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[SolidSnakex]

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The Last of Us mini artbook: explore the world of The Last of Us through some of the remarkable artwork that gave shape to the game

The Last of Us: American Dreams Issue #1: the first in a series of comics created in partnership with Dark Horse to delve into the backstory of Ellie. The version included features a variant cover found only in these special editions

Exclusive game pack: The Ellie Edition showcases the character Ellie on the game pack artwork, while the Joel Edition will feature Joel’s face

Collectable poster: an exclusive screen print effect poster of each character can be found in their respective editions

DUALSHOCK®3 skin: skin your PS3™ controllers with Joel or Ellie, depending on which edition you decide to order

Survival DLC Pack
Multiplayer Bonuses:
Bonus XP
Melee booster
In-game currency
Customizable character items

Bonus Joel and Ellie skins available once the single player game is completed

Sights & Sounds DLC Pack
Official Game Soundtrack by Academy Award winning musician Gustavo Santaolalla
PS3® Dynamic Theme
PSN Avatars: Winter Joel & Ellie

LittleBigPlanet™ Sackboy Skins: voucher codes for a downloadable Joel skin or a downloadable Ellie skin for your Sackboy character depending on which special edition you choose

http://www.weseeinpixels.com/the-last-of-us-special-edition-d/

 

[Samurai_Heart]

Knew one would be GAME exclusive

 

[Desmond]

Hoping it would be a Steelbook like U2/U3. Will probably opt for the Ellie edition.

edit: GAME Exclusive? Feck off

 

[ComputerMKII]

They're desperate for gimmicks to sell their game.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

meh.

 

[Aaron]

What? No Ellie boob statue?

 

[Midnight Phoenix]

So, will USA get something like that?

 

[Ingueferroque]

I get a Cafepress vibe from this.

 

[Papercuts]

Oh boy, multiplayer bonus experience and melee booster attacks to give an edge! Sounds like a quality time on that front.

 

[test_account]

They're desperate for gimmicks to sell their game.

Where is the gimmick? Seems like pretty standard Collector's Edition stuff to me (artbook etc.).

 

[Secretarial Dog]

I just want the disk and a PS3... So, I Hope there's coming a PS3 TLOU Bundle.

 

[Killthee]

Hope this comes out here too and hopefully the Ellie edition won't be exclusive to Gamestop.

On second thought, I hope they come out with something better here. I can do without the canvas wrap, the poster, the comic, and the DS3 skin.

 

[Zia]

The packaging is beautiful but I don't need all of those tchotchkes.

 

[King of the Potato People]

Er, there's faces on...

The normal cover looks better.

 

[Sakujou]

DLC and other digital shit: Do not want.
And the rest of it: why is everything so mini? I want a full glorious artbook or comic.
Oh yeah and stickers. Wow, iam not a elemental school kid anymore to tag my toys with stickers.

And for this package they want us to pay around 100€. What a rip-off.

I'll buy the game on DAY1, but this kind of Limited Edition makes me wonder what makes it so special?

 

[Ponn]

I see lots of meh dlc. Whats the price? Anything more than an extra ten bucks forget it.

 

[fernoca]

Looks nice; both of them.

EDIT:
**Oh, is a skin for the cotnroller..even better actually.

 

[7threst]

Would've bought the Joel edition if the soundtrack was physical. Now it's just the regular edition for me.

 

[Saty]

Survival DLC Pack
Multiplayer Bonuses:
Bonus XP
Melee booster
In-game currency
Customizable character items

Yikes. Way to destroy any kind of tone and atmosphere set by the SP by having a multiplayer that has these things. Post-apocalyptic world; fighting for survival..and people running around leveling-up.

Yes, you can ignore the MP but this is one of the things that just knowing it exists and there's this version of this 'world' is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Yikes. Way to destroy any kind of tone and atmosphere set by the SP by having a multiplayer that has these things. Post-apocalyptic world; fighting for survival..and people running around leveling-up.

Yes, you can ignore the MP but this is one of the things that just knowing it exists and there's this version of this 'world' is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth.

I'd prefer to know what the multiplayer is first instead of just dismissing it due to a few leveling elements.

 

[Loudninja]

Yikes. Way to destroy any kind of tone and atmosphere set by the SP by having a multiplayer that has these things. Post-apocalyptic world; fighting for survival..and people running around leveling-up.

Yes, you can ignore the MP but this is one of the things that just knowing it exists and there's this version of this 'world' is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth.

Isn't it pretty silly to try and dismiss something you know nothign about base on a few boosters?

 

[MYE]

That is alot of worthless tat

 

[BeEatNU]

No steelbook case?

 

[Mik3F]

No thanks unless it is the same price as the standard version.

 

[fernoca]

Also, in case some forgot:
"The Sights & Sounds Pack" and "The Survival Pack" are preorder extras in the US/Gamestop; so the decal, Sackboy DLC and minibook/art are technically the "limited" things for Europe...at the moment.

 

[Neuromancer]

Yikes. Way to destroy any kind of tone and atmosphere set by the SP by having a multiplayer that has these things. Post-apocalyptic world; fighting for survival..and people running around leveling-up.

Yes, you can ignore the MP but this is one of the things that just knowing it exists and there's this version of this 'world' is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth.

I can't wait to prestige in this game.

 

[Radec]

Those are patheticly bland. Really.

Not even a steelbook?

 

[rumbalumba]

i just want the art book and the comic. couldn't care less about the other in-game fillers.

 

[iavi]

This is one of those cases where I want to break my creed of DD only. Not doing it, though; give me news on Day One Digital~

 

[winstano]

Joel Edition is £58 at ShopTo:

Edit: Seriously? ShopTo is still a banned site?!

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Survival DLC Pack
Multiplayer Bonuses:
Bonus XP
Melee booster
In-game currency
Customizable character items

LOL! Deception-ed.

 

[Mik3F]

Joel Edition is £58 at ShopTo:

Edit: Seriously? ShopTo is still a banned site?!

100% a no from me then, not paying almost £20 extra over the standard version

 

[metsallica]

Is it me or have Collector's Editions really gone down in value as they've gone up in price? Give me the game, its soundtrack, and a making-of documentary (preferably on Blu-Ray but I'm flexible) and stop beating around the bush with useless pap. LBP unlocks? CONTROLLER SKINS? Come on.

 

[Castcoder]

Bring this to America and I'll buy two of each, I'm not kidding.

 

[Secretarial Dog]

Yikes. Way to destroy any kind of tone and atmosphere set by the SP by having a multiplayer that has these things. Post-apocalyptic world; fighting for survival..and people running around leveling-up.

Yes, you can ignore the MP but this is one of the things that just knowing it exists and there's this version of this 'world' is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth.

 

[btkadams]

Yikes. Way to destroy any kind of tone and atmosphere set by the SP by having a multiplayer that has these things. Post-apocalyptic world; fighting for survival..and people running around leveling-up.

Yes, you can ignore the MP but this is one of the things that just knowing it exists and there's this version of this 'world' is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth.

DRAMATIC

 

[Acquiescence]

Sackboy versions of Joel and Ellie, lol. That's kind of messed up.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Is it me or have Collector's Editions really gone down in value as they've gone up in price? Give me the game, its soundtrack, and a making-of documentary (preferably on Blu-Ray but I'm flexible) and stop beating around the bush with useless pap. LBP unlocks? CONTROLLER SKINS? Come on.

This is Naughty Dog, so something like that will likely be an unlockable extra.

 

[Lapidus' Beard]

Aaaaaand regular version it will be.

 

[WinFonda]

Yikes. Way to destroy any kind of tone and atmosphere set by the SP by having a multiplayer that has these things. Post-apocalyptic world; fighting for survival..and people running around leveling-up.

Yes, you can ignore the MP but this is one of the things that just knowing it exists and there's this version of this 'world' is enough to leave a sour taste in my mouth.

So wait, having a multiplayer component only ruins atmosphere if it has progression systems?

 

[AHA-Lambda]

That is alot of worthless tat

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[RoboPlato]

All the bonus in game stuff is what you get with this is what you get at preordering at Gamestop in the US.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

I want that art book and poster. Hope the US one gets those at least.

 

[Spwn]

This being UK exclusive probably means that the DLC included will be region locked to the UK PS Store like in the Uncharted games and cannot be redeemed in other European countries. That's f'd up.

 

[Saty]

So wait, having a multiplayer component only ruins atmosphere if it has progression systems?

No. I would have preferred no MP at all in a game like TLOU. If they had went with an option to play the game in Co-Op or have unique Co-Op campaign then it could have been good and wouldn't compromise what they are working hard to achieve in SP.

But when the MP is a competitive 'deathmatch' of sorts then i dislike it in this case. And when it looks to be run-of-the-mill MP with +XX XP points plastered on the HUD and above other player's heads' then it really does a disservice to the highlight of the game.

 

[Dr Dogg]

Is it me or have Collector's Editions really gone down in value as they've gone up in price? Give me the game, its soundtrack, and a making-of documentary (preferably on Blu-Ray but I'm flexible) and stop beating around the bush with useless pap. LBP unlocks? CONTROLLER SKINS? Come on.

Seams to be a trend just recently to put out a slightly prettier packaged game and slap "Special" or "Limited" edition on the box and charge an extra £20-£60 for mass produced or digital tat. Even artbooks that are bundled with these are usually the small pocket book type with not much more than promotional artwork rather than conceptual or design work.

Saying that though Namco Bandai have been really good in europe with day one editions with all of the above at no extra cost (Demon's Souls, Dark Souls, Tales of Graces f) if only more publishers were like this instead of shitty preorder dlc farmed out to your retailer of choice.

 

[test_account]

No. I would have preferred no MP at all in a game like TLOU. If they had went with an option to play the game in Co-Op or have unique Co-Op campaign then it could have been good and wouldn't compromise what they are working hard to achieve in SP.

But when the MP is a competitive 'deathmatch' of sorts then i dislike it in this case. And when it looks to be run-of-the-mill MP with +XX XP points plastered on the HUD and above other player's heads' then it really does a disservice to the highlight of the game.

I'm under the impression that the multiplayer will have no effect on the single player. Going by Uncharted 2 and 3, that was not the case at least.

 

[Sylver]

I hope they release Digital version (Should be mandatory for every Sony game) Where's God of War, Killzone 2 & 3 and Uncharted 3, digital editions?

If not I think I will buy regular edition. Those big boxes make shelves look uglier.

 

[sappyday]

No. I would have preferred no MP at all in a game like TLOU. If they had went with an option to play the game in Co-Op or have unique Co-Op campaign then it could have been good and wouldn't compromise what they are working hard to achieve in SP.

But when the MP is a competitive 'deathmatch' of sorts then i dislike it in this case. And when it looks to be run-of-the-mill MP with +XX XP points plastered on the HUD and above other player's heads' then it really does a disservice to the highlight of the game.

The multiplayer isn't taking away resources from the single player of that's what you think. ND have said so themselves.

Plus we don't know anything about the multiplayer other than it exists and they wanted to do something unique with it.

Either way I don't see how the multiplayer will ruin the atmosphere of the single player just because of the fact it's on the disk. It's a entirely separate mode that will be good for those who want to play it more than just the single player. Nothin wrong with it.

 

[Dennis]

That is alot of worthless tat

Are you new to Special Editions?