Collector's Edition - Is it worth it?

[Maxa]

It's definitely worth it. Even if you don't want the content itself, it'll fetch a pretty penny once they become rare. For proof of this all one needs to do is look at StarCraft, Diablo, or World Of WarCraft Collector's Editions. All of which go for between 500$-1000$ for brand new, sealed last I checked. StarCraft is a bit more with as much as 5000$ but that might've been a signed copy that I saw.

This doesn't really answer the OP's question. Even if Scar is interested in getting a hold of a CE to sell later (and this seems like a dubious idea to me), he still has to figure out which edition of the game to buy for himself. And that just takes you back to the evaluations which everyone else is discussing here.

[TheEconomist]

Thank you, Captain Obvious. The world is a better place now.

[Noctis]

the standard game is 60 bucks, for 40 more you get a frikkin 2GB USB stick one of a kind, art book, comic book, full soundtrack, and various collectibles, and a DVD.

...that probably 100 bucks worth of stuff right there that you get for 40. If you dont really want the stuff pay 40 and sell them off individually. Hell that DVD will prolly sell for 20-40 bucks alone on ebay. Soundtrack? Eh 10-20, Art book? 50+ at the least. It's one of those things that you dont really use a lot but you keep because it's a COLLECTABLE.

[Visions of Khas]

I can get a 10GB USB for $20, get the art on-line or wait a week while people scan the damn thing, listen to the soundtrack on Youtube and rip it with Zamzar, and the DVD? I'll wait for the content to be posted online or go into the game data to extract whatever the DVD has.

Not worth it. It takes a little but, but it's cheaper to get all those things by not buying the CE.

Just give me the loading disks and I'm happy.

[LordofAscension]

I just ordered my third or fourth copy... I can't recall which?

And yeah the manual is super lame :/

~LoA

[Norfindel]

Oh, well, today paper manuals are usually a single page that says "go to this address: www.starcraft2.com"

Does it at least have a better pdf manual, or it's supposed to be seen online?

[Crazy_Jonny]

Yeah, the CE is slightly disappointing if you wanted something that would truly add to the gameplay experience. The dog chain USB drive and extra disks were the most attractive to me, but I really got it because it's SC2 and I want to make it the best experience possible (fanboy).

Now money wise you are getting what it's worth, but for me the issue is I'm not REALLY a collector, so a lot of the extra stuff I might get bored with very soon - I can't even really use the WOW pet or SC1 key, unless I can sell em and get some money back. I got it just for the sake of having it, as most people who get collector's editions do.

[Noctis]

You dont seem to understand Khas

these are collectables, if you didnt get one already the only way you can get this stuff is by buying it online. There are collector's out there and they are the ones who pay top dollar for this stuff.

Personally, ill go through the DVD once, art book once or twice but then ill close it all up and shelve it and remember everything fondly. In a few years ill go through it all again and have a smile on my face.

PS: THose will collector editions - you can always downgrade to a standard edition

[Visions of Khas]

You dont seem to understand Khas

these are collectables,

No, I do understand. And I just don't like collectibles. They tap into this strange need people have to... to collect! And I've just never had this urge. Once I have something, I use it, then let go of it. I don't need something for posterity's sake. I'm just not that materialistic.

[Hamshank]

LOA has the manual? He must have access to the game!