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Halo 4 Limited Edition announced.
- Thread starter Overdoziz
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Barrel Cannon
Member
I'd prefer if they had a limited edition with more dev diaries/artwork/music and no season pass included. I'd rather have the season pass separate. If the multiplayer is something I totally hate then I'm locked into having all this DLC for a game I don't like. I'm a big fan of the lore so I'll buy the LE still but I'll sell my DLC code if the multiplayer does suck.
The day 1 perks seems really unfair for the people buying normal editions even if they are unlockable.
The day 1 perks seems really unfair for the people buying normal editions even if they are unlockable.
Well, $40 for three map packs (worth $30 together), in-game stuff, stuff that'll end up on Youtube AND an incredibly sexy case.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Nope, sorry (at least the screens aren't).
Edit: the standard edition US box looks badly coloured there, like someone turned up the saturation levels.
It looks better here in the UK version:
AdmiralSnackbar
Member
If they can get Eric Nylund to wright the Infinity pamphlet then this will be money well spent. Reach had the best collectors edition I've ever seen.
I want H4 to be day 1 on game on demand
More like Month 6 for $59.99.
Vinterbird
Member
Is Chief trapped inside a gigantic planet sized spaceship? Or is that dome like opening something else?
That's generous.
MLB 2K9 is still $39.99 on GoD and that game came out 3 years ago. Month 6? I'm guessing it'll be like $79.99
You can't interact with the game on YouTube in the same way you could on your own Xbox. However, you can with the "limited" video content if it's posted on YouTube since watching it on YT is no different from watching it on your Xbox.
Stuff I like:
Stuff I'm disappointed in:
Will buy.
- Just one LE. I'm glad they focused on just one additional package, not the tiered editions of Halo 3 and Reach.
- The price. Halo 3 and especially Reach really pushed the price on the Legendary edition. $100 is more reasonable as an upper bound.
- The map pack inclusion. Assuming the three map packs are $10, as has been standard for Halo map packs for a while, that's $30 right there. Basically a season pass model.
- The packaging. Looks very nice - is that a steel book?
- Briefing packet; sounds neat.
Stuff I'm disappointed in:
- Lack of behind the scenes documentary. Really a big miss, I loved the Halo 2 doc and have been hoping for something like it on subsequent Halo releases. Alas.
- Apparently all the bonus materials are digital; I really wanted a DVD bonus disc.
- All this crap: "unique in-game Spartan-IV armor skin, unique in-game weapon skin for the Assault Rifle, an exclusive in-game emblem, Xbox LIVE Avatar prop, and Xbox LIVE Avatar Spartan IV armor set." I don't value any of that stuff, at all. It's fluff to add "value" to the package but it's really a bunch of nothing.
- Early access to
perksspecializations. Bad, bad form here.
Will buy.
Blue Ninja
Member
I agree with all these points. I miss the behind the scenes stuff too, but I guess we have already got two vid docs, with more to surely come. Not quite the same as the Halo 2 doc though.
Spaceman Spiff
Member
Will buy for future access to DLC map packs. Good form there, 343.
The Halo 3 cat helmet is languishing in its box in some forgotten corner of the house, and the Reach limited edition, while nicely produced, has remained boxed-up since launch night. I'm not too invested in Halo lore so the diary wasn't of much use, outside of admiring the production values that went into it.
$30 of DLC right out of the box is a more worthwhile bonus for me, and that case might finally top Halo 2's limited edition in terms of sexiness.
The Halo 3 cat helmet is languishing in its box in some forgotten corner of the house, and the Reach limited edition, while nicely produced, has remained boxed-up since launch night. I'm not too invested in Halo lore so the diary wasn't of much use, outside of admiring the production values that went into it.
$30 of DLC right out of the box is a more worthwhile bonus for me, and that case might finally top Halo 2's limited edition in terms of sexiness.
HigherLevel
Member
yes and yes
UnlovedJew
Member
Hate the limited edition box art. I'm gonna buy the version that has the badass art, which so happens to be the standard.
The inclusion of future map packs almost makes this worth the asking price.
However, whatever happened to making of/behind the scenes videos that developers used to include in these LE packages?! The Dark Edition for the Witcher 2 was the first LE game I've purchased in a long time because I don't care for all the useless crap that's usually included. I think Halo 3 was the last one before that and at least we got a behind the scenes video with that package.
However, whatever happened to making of/behind the scenes videos that developers used to include in these LE packages?! The Dark Edition for the Witcher 2 was the first LE game I've purchased in a long time because I don't care for all the useless crap that's usually included. I think Halo 3 was the last one before that and at least we got a behind the scenes video with that package.
That emblem without the UNSC is one of the only things I would ever tattoo on my body. So sexy.
cant wait to see that film. if it has the same style as the other tv-spots, just longer and a bit more budget, i am happy.
They're going to be releasing it in 15 minute segments anyways on YouTube in the weeks preceding the release of Halo 4. The one in the LE is just extended I believe. So you won't have to wait that long.
My computer can't handle this shit anymore.
That looks like it was one hell of an armor lock
dancrane212
Member
Seeing as they're putting out a full art book on release I don't mind missing out on the typical "hardcover art pamphlet" that we usually get in LEs.
Hopefully the "making of" feature is as good as the previous Bungie ones, I really enjoyed watching them again when they reposted the videos to youtube.
Hopefully the "making of" feature is as good as the previous Bungie ones, I really enjoyed watching them again when they reposted the videos to youtube.
Those 9 maps are for the future DLC.
That's not what it said though...
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Learning to read is strong.
Yep. My bad.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
I don't get why one of the things is a "special AR skin" the AR is a piece of trash that should have died with Halo 3/Reach.
Gimme dat special BR/DMR!
Gimme dat special BR/DMR!
The Xtortionist
Member
Will buy. I hope the included specializations are game-breaking.
super-armor-lock!
Should have been Halo 2 BR skin.
I'd much rather have downloadable DLC down the line that I was going to buy anyone; and let's be honest, as someone who bought the Halo 3 Legendary and the Reach Limited, the little special things are completely pointless. The statue was pointless. Halsey's journal was pointless. At least we can play all this DLC.
And that case is so slick.
And that case is so slick.
If it had been a steelbook with the regular coverart I'd have snapped it up.
As it is it looks a little naff. Even a steelbook with just the H4 logo on the front ( like the H2 LE) would have pushed me over the edge.
he's in a shield world:
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Shield_World
As it is it looks a little naff. Even a steelbook with just the H4 logo on the front ( like the H2 LE) would have pushed me over the edge.
he's in a shield world:
http://halo.wikia.com/wiki/Shield_World
Yeah... that was what I was expecting considering the story is supposed to be focusing more on her and chief.
HoodWinked
Member
My computer can't handle this shit anymore.
could you imagine if they made a lenticular cover with this gif? would blow my mind.
what if cortana got a physical body like EDI. you know you want it. (also, hi al)
Vinterbird
Member
I really need to finish the books now. That has massive implications on the universe, especially with the stuff mentioned in the first Forerunner book.
>_>