The RE5 Collector's Edition. This Is What I Spent $90 On?
I am going to preface the following rant by saying that I am currently playing and enjoying Resident Evil 5. This rant is purely targeted at the Resident Evil 5 Collector's Edition, not the game itself.
I freely admit that I am often a sucker for "stuff." I love knick-knacks and I adore my game swag. I am also a huge, unapologetic Resident Evil fan. When I heard there was going to be an RE5 Collector's Edition, I pre-ordered and laid down my $90 plus tax, looking forward to the messenger bag that would come along with the other trinkets. Not too long after I saw some pictures and while I was a little concerned, I figured with $30 above the regular game price, at least the stuff would be of good quality. Boy, was I wrong.
So the big day came. The RE5 launch was finally here and I headed down to my local gaming concern to pick up my prize. I hand in my receipt and the guy hands me a small box about the size of a paperback book boxed set. "Where is the messenger bag?" I inquired. "It's folded up in the box," he answered. My heart sank and I knew I had made a huge mistake. However not wanting to admit defeat just yet I headed home to open the box.
Once it was open I really realized my mistake. The so called "messenger bag" was the size of one of those small "green" shopping bags and made with far less quality. This thing wasn't even canvas, but a cheap cotton that looked like it would fall apart if you put anything heavier than three oranges in it. As a matter of fact, I put a few medium sized books in it and the top corner is already starting to come apart. The Chris Redfield figure was poorly painted and he was sporting a Fred Flintstone beard. The patch was standard and the Africa shaped pendant... well let's just say I don't think I will be wearing it anywhere. Not unless I want the crap beaten out of me or be pointed at and laughed at. So what does that leave me with? A metal case and a making of DVD. This is what I got for an additional $30? I paid an additional $20 for my Fallout 3 CE and got an awesome lunchbox, a nice bobblehead, an art book and a making of DVD. THAT is what I call a decent pack in.
In short, the RE5 pack-ins are shoddy and rather embarrassing. And to add insult to injury they are now going to charge me an additional $5 for multiplayer versus? As a faithful fan of the franchise and Capcom in general, I have to say I am beyond disappointed. One might even say a little bitter. Can you tell? Lesson learned.
Fruit Brute
Posted to Video Games on 17 March 2009
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I am sorry to read of your disappointment Fruit Brute, maybe you could try taking it back? I suppose it will probably too late if you've already opened the game case.
I never ever buy limited addition versions of games, far too expensive and I always end up throwing the swag in a box somewhere, never to be seen again.
Wow, what a friggin' RIP. Seriously, thirty bucks, and that was the best they could do? Glurg. I'm sure RE5 is a seriously sick game and all, but come on, there is no way in hell the superlame pile of crap they heaped in there is worth anything close to how much you paid for it. Bummer.
I, too, was burned by the so-called Collector's Edition of RE5. The game is beautiful, but the swag is shit.
I was only impressed by the actual model of Chris, though, not the paint job (much like the Brute, above). Don't even get me started on the alleged CE of Fable 2. >:(
Fortunately, the CE version of the strategy guide is a thing of beauty (much like the corresponding guide for Fallout 3). Thank god they can at least make the guides worthwhile and attractive.
Perhaps I will hold off on the collector's editions of games in the future.
Umm I don't mean to sound like a jerk but thank god I didn't buy one. two weeks before release I changed my mind and purchased the standard edition and the past few days I've actually been doubting that purchase but now I know I can move on lol. Yeah I like messenger bags but the tricell bag just didn't look right and I assumed they were going to cram the bag in and action figures just don't do it for me anymore so I passed this. I'm so sorry the collectors edition swag blew :(
I'm also a victim of the bullshit collector's edition. I was really looking forward to the bag and goodies, and was totally let down--that bag is useless. Capcom dropped the ball on this one.
I couldn't help but compare it to the free bag that I got for pre-ordering Mirror's Edge...a nice bag (although bright yellow) at no additional cost. A bit of an eyesore, but it holds together, and has 6 useful pockets.
I really wanted to want to buy the CE for RE5. I stood looking at the box for five minutues, hoping to find the slightest reason to make it my precious, but junk doesn't transmogrify into roses no matter how long you look at it.
Having unlocked all the characters in Mercenaries mode (Tribal Sheva is God Mode FYI), I'm kind of out of reasons to keep playing (with a playtime clocked at under twenty hours).
Anyway, I'm also disappointed. It's not that I mind short games (Heavenly Sword
*My above post got cut, for some reason.
"I freely admit that I am often a sucker for "stuff." I love knick-knacks and I adore my game swag. I am also a huge, unapologetic Resident Evil fan."
Man, you must be my good twin(I must be the evil one, I´m small like an irish devil), I can say the same about myself.
About the Resi colector´s edition, I understand you´re "sad" about that but just for you to know, here in the arse of Europe, we pay 80 euros for the normal edition. If amazon was kind to us europeans, they would let us order the collector´s one: I could pay the post and the swag with 80 euros and probably buy a pint of Guinness for myself... :(
I also bought the CE> I was excited about the bag but it looks like crap. My Christ figure is actually broken (his hands are at his feet) and I'll be emailing Capcom about that.
At least the making of is decent but the production stills suck, they are in game screen shots and not pre-production art work which I was I was expecting.
I do feel burned. At least Bioshock and Resistance 2 had solid figures worth the price.
I completely agree, i got the CE and the Chris figure's arms were broken off, and even the patch it came with is really crappy. The bag is ridiculous, the bag from GTA4 was folded up in the box too but it's not a bad little duffel bag. luckily the game is awesome enough to make me forget about the crap it came with
Funny you should mention Fallout. Those of us who were sucked into the Amazon.com Super Awesome Extreme You're Better Than Everyone Else Collector's Survivor's Double-Awesome Edition for what looked like an incredible Pip Boy replica, well, we got screwed too. For an additional $50, you got a cheap-ass plastic replica, barely painted, with a digital clock in it that eats three AA batteries in about 18 hours. Craptacular!
I'm SO glad I passed on the special edition of RE5. I think they could have passed on the figure, patch, necklace and bag. Instead, they should have done the dual-disc steelbook, a nice artbook, and maybe a hat or t-shirt with the umbrella logo. Why couldn't they have released a version of the Japanese Special Edition???
http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/11/japanese_res_5_collectors_edition_will_be_better_than_ours-2.html
Why does Japan get all the stylish shwag??
Oh... and here is a list of special editions from all the other countries:
http://www.siliconera.com/2009/02/19/resident-evil-5-collectors-editions-around-the-world/
Is it just me, or does the US version look to be the trashiest?
After wasting money on the SFIV collectors edition, I was glad I didn't opt for the RE5 collectors. What does Capcom take us for?
I make it a point never to get the collector's edition of any game, unless it's a game released/published by Atlus.
Eh, I have two CEs.
I personally feel that it's more about how big of a fanboy you are of the series, and how willing you are to spend money for things you like. The crap you got /is still/ collector's edition crap that most other people don't have.
And holy hell I'm thinking of getting the Japanese edition just for those goodies.