News - Mass Effect 2 Collector's Edition unsurprisingly announced

[HEXUS]

Get the usual swag with the Mass Effect 2 collector's edition.

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[Perfectionist]

News - Mass Effect 2 launch date and pre-order incentives revealed

[Salazaar]

I've never been too bothered with this sort of collectors edition tat (artbooks, statuettes, etc.) but I don't mind preordering a game if it'll get me something of interest within the game itself.

Obviously I'll only do it if I was planning to get the game in the first place though.

[Gunbuster]

I liked the Art of Mass Effect, so its a pretty good deal for me.

[Perfectionist]

I still don't agree with the disabling of content unless you buy all 4 or so "special editions" of the game (this one + the pre-order ones, like mentioned in the other thread I linked)... I really hope this gets fan-patched, it's just not on.

[Gunbuster]

So promo physical items are ok, DLC you buy after a release is ok, but DLC you get as promo isn't?

I am against major items or game changers not being available to all. However some promo suits that look no-unlike Megatron or Iron Man can't really harm can they?

It's not like they are saying, pre-order in order to get the end or buy the special edition so your Sheperd doesn't die.

[Perfectionist]

1: No, it really isn't, the price of a new game is vastly different to that of "DLC"
2: It doesn't sound like just aesthetic differences though from what it says. They are saying you need to buy the game several times if you want to be able to use all the weapons.

As a console user you might be used to getting shafted, this kind of practice isn't anywhere near as common with PC games, it's a nasty precedent to set, and I really hope it doesn't become more common as a result of a big title like ME doing it.

[Gunbuster]

1: No the price isn't the cost of a new game, its the cost pre-ordering versus buying day one or when it's reduced. So for example if its £35 preorder and reduced day one to £30, a fiver. So the question you have to ask is another set of armor+weapon worth a preorder. Probably not. As for owning them all...

2: Reading the Pre-order bonuses, they describe armor and weaponary that boost stats in certain areas. Just like every other type of armor or weapon. In ME1 you had to choose what items you used for different bonuses. Like the Pheonix armor range that had extra healing. This is normal for ME not some special bonus just for the promo DLC.

FYI I own ME on the PC.

Shafting the normal buyer is offering a game that is incomplete to them and only complete with pre-order/premium versions. This is not happening. The game is complete whether you pre-order or not. What is happening is that you get something extra for pre-ordering.

Extra is the key here, I think your worry is that somehow Bioware subtracted from the full game to make these promo-extras. However the hint is that they made promo for ME2 based around buying Dragon Age and no one in their right mind thinks there was Dragon Age armor in by default in the final version of ME2. So after they made that Bioware was asked to build a couple of promo sets for retailers. One hasn't even been shown outside of concept shot, if that doesn't yell not made untill the main content was finished I don't know what will.