wears. Ni No Kuni has the book from the game too. Lunar 2 Eternal Blue had that cool pendant also. Things like that. I'll almost always buy a CE if it has an item like that at launch. I love those.

Anybody know any other CEs that had items like that?

I was really tempted by the Borderlands CE 'cause it had the loot chest, but I didn't actually like Borderlands.

2. Art Books (Hard cover or it doesn't matter)
3. Statues
4. Steel Books.

After that it kinda trails off. DLC? Worthless to me. Even if the game its only $10 more than the regular edition for like exclusive skins, weapons, areas, etc I don't give a damn.
 
Mainly if I can find one on clearance unless it is 1st print or limited run for a game I like / want. If it is for one I want / like then I will get it for things such as steelbook, DLC enhancing the game, artbook, soundtrack, statue, figurine, and or other physical goodies.
 
[quote name='HaLLuZiNaTiOnZ']1. Something from the game.

I mean like an item in the game that they made a collectible out of. Like with Trails in the Sky you got the badge that the characters wear, and with the Infamous 2 CE you got the backpack that Cole wears. Ni No Kuni has the book from the game too. Lunar 2 Eternal Blue had that cool pendant also. Things like that. I'll almost always buy a CE if it has an item like that at launch. I love those.

Anybody know any other CEs that had items like that? [/QUOTE]

Here are some that I know of off the top of my head:

Halo Reach: Halsley's Journal can be briefly seen in the game
Fallout 3: Both the bobble head and lunch box are items that can be picked up/used in the game
Fallout New Vegas: Haven't played it yet but the lucky 38 platinum coin supposedly plays a role in the story. Poker chips from the other casinos too
Alan Wake: novel that is not actually in the game AFAIK but written as if it were in-universe
Gears of War 3: The Oculus medal thing can be seen in the game

I know there are more, but can't think of any right now.
 
I have a certain weakness for steelbooks. I love having my media encased in pressed metal, possibly embossed on the front. But while I like this, I don't always shell out extra money for it. So for my biggest weakness, I would have to say artbooks. I love art, I love books, and I love the combination of those two things. This is a large part of why I keep picking up Blizzard collector editions, despite their exorbitant prices. They always include large, well made artbooks.
 
[quote name='Ruahrc']Here are some that I know of off the top of my head:

Halo Reach: Halsley's Journal can be briefly seen in the game
Fallout 3: Both the bobble head and lunch box are items that can be picked up/used in the game
Fallout New Vegas: Haven't played it yet but the lucky 38 platinum coin supposedly plays a role in the story. Poker chips from the other casinos too
Alan Wake: novel that is not actually in the game AFAIK but written as if it were in-universe
Gears of War 3: The Oculus medal thing can be seen in the game

I know there are more, but can't think of any right now.[/QUOTE]
I have Halo Reach: Legendary and Alan Wake: Collectors, if you can find them, very shiny XD
The Alan Wake book is actually very, very interesting :)
 
Only worthwhile in game content can get me to buy one. I'm not a collector and sell/trade games after I'm done with them, so special cases don't appeal to me. Nor do I have any interest in figurines or other knickknacks, art books etc.
 
Price has become #1 for me with CE's. That's followed by artbooks and I'm not talking about chintzy lil ones that should've been included with pre-orders of the game(looking at you, Catherine AND GTA IV Special Edition).

The artbooks for Bioshock 2's LE and the Skyrim CE are far and away the best I've seen this gen so far. Then again, I haven't really bought that many CE's since they're always priced so ridiculously and when they do finally drop to stupid cheap prices they get snapped up long before I can find them most times.:roll:
 
The only one I ever bought was GTA4. The soundtrack was great, the steel box is a great place to keep important stuff (no, I don't lock it), still got the keychain, still use the dufflebag. I hope they knock it out of the park with GTA5.
 
soundtracks are the biggest for me, or special DLC. i personally cannot stand Steelbooks, they dent, and scratch easily, and they make it much harder to take the disc out to the point i am afraid i might break it. examples of that would be FF12, ME2, and ME3 steelbooks. i avoid them now
 
Giant containers seem to be my new weakness. Already have the Ultimate Loot Chest Borderlands on order. Going to get the Care Package Call of Duty when I can.
 
Apparently I have a weakness for flying, remote controled drones and light up Ryu statues. I love unique controllers/Arcade Sticks. Would have loved the loot chest too but it sold out everywhere before I could preorder.

Steel books and DLC are not important to me.
 
[quote name='ElwoodCuse']The only one I ever bought was GTA4. The soundtrack was great, the steel box is a great place to keep important stuff (no, I don't lock it), still got the keychain, still use the dufflebag. I hope they knock it out of the park with GTA5.[/QUOTE]
My favorite CE as well. The lockbox holds all my special items, I have two of the duffel bags which get regular use for overnight trips and changes of clothes. Still have my keychain as well, but it has never been attached to a key.
 
1. Being cheaper than the regular edition because they're overstocked and on clearance.

2. Idiots are paying double retail for them on ebay and they're readily available in my area

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(Sigh) I suppose my biggest weakness is simply for franchises that I find appealing. This week I did something that I haven't done in a LOOOONNNG time. I pre-ordered a game. Specifically, I pre-ordered the collectors edition of Aliens: Colonial Marines.

I am stupid for the Alien franchise. Aliens is my favorite movie, period. I own both Laserdisc editions of the movie. (not to mention numerous copies on VHS, DVD, and even Blu-Ray) So when I saw that the collectors edition of Aliens: Colonial Marines is going to be coming with a statuette of a Power Loader fighting a Queen Alien, that pretty much ended it for me.

I can usually resist the siren call of the collectors edition, and instead wait for them to be on clearance at Target. But a specific IP can overcome my normal reluctance.
 
[quote name='Richard Kain'](Sigh) I suppose my biggest weakness is simply for franchises that I find appealing. This week I did something that I haven't done in a LOOOONNNG time. I pre-ordered a game. Specifically, I pre-ordered the collectors edition of Aliens: Colonial Marines.

I am stupid for the Alien franchise. Aliens is my favorite movie, period. I own both Laserdisc editions of the movie. (not to mention numerous copies on VHS, DVD, and even Blu-Ray) So when I saw that the collectors edition of Aliens: Colonial Marines is going to be coming with a statuette of a Power Loader fighting a Queen Alien, that pretty much ended it for me.

I can usually resist the siren call of the collectors edition, and instead wait for them to be on clearance at Target. But a specific IP can overcome my normal reluctance.[/QUOTE]
That sounds like me when I grabbed the GTA IV Special Edition in 2008. I sold all my prior gen stuff to be able to grab a PS3 specifically for that one game and I didn't even have the actual PS3 until the morning AFTER I grabbed the SE at Wally World.

I got the usual runaround from GS saying I should've pre-ordered sooner and yadda yadda, so I figured WM was right across the way from them. We got in line as of 10-11pm already in electronics at the store to grab the game. They had a total of FOUR SE's for the game and my friend and I grabbed two of those(1 PS3, 1 360).

You know how some people say you can feel daggers coming from people staring at ya? Well, I felt those daggers from the other people in line as we both walked by them en route to her car.:lol: People were PISSED that they only had those four and that we got TWO of them. But maybe they shoulda got there sooner.;)
 
[quote name='Ruahrc']Soundtracks are one for me. But particularly if it's on CD and not a download because I highly prefer lossless.

Another is in-universe items or things that enhance the immersion or tangibility while playing. For example the journal from halo reach, or the novel from Alan wake. Things that have substantial creative content in them and not just baubles thrown together. Not a CE example specifically but I bought the paper map pack for Arma II because I find it more fun to look down at a folded map than use an in game map on screen.

Well done or creative packaging also gets me sometimes. Like the halo reach ONI box or the fallout 3 lunchbox (again an in-universe item too). The Borderlands loot chest thing falls into this category too but the price was a little steep on that one.

I'm actually turned off somewhat by statues. I wouldn't display them anyways so if there's a statue involved I actually find it much easier to pass on the CE with no regrets.[/QUOTE]

Thus pretty much sums it up for me. Soundtracks always get my attention, followed by in game items brought to life. The darksiders 2 CE was a home run with me.
 
[quote name='Richard Kain'](Sigh) I suppose my biggest weakness is simply for franchises that I find appealing.[/QUOTE]
I can't understand anyone buying a CE for a game/franchise they aren't heavily interested in to begin with, unless it's for some kind of monetary purpose. For instance, all of Blizzard's CEs are amazing, but I only have the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty one because I'm not a big WarCraft or Diablo fan.

On the flip-side, I love Halo but have only sought out two of the CEs (for 3 and Reach, specifically) because of what came with them. A CE has to be for a game I was really looking forward to anyway and include goodies that appeal to me.
 
Figures or replicas are what do it for me. Like getting the plasma cutter in Dead Space 2 or that bad ass vault chest in the Borderlands 2 CE. I was also a fan of those book ends in the Mortal Kombat CE. I like collectible stuff. Art books usually do nothing for me.
 
Steelbooks / fancy packaging for sure! I'm at the point where I have those plastic sealable covers that slip over the steelbook and store it.. and put the actual game disc(s) in a generic green DVD case lol :p
 
1) Blizzard CEs are always ace, though the expansions are overproduced.

2) Quality physical components from game franchises I really enjoy (Borderlands 2, Guild Wars 2, Fallout 3).

3) Truly limited CEs, if they're interesting (Bioshock 1, World of Warcraft).

4) Digital collectible stuff in MMOs, if I intend on playing them for a length of time. Otherwise, don't care about digital.
 
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[quote name='GhostShark']Anything physical really. IE; soundtracks, artbooks, figures, bobbleheads, and stuff along those lines. Digital stuff is nice, but it loses its allure by being digital and most likely sold at a later date.[/QUOTE]


I feel the same way.
 
This isn't necessarily exclusive to CEs but I like it when there are other games included in releases.

Dead Space Extraction being included with PS3 Dead Space 2
Medal of Honor Frontline (I think) included with the then-new Medal of Honor
The original PC version of Alice being included with the newish sequel.

Stuff like dat.
 
That reminds me that I stupidly redeemed the Alice: Madness Returns voucher for the original before I realized you needed the A:MR disc to actually be able to play the PC version on your PS3.:bomb: Since I traded in A:MR, that means I got a download listed on my account I'll likely never be able to use.:whistle2:#
 
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