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Post by OttselHero on May 16, 2014 11:57:33 GMT -5
Some of you have been there before: you fork over the extra cash on a "Special Edition" or "Collector's Edition" of a game for bonus in-game content and/or some special bonus in physical form. As cool as these usually are, the game disc itself also tends to come in a steel book case, or in Square Enix's recent case, a game case that doubles as an art book. The problem? The discs are MUCH harder to remove upon first playing the game, and as a result, can damage the disc in the first attempt.
Luckily my copy of Kingdom Hearts I.5 HD survived the first removal, but two months ago I purchased the HD Remaster of Final Fantasy X/X-2 and sadly my handling of the disc slipped and scraped along the center spindle and was scratched before it was even used. It plays fine, which I suppose is what matters, but I'm a guy that tends to take extra care of his belongings, and it becomes quite bothersome knowing that something I treasure is damaged. My point is I don't understand why the "special edition" of any game needs to come in any special game case in the first place. If it comes with the extra content, why does the case matter? Normal game cases are composed of softer plastic and tend to be "nicer" to discs upon their first removal. Do you agree? Disagree? Drop a line in the comments below.
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Post by Tross on May 16, 2014 20:34:54 GMT -5
I've never had a problem with steel cases, but I do think they're more about looking nice, than the practical aspect. I do like steel cases, but I don't have too many of them. Actually, I only have one, which is for the Metroid Prime Trilogy, on the wii. At the time, I thought I was getting a deal, with three games for $50, but I only made it past the first stage of the first game, before I gave up, because motion control made it unbearable to play, which is a shame, because I really wanted to like it, and would have, if it had classic controller support.
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Post by SweetPoison13 on May 25, 2014 0:39:31 GMT -5
I think special editions have pretty much been replaced by game of the year editions because of this downloadable content nonsense. I think you mean collector’s editions. I don’t really buy into any of this stuff. I would if they offered items that I truly found interesting but I wouldn't know what to do with half of the junk that comes with pre-orders and collector’s editions. Not to mention video games are just too expensive for me in this day and age and collector's editions tend to stick out of my video game collection like sore thumbs. I see no reason why video game merchandise cannot be sold separately. Anyway, I’m only willing to really pick up a few video games on their release date now. Last year it was Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch and this year it will probably be The Evil Within.
With that being said, I don’t run into issues with disc removal most of the time. My copy of Tales of Vesperia has an awful case though and there is nothing special about it. From past experience I know that it is much easier to crack an Xbox 360 disc than a PlayStation 3 one so I keep my copy of Tales of Vesperia in a different case.
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