No Hl2 Collecors Edition.....
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Phil: Hi, how can i help?
Craig Dolan: hi
Craig Dolan: i was wondering if the HalflIfe 2 DvD is the collectors eddition?
Phil: just standard dvd edition
Craig Dolan: but the standard edition of Half Life 2 is shipping on 4 CDs and the Collectors edition is on DvD
Phil: dont believe everything you read in the magazines - the release day edition will be dvd - there are no other retail versions available
Craig Dolan: so there is no collectors edition then?
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That was my conversation with gameplay.co.uk just a few minutes ago. So has anyone been able to pre-order the collectors eddition at all or just the regular edition.
Although I do doubt whether 'Phil' knows anyhting about Half Life 2 judging by the pauses.
You are now chatting with 'Phil'
Phil: Hi, how can i help?
Craig Dolan: hi
Craig Dolan: i was wondering if the HalflIfe 2 DvD is the collectors eddition?
Phil: just standard dvd edition
Craig Dolan: but the standard edition of Half Life 2 is shipping on 4 CDs and the Collectors edition is on DvD
Phil: dont believe everything you read in the magazines - the release day edition will be dvd - there are no other retail versions available
Craig Dolan: so there is no collectors edition then?
Phil: there will be no other versions out for the release day
Craig Dolan: ok thanks<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
That was my conversation with gameplay.co.uk just a few minutes ago. So has anyone been able to pre-order the collectors eddition at all or just the regular edition.
Although I do doubt whether 'Phil' knows anyhting about Half Life 2 judging by the pauses.
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i think most people have a dvd player, i would say 75% of people who play games at least do. i mean cmon they are 20 bucks
Thats my point, I want to pre-order at least 2 weeks in advance to see if the prices coem down a little more, but not if I cant get DoD source and Hl Source on the day Id rather purchase silver.
Ill need to email gameplay.co.uk and see if they can sort it out, and if they cant I guess its Sierra email time.
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Rember how valve said it either be A) Standered edition on 6CDs with CS Source and HL2 or B)1 DvD with HL2, CS Souce, DoD Source, HL Source and poster or something.
<a href='http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148079' target='_blank'>http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthr...threadid=148079</a>
Offical package details from Valve stating that the standard package will be 6 CDs. I find it very unlikely that they would bother making the same game on DVD, so its CD only.
(Edit, perhaps esuna knows better then I do, it seems that valves package list only applies to the US, UK only has DVD)
I don't want some crappy Steam version, I want some solid CD's I can get my hands on.
Even Amazon.com hasn't got the collectors edition.
Don't forget Gameplay gets its details from the publisher.....
Either that or my pre-order isn't going to be ordered.....
Just get it at game!
<a href='http://shop.game.net/ViewProduct.aspx?cat=11142&mid=325016' target='_blank'>OMG COLLECTORS!</a>
But £50!!!!! (around $100 for US)
I might as well get silver since its cheaper and you get more. Ill end up backing up onto a DvD so I guess ill grab a DvD burner then.
From the looks of things the UK realease is going to be botched :-/
Their is no 6cd retail version as is in the US. Other european countries may/may not get the 6cd retail.
The colelctors edition should be out in the UK and most people thought it would be the day of release but as the thread author has stated this seems to not be the case.
Personally im glad the retail edition is only out on dvd in the UK, means less cds for me to swap
100 pages of artwork? sounds great.
And what and I missing? DOD:Source. I think thats something I wouldn't play that much anyway.
Oh and I get the T-Shirt!
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How exactly is the Steam version crappy?
Where's the HL:S review?
100 pages of artwork? sounds great.
And what and I missing? DOD:Source. I think thats something I wouldn't play that much anyway.
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The Prima book that comes with the CE version is only a sampler: it contains <i>some</i> of the Making Of book, and <i>some</i> of the Strategy Guide book.
I've got the full Making Of book ordered on Amazon.
To Tex: The Half-Life Source bit is on one of the sidebars in the HL2 review. I'm talking about PCG US of course.
To Cartman2b^: The only changes in HL:S are to the water effects, shadow effects, the physics (though it doesn't get the full blown HL2 package), and the characters use the Blue Shift models. So, the geometry and everything else is completely the same, which is why I am disappointed; I was expecting a full redo of HL on the Source engine with new textures and higher poly environments. Still, it'll probably be worth playing through one more time. VALVe told PCG that it was inevitable that an independant mod team would make a real HL port, and that several teams had already approached them about it.
Yeah, because missing out on 3/4 of an engrossing <i>Making Of</i> and then turning the page and spoiling parts of the game you may not have played is <b>awesome</b>.
I don't want a copy of HL2 that looks like I warezed it. I want a box, a manual, and good lookin CD's, dammit.