Curse

Personette · Jul 04, 2007, 06:32 PM // 18:32

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Originally Posted by jammerpa

I would gladly order the game from NC soft on the day of launch if there was some incentive, but sadly there isn't. You guys charge full retail price and all you get is the activation code. No bright shiny box with nice pictures on it. No kewl poster and other assorted art work and no manual.

There's one huge incentive, IMHO: not having to go to a store. I live in a tiny little big-city apartment and I don't need more stuff I don't have space for. I do, however, always appreciate saving a half-hour here or there by avoiding a long walk or subway ride.

Age · Jul 04, 2007, 07:45 PM // 19:45

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Originally Posted by -Loki-

Then I got the collectors standard edition? I'm looking at my standard edition, and it's clearly DVD. In fact, I had to stream it because I had no DVD drive when I bought it.

Mine came with a CD Rom which is standard edition.I guess there were 2 versions although I didn't buy mine at EB Games I got mine at Future Shop.

rjv · Jul 05, 2007, 02:04 PM // 14:04

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Originally Posted by Lyssa Rowan Tree

This is whats confusing me:

All the sites selling it for £17.99 (released 31st August) dont mention anything about a pre-order package. I have no idea if you get a pre-order box on the 20th July with those sites or not.

GAME, Play.com etc all mention nothing about a pre-order package/box.

People seem sure they're getting the pre-order box from sites that dont even mention its existence. You can pre-order anything these days, thats not automatically the same as getting a seperate pre-order box is it?

Amazon clearly counts the pre-order package and the main game as 2 seperate products. I have no idea if you get the main game with the expensive Amazon pre-order box, but it would be outrageous if you didnt at that high price *shrug*.

So which is it, order the pre-order box seperately, order the pre-order box and get the game too when its out, or order the game and get the pre-order box?

Bleh, wish these sites had proper details so I knew what to order.

I can't speak for the Factions release, but prior to Nightfall's release (3 weeks maybe) I just went to my local Gamestation and they had the pre-order packs on sale for £2. Game were doing a similar deal I think.

When I went in to the same shop with a week to go before launch to check on the release date, the chap in the shop was giving them away to anyone who asked.

All the while, Amazon were charging some silly figure for it, until right near or just after launch, when they started including them free with any order of the full game.

Moral of the story - pre-order your game from wherever's cheapest, and go to the shops nearer the time for the pre-order pack.

Cheers.

Mordakai · Jul 05, 2007, 02:13 PM // 14:13

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Originally Posted by Neo Nugget

in the mean time.....**waits for GW:EN login screen

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Is it sad I'm literally looking forward to that?

It will be nice to have an Ascalon themed login screen!

Lyssa Rowan Tree · Jul 05, 2007, 11:14 PM // 23:14

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Originally Posted by rjv

Moral of the story - pre-order your game from wherever's cheapest, and go to the shops nearer the time for the pre-order pack.

Cheers.

Thanks for the answer, sounds like good advice.

yakuza · Jul 06, 2007, 09:48 PM // 21:48

is there not going to be an event in slovenia!?!?

phil_carter · Jul 06, 2007, 10:14 PM // 22:14

ahhh good old amazon.co.uk, who were selling nightfall collectors edition for about £18 when I bought it, which was cheaper than the standard version.

I think I remember seeing a nightfall pre-release pack on sale in HMV for about 5 or 6 pounds shortly before NF was released, I had always been under the impression that you had to pay for it completely separately from the actual game itself.

Personally I hope both the pre-release bonus pack and the actual expansion will be available from amazon or some other online store as I like boxes and manuals and all that jazz...

Melon · Jul 06, 2007, 10:27 PM // 22:27

Got the factions pre-order one day early in stockholm, sweden from um.. www.webhallen.com i think, so they got thier shit together pretty good.

And we must have Armor pix of GWEN before release Gaile, like with factions.

Neo Nugget · Jul 06, 2007, 10:29 PM // 22:29

Yeah we got a pic of 10 nf armors around 2 months before nightfall's release,not ingame.

Enix · Jul 11, 2007, 06:47 AM // 06:47

Any word of when the preorder will be available from the Online store? I would like to preorder without the fuss of leaving my house, even to check the mail.

Buster · Jul 14, 2007, 05:01 PM // 17:01

Everyone is talking about a pre-release pack for GW:EN but I have yet to see an official date anywhere. So I called up Gamestop here and asked about the release just to see what they have to say. They tell me Sept 1 is the official date but yet we all know it is Aug 31st. So ofcourse I laugh but yet sigh knowing its so difficult to get any correct information out of anyone. I will seriously consider buying directly from the online store for less hassel next time around.

Lonesamurai · Jul 14, 2007, 06:06 PM // 18:06

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Originally Posted by Buster

Everyone is talking about a pre-release pack for GW:EN but I have yet to see an official date anywhere. So I called up Gamestop here and asked about the release just to see what they have to say. They tell me Sept 1 is the official date but yet we all know it is Aug 31st. So ofcourse I laugh but yet sigh knowing its so difficult to get any correct information out of anyone. I will seriously consider buying directly from the online store for less hassel next time around.

lets be honest here... this is honestly another good reason to use the games own ingame store... the release dates are reliable, you still get to preorder, you get it as soon as you pay for it and you get the bonus mission pack as a bonus

Oh and according to Gaile, the prerelease pack release date is July 20th