Mass Effect Collector's Edition details released

by Justin McElroy { Oct 4th 2007 at 8:15AM }

Here's a bracing thought for your Thursday morning: Have we become spoiled by Limited/Collector's Editions? Take, for instance, the recently revealed contents of the of the forthcoming Mass Effect Limited Edition package.

Fiction Book: Galactic Codex: Essentials
Mass Effect Art Book: A Future Imagined
2nd DVD with exclusive videos about Mass Effect (Art of Mass Effect, Interactive Storytelling of Mass Effect)

Sure, books. Everybody loves books. But where are the cat helmets? Where are the gorgeous (though fragile) Big Daddy figurines? We can't decide if we're disappointed because there are no toys, or because the obvious choice (two girls made of pewter and totally doing it) is nowhere to be found.

Tags: limitededitions, masseffect

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 4th 2007 8:26AM

7:25 am here. To early in the morning to be in Joystiq...

Well... at least I work at home =)

(Back to CorelDRAW)

borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Oct 4th 2007 8:42AM

Fernado,

That was almost civil of you. Are you on drugs right now?

Well, maybe someone will actually comment on Mass effect soon.

nook @ Oct 4th 2007 10:37AM

Hey Fernando are you an illustrator or a designer?

Evil Closet Monkey @ Oct 4th 2007 10:45AM

Tracer!

ThornedVenom @ Oct 4th 2007 1:09PM

Here he goes, here goes speed tracer, he's a demon on wheels....

baby sea tuna @ Oct 4th 2007 8:44AM

Bah, if I wanted to read, I'd go to school.

Plain vanilla for me this time around, thanks.

Rob Accomando @ Oct 4th 2007 8:54AM

What, no HELMET????

Azerael @ Oct 4th 2007 8:54AM

I find the lack of a toy Normandy disturbing.

Pity such an awesome game will have such a meh collector's edition.

Savok @ Oct 4th 2007 8:56AM

There's nothing really iconic about Mass Effect to make into a figure. You can make a Big Daddy figure because anyone who knows anything about Bioshock knows what a Big Daddy is. The cat helmet of Halo 3 is also iconic, you see that helmet you just automatically know it's Halo.

Mass Effect's either random futuristic thingy or the two chicks doing it, the first is "meh" while the second MS would never allow.

Can't really add anything to game itself, especially on 360 when you'll just rip everyone else off down the road on the XBLM.

Art and fiction books are it really, but even the art book is questionable, oh boy random futuristic crap. The reason it works for Blizzard is that they're Blizzard, art is what they do best.

generic @ Oct 4th 2007 9:01AM

I think the complaints should be aimed at the uninspired cover-art, instead of the contents of the collector's edition. Blech.

Old, crappy Hollywood formula. Person, bigger person, person, ominous dude in the background.

Grizzly @ Oct 4th 2007 9:14AM

A map of the starsystem would have been cool, but may have had to hide to much info to be useful. But I never buy collectors editions as I'm too cheap. Hopefully this means they spent more time working on the game and less on ways to sell it.

RangerPrimeX @ Oct 4th 2007 9:16AM

Toy Normandy! Where is it?

timnc @ Oct 4th 2007 9:25AM

They need to start doing more exclusive things with limited and collectors editions that are in the game itself. For example, I hate my Legendary Halo 3 (http://timnc.com/?p=15). I would not hate it at all if I got some "legendary" looking armor for Halo 3 Multiplayer and was exclusive only for Legendary buyers. Extra cars for racers, extra weapons, etc. Blizzard gives pets in their CEs for WoW. THAT is the kind of stuff I'm talking about.

Liqwid @ Oct 4th 2007 9:34AM

Am buying. Lesbian *sigh and hesitate* ...alien sex, check. KotOR type play, check. Awesome graphics, check. Novel and an art book, check check. Money, check. Gamestop finally being in a close vacinity, check.

luxera @ Oct 4th 2007 9:34AM

I bought a collector's edition once for (game not mentioned). It came with and art book and foldouts. I looked at it once and then never again. As for bonus DVDs, has anyone ever watched one? I'm not trying to make a point, I honestly want to hear from people who have watched bonus DVDs for a game.

baby sea tuna @ Oct 4th 2007 10:12AM

I enjoyed the Cortana documentary on the H3 bonus disc and some of the stuff on Bioshock, but other than that yeah, they're kind of a waste.

Unless you're an aspiring developer, then maybe you'll find them really interesting. Personally, I'm not, so I don't.

Matt B @ Oct 4th 2007 9:48AM

What is the 60hz icon on the box for? What does that mean?

daniel @ Oct 4th 2007 12:42PM

thats the uk box, our standard tvs are 50hz, but 60hz-same as american tvs is becoming quite common and a game in 60hz looks slightly better than a game in 50hz

bounchfx @ Oct 4th 2007 10:23AM

way too many freaking games have CE's/LE's now.. it's not even cool. That, and the special versions should not have dumb ass writing all over it, they should look cooler and better, and come in a better case.

That being said, I'm canceling my Mass Effect Pre order now.

...and reserving the CE :|

blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Oct 4th 2007 10:41AM

i only get the limited edition 1% of the time. this won't be that time

Thomas Henwood @ Oct 4th 2007 10:59AM

What's with all the BBFC 18 tbc and the PEGI 18+ tbc stuff, the BBFC has already given it a 12 certificate.

rivaldi22 @ Oct 4th 2007 11:35AM

Honestly, I think I'm the only one who prefers art books and soundtracks in Limited Editions to figurines and whatnot. It honestly only serves to make clutter. Maybe if I worked in an office, where desk personality really helps the job quality, but no.

That being said, I'm also tired of the recent trend of making the Limited Edition box art mad fugly. I think the BioShock art was nice, but it really belonged on a tin case. That whole thing was a mess. Though I think Final Fantasy XII's was done very tastefully, on the other hand.

The LE art shouldn't just simply be the normal box art in a sepia monochrome, with some text letting you know it is, indeed, the limited edition, and you're not just looking at the regular box art through shit-tinted glasses.

Tron7 @ Oct 4th 2007 11:48AM

Are there any games on the 360 that aren't FPS?

rivaldi22 @ Oct 4th 2007 12:15PM

Uh, Mass Effect?

Count Noobula @ Oct 4th 2007 12:13PM

Here's a good idea for Mass Effect collectors edition: A holographic map of the galaxy and the planets that you might visit.

chimp o death @ Oct 4th 2007 12:22PM

If a game has the distinct possibility of being solid, I'll always go collectors version if the price difference is $10 or so. That's only two less Starbucks visits. Even if the extras aren't earth shattering, why not?

For example, Mass Effect and COD4 will both be solid enough to merit a CE purchase. Maybe even Assassin's Creed. But something like Army of Two or whatever, probably not.