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As Mass Effect Limited Collector's Edition revealed, our yawn animation spot on photo

I'm as amped up for Mass Effect as the next guy, but quite honestly, I could do without a collector's edition of the game (and every other game expected to sell more than four copies). That is, of course, unless it contains a sweet Krogan limited edition statue. Unfortunately, that's just not the case at all. 

Those who shell out $69.99 for the Mass Effect Limited Collector's Edition will snag a book, Galactic Codex: Essentials, which will presumably be a streamlined race, character, and story index. You may or may not be able to get that information here, but don't tell anyone. Additionally, the package also ships with an art book, A Future Imagined, and a 2nd DVD with exclusive Mass Effect videos (Art of Mass Effect, Interactive Storytelling of Mass Effect).

The limited collector's edition should complement Prima's $34.99 Collector's Edition strategy guide quite nicely.


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mackisawesome's Avatar
mackisawesome at 10/04/2007 23:20
its soo pretty though!
SourGr8pes's Avatar
SourGr8pes at 10/04/2007 23:20
Buying limited edition crap shows that you're gullible.

And naivety shows weakness.

And weakness will get you attacked by wolves and other large predators.

Oh, and you could have used that extra money you wasted to buy a quad patty burger.
SourGr8pes's Avatar
SourGr8pes at 10/04/2007 23:22
Oh, and "Making Of" disks should never count as extras. Unless you count is an an extra coaster to put my beer on.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 10/04/2007 23:28
I don't care what you d-bags think, I'm still getting it. (it doesn't hurt that I'm buying a coupon for a for a free collectors edition from my game store manager for $50. WooHoo $20 savings!)
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar
s0lesurviv0r at 10/04/2007 23:58
@ArrestedDeveloper
Did you just say "buying a coupon"???
JonDarkwood's Avatar
JonDarkwood at 10/04/2007 23:59
Remember when collector's editions of games were special?

Next thing you know Madden 09 and Sonic and Mario at the Olympics will get collector's edition boxes.
Putthebottledown's Avatar
Putthebottledown at 10/05/2007 00:00
I hate collectors editions. I don't buy a video game to read a fu@king book..
JonDarkwood's Avatar
JonDarkwood at 10/05/2007 00:01
Wait, the fuck? Since when do strategy guides warrant having their own special edition?

I hope I meet someone in my lifetime who owns something that stupid, so I can laugh hysterically while gasping for the breath to tell him what a gullible consumer whore douchebag he is.
Zarathustra's Avatar
Zarathustra at 10/05/2007 00:44
I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thinks special editions are generally pointless.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 10/05/2007 00:57
...Unless said special edition comes with some really sweet swag.


This, does not.
ZeroTolo's Avatar
ZeroTolo at 10/05/2007 00:59
I gotta agree with Deiga... Had I purchased Halo 3, I would have nerdgasm'd and sprung for the Legendary.
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ArrestedDeveloper at 10/05/2007 01:03
@sOlesurvivOr
Yeah, a coupon. The manager just came back from his companies yearly convention in vegas and a bunch of vendors and gaming companies give away free stuff. He came back with copies of games to keep or give away like Heavenly Sword, Lair, and Jeanne D'Arc and some coupons for free games that weren't out yet like Halo 3 Legendary (which my friend bought from him for $70) and Mass Effect.

@JonDarkwood
Zelda:Twighlight Princess, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, God of War 2 and Metroid Prime 3 all have Collectors Editions of their strategy guides so it's becoming more prevelant.

(side note: Apparently Prima Guides offers 1 free guide to store managers a month and that same manager that is giving me the discount on Mass Effect is going to get me the Collectors strategy guide for free. I'm telling you, become friends with your store managers and you get hooked up.)
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Orionsaint at 10/05/2007 05:46
Ever since that Dexter Jettser alien from Attack of the clones diner scene. Everyone is copying that mega frog chin for aliens.

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DOOM at 10/05/2007 06:46
No thanks! Should have came with a statue/figure, or extra INGAME content...
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king3vbo at 10/05/2007 07:51
Well forget that, Im just gonna get the standard version
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skullivan at 10/05/2007 08:16
Special edition strat guides are the only ones I buy, usually because they come with 200 page art books, for which I'm a sucker. There's no way I'd pay $35 for one but you can get them for like $20 online.

I don't know if I like Mass Effect's art enough to bother with the limited guide though...

I agree about LE games though. They always contain "books" that are like 8 pages long. If the Mass Effect strat guide is cool I'll get the regular version of the game and the Limited guide...
michiyoyoshiku's Avatar
michiyoyoshiku at 10/05/2007 08:45
It's nice we're getting Japanese style LEs.........but why not on Japanese games?
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/05/2007 14:02
@ michi
I've wondered the same thing. Atlus does it, but not really anyone else.
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