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#1 tek91
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What do you think the biggest rip off for a collectors edition was ?

me Bully all they gave you was a dodgeball and a horrible comic for $10 :(

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GTA 4
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#3 mmirza23
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DMC 4, the metal tin was nice, but the extra dvd's blew, especially the "anime" not worth $79.99
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Halo3 legendary edition (not sure about the name). The one with the plastic MC helmet for 130$.
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Halo3 legendary edition (not sure about the name). The one with the plastic MC helmet for 130$.killerfist
If it didn't cost so much it would of been a pretty good deal. But 130 is to much..
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[QUOTE="killerfist"]Halo3 legendary edition (not sure about the name). The one with the plastic MC helmet for 130$.Hockey_Slayer
If it didn't cost so much it would of been a pretty good deal. But 130 is to much..

hence the rip-off;) imo that is.
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#7 frankeyser
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viva pinata I did not even get a pinata! just a crappy dvd...
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#8 InsaneBasura
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Battlefield: Bad Company You didn't get anything.
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[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]Battlefield: Bad Company You didn't get anything.

:lol: you serious , well knowing EA im not surprised
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#10 heretrix
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GTA 4hiryu3
The safety deposit box, CD, Duffelbag, Artbook and licence plate was pretty decent imo.
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#11 Franko_3
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As much as I can't wait for empire, I have to say that they got the worst collector edition. 20$ more for 6 overpowered(?) units that can't be used in the mp is worthy of a trophy
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Resident Evil 4. Get a nice crappy book that retold what happened in the original games. Figured it was a Gamestop exclusive...
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DMC 4, the metal tin was nice, but the extra dvd's blew, especially the "anime" not worth $79.99mmirza23
You think thats bad? We only got the tin case and a crappy art book!
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#14 kadomony1988
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the fallout 3 amazon edition with the crapy pipboy watches
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[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]Battlefield: Bad Company You didn't get anything.Gay-Lord-Perry
:lol: you serious , well knowing EA im not surprised

Well you got a poster so tiny I guess the intention was for you to wipe your ass with it. But it's all glossy so you can't even use it for that . Apart from that, what you paid for were things equal to nothing. A cheat to unlock weapons and videos they excluded from the standard edition. Were supposed to be eight videos, even says so on the back of the box, but there are only seven. So if you were dumb enough to buy this CE you can mail EA and get a coupon for their crappy, overpriced online store.
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Assasin's Creed. It's a crime for them to hand out an action figure of Altair that breaks within the 5 minutes of using it.
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#17 WardCleaver02
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I have never been interested in those CE that offer trinkets and what-not. I prefer the CE's with the "making of" features. Given that, I would say that the Ubisoft CE's tend to be at that bottom of my list, as the special features are often too brief or uninterresting to be enjoyable.

My favorite CE's are Halo 2 and Halo 3 (not the helmet edition, which can be had for about $60US new, btw.) These are examples of how CE, or special editions, or whatever you want to call them, should be done.

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#18 Andrew_Xavier
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Infinite Undiscovery's CE gave you a code for some armor...that all pre-orders got for free even if they only got the standard edition. Okay, you got "fancy" packeging too...
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all of them
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#20 Bread_or_Decide
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Best SE was MGS4 Guns of the Patriots. The soundtrack. Making of bluray and the packaging were all tops for just 84.99. Worst is hands down GTAIV. Gym bag? Lock box? wtf?
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#21 Dyrti_Byrd_2k2
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma CE is the weakest by far... seriously WTF?!

http://ps3.gamezone.com/gamesell/p32407.htm

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Doom 3. First and Last CE I bought.
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#23 SF_KiLLaMaN
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[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]Battlefield: Bad Company You didn't get anything.

it comes with all the offline weapons unlocked.
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#24 ps3_owns_360Wii
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[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]Battlefield: Bad Company You didn't get anything.SF_KiLLaMaN
it comes with all the offline weapons unlocked.

i though the regular version did that too

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[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"][QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]Battlefield: Bad Company You didn't get anything.ps3_owns_360Wii

it comes with all the offline weapons unlocked.

i though the regular version did that too

Yeah. The Gold Edition unlocks five rank 25 weapons for multiplayer immediately. It's essentially a worthless cheat.
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DMC4 or Call of Duty 4.
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#27 Prince_Denspion
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Spiderman 3 PS3 - came with the different box art with black suit spidy and option to play as green goblin... who still had to be unlocked somewhere in the game, wasn't even unlocked at the beginning... worse LE purchase ever.

worth it? nope!

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The best CE was Stranglehold for the PS3, you know, that John Woo game. It took advantage of Blu-Ray by giving you a movie on the same disc of the game.
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#29 NAPK1NS
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The Resident Evil 5 one is just funny... such an unbelievable ripoff.
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[QUOTE="killerfist"]Halo3 legendary edition (not sure about the name). The one with the plastic MC helmet for 130$.

yeah.. i would agree, i personally got jipped with this one. I remember a week after halo 3 came out they moved the legendary edition down to 80 bucks because no one would buy it.
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#31 Gh0st_Of_0nyx
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Halo 3 collectors edition disappointed me :(
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#32 AntiType
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I think all collectors editions are a rip off... who really wants that junk they offer? Unless it comes with an OST... then I get it.
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#33 bs0ng
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What would you like to see in collectors edition? What should be the standard then? Someone should make a poll about this.
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Best SE was MGS4 Guns of the Patriots. The soundtrack. Making of bluray and the packaging were all tops for just 84.99. Worst is hands down GTAIV. Gym bag? Lock box? wtf?Bread_or_Decide

I wanted the soundtrack from that limited edition, but instead I got a stripped-down half-soundtrack. It didn't have the boss fight themes or the in-game caution/alert music.

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The best CE was Stranglehold for the PS3, you know, that John Woo game. It took advantage of Blu-Ray by giving you a movie on the same disc of the game.ChrisSpartan117
I almost spit my cereal out, I forgot all about this, I bought it for 40 bucks @ BB and thought hey 20 bucks for a game and 20 bucks for a movie, not bad. Great movie too, even if the dubs suck lol
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DMC 4, the metal tin was nice, but the extra dvd's blew, especially the "anime" not worth $79.99mmirza23

the anime was good, and name one game what actually comes with good extra dvds in the collectors edition, o wait trick question you CAN"T....The dmc collectors was top notch for the price only surpassed by fallout

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and name one game what actually comes with good extra dvds in the collectors edition,All_that_is_Man
World in Conflict. plus you got a piece of the Berlin Wall, to boot.
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PDZ lol its only had a collector card and few pics WTF
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PDZ lol its only had a collector card and few pics WTFSyferonik
it also came in a steelbook. at least geow le came with an art book that told the story of the pendulum war and e-day. pdz le was just a metal box and a shiny card.
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Doom 3. First and Last CE I bought.waynehead895
Are you kidding? It came with all of the original Doom games and plus that packaging was just plain BAD ASS :o
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#41 Juggernaut140
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Fable 2 None of my Collector's Edition stuff came with it and I don't remember my Window's Live info.
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#42 iam2green
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[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]Battlefield: Bad Company You didn't get anything.

we have a winner :D

i think the halo with the helmet. it didn't even fit a persons' head unless they are like a baby or something.
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#43 skrat_01
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The best CE was Stranglehold for the PS3, you know, that John Woo game. It took advantage of Blu-Ray by giving you a movie on the same disc of the game.ChrisSpartan117
Not the best CE but it is great.

Bought it over Xmas and it is FANTASTIC Having Hard Boiled (one of the best action movies ever conceived) on Blu Ray...

Oh the game is fun too.

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[QUOTE="InsaneBasura"]Battlefield: Bad Company You didn't get anything.iam2green
we have a winner :D

i think the halo with the helmet. it didn't even fit a persons' head unless they are like a baby or something.

That's because it wasn't meant to be worn on the head.

The worst CE I ever bought was DMC4. All I got with it was a crappy art book.

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[QUOTE="All_that_is_Man"] and name one game what actually comes with good extra dvds in the collectors edition,Hewkii
World in Conflict. plus you got a piece of the Berlin Wall, to boot.

World in Conflict's was awesome - You had a History Channel DVD, Making of DVD, Piece of the Berlin Wall and an awesome box - happy with mine

Of recent Medieval Total War 2 is still one of the best. Came in an awesome, large Box too.

http://img.game.co.uk/images/productpages/med2collectors.jpg

One of the most dissapointing:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002X7Y2C.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

The best bit was the Box.

The sampler game guide was pathetic, the t-shirt... was a t-shirt.... and it was on DVD in a jewl case instead of paper slips.

Cmon Valve, that was a sorry effort.

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i never bought any CE games but i preordered halo wars CE, i think it was a great deal for ppl who own halo 3 because extra 10 aussie dollar (AUD109.95 for normal game) for te halo wars game, cooler box art, in game honor guard wraith and special warthog(through preorder), a comic, six baseball cards, a spirit of fire patch for all the nerds and most important 3 mythic map for free.
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Fable 2 most likely, that was stripped.
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#48 imprezawrx500
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90% of all collectors editions are a rip. The only good ones are when they give you a tshirt.
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#49 Juggernaut140
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90% of all collectors editions are a rip. The only good ones are when they give you a tshirt. imprezawrx500
The T-shirt is almost always ugly with a tiny design on it.
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#50 ReaperV7
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The only collectors edition i bought ever was mgs4 and it was damn worth it.