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Collector's editions, they are usually quite expensive, and they don't give you all that much, if you really think about it. There have been some pretty bad collector's editions over the years, some expecting you to pay 30€ or more extra for a cheap plastic toy, a soundtrack and possibly some small in game extra. But what collector's edition is the least impressive one you've seen to date?
The one that tops it for me is the Myst 4: Revelations collector's edition. The box itself looks quite nice (though not nearly as nice as the collector's edition for Myst 5). It is shaped like a book, though it looks a bit too glossy to really fool anyone, and it also feels a bit flimsy. The content though is probably the least impressive CE content to date. Apart from a DVD case containing the game itself, it also comes with a deck of cards (32 cards, so it is not even a full deck), and a DVD containing a 25min making of video and "the most beautiful songs from the soundtrack" (in other words, an incomplete soundtrack, the rest sold separately).
This CE is, when I'm writing this, actually cheaper than the standard edition on amazon.co.uk. It was also cheaper when I bought the game, so that is why I own it.
The Myst 5 collectors edition is not all that good either. It comes in a nice looking box, that at a distance might fool someone into believing that it is leather bound. In it is the game itself, a 147page book (of which 40 pages are dedicated to notes, and thus are blank pages), that goes through some of the history of the series, and also gives an introduction to the D'ni language. There is also an extra DVD with a making of (slightly longer than the Myst 4 one), some trailers and a very incomplete soundtrack (the rest is sold separately, again). Not a great collector's edition, and again when I bought it it was cheaper than the standard edition.
The one that tops it for me is the Myst 4: Revelations collector's edition. The box itself looks quite nice (though not nearly as nice as the collector's edition for Myst 5). It is shaped like a book, though it looks a bit too glossy to really fool anyone, and it also feels a bit flimsy. The content though is probably the least impressive CE content to date. Apart from a DVD case containing the game itself, it also comes with a deck of cards (32 cards, so it is not even a full deck), and a DVD containing a 25min making of video and "the most beautiful songs from the soundtrack" (in other words, an incomplete soundtrack, the rest sold separately).
This CE is, when I'm writing this, actually cheaper than the standard edition on amazon.co.uk. It was also cheaper when I bought the game, so that is why I own it.
The Myst 5 collectors edition is not all that good either. It comes in a nice looking box, that at a distance might fool someone into believing that it is leather bound. In it is the game itself, a 147page book (of which 40 pages are dedicated to notes, and thus are blank pages), that goes through some of the history of the series, and also gives an introduction to the D'ni language. There is also an extra DVD with a making of (slightly longer than the Myst 4 one), some trailers and a very incomplete soundtrack (the rest is sold separately, again). Not a great collector's edition, and again when I bought it it was cheaper than the standard edition.
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