- Hey all, Scott here. I'm legally obligated to state
the following, three hoes and a merry Jesus' birthday
is on December 25th. Christmas is almost here,
the time of year, all about facial hair and
obesity and whatever the hell a Yule tide is. But most importantly, it's about the joy of getting a red dead redemption
two, collector's edition. That includes everything
except red dead redemption two. Great. I love red dead two merchandise, but I just refuse to own the Game. Listen I need a right quick way to prove to everybody that I have
copious amounts of money, and I hate sex. It's a Christmas miracle. With the announcement of almost
every big tipple A released these days. Word of an expensive
collector's edition of the title is sure to follow. Ah, the collector. Hey, a seeming pile of
virginity who cares deeply about how his Yo! Noid cartridge looks. Almost every pop culture medium has collectors, but I'd argue, video games are a special case. They're inherently collectible. Many titles can only be
played on specific hardware sometimes with specific accessories. Couple that with the fact
that video game preservation simply hasn't been taken as seriously as other artistic mediums when
it deserves and needs to be. And hopefully you can see
why I alongside many others find collecting video games
to be a fulfilling hobby. And it's pretty obvious. Video game publishers know
this and thus offer limited versions of their games
coming with all sorts of this. I think the first collector's
edition most people remember was the legend of
Zelda, Ocarina of times, which was a value soaked box. It came with a gold cartridge. You don't see that every day. Ever since that release collector's editions, limited
edition, special editions, whatever you want to call
them, have gotten increasingly popular for publishers to offer. It can be fairly pricey in comparison to the standard releases. So when one is announced, it's fair to ask all right, tough guy. Why should I buy this? Well, luckily, I got an early Christmas
present in the form of a bunch of irrelevant collector's editions. So let's take a look at them all and see what it takes
to be a good collector's edition. All right. What do we have here? Aliens Colonial Marines. Yeah. This game turned out
to be a little too (beep) terrible for most people's liking, but we don't care about that. How does this collector's
edition stack up? I like the packaging in this
box that comes with some sheets of paper, paper, with
words, paper, with pictures even paper with here you go. Some expired DLC codes,
collector's editions that come with DLC just seems like
a cheat, like come on. That's not collectible. Give me something physical. These documents are kind of cool. Aliens fans are sure to
get a kick out of them. And by that, I mean, they'll look at them smirk and then
never look at them again. We get some patches included as well but the star of the show is
the premium NPVC collectible that's premium with a capital UM. I mean, overall this collector's
edition, isn't too bad. It feels like more thought and care was put into
this than the actual game, but it originally retailed for 100 bucks. And when you look at it
that way, for 40 bucks more you got an okay figure,
some patches, paper and more weapons in the game. Ehh. The Mega Man legacy Collection, a great way to experience the series in my opinion, at least on PS4
or Xbox one and PC in August of 2015, with a 3DS release
coming later in February, 2016. Alongside physical releases of the PS4 and Xbox one versions, Capcom also released
a collector's edition, exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS. So we get the game, some
postcards, which I really want to know if anybody
actually used these things as actual postcards, instead
of doing the tried and true, "That's cool". But of course the main
event is the amiibo. This box that comes packed in with the Smash
Brothers Mega Man figure. Now gold flavored. All right a few things about this. One, this comes in a
completely blank package. Cool. Two, from what I've read, this amiibo doesn't have
any exclusive features to it in any game. It's just a Mega Man amiibo. You can unlock certain
challenges in legacy collection with it, but this works
with any Mega Man amiibo. So unless you're a
diehard amiibo collector or a huge Mega Man fan, this amiibo is one of the
more pointless releases. This was 50 bucks when
it released, a solid $20 more than the standard version. Amiibo were all worth $13 back then. So overall the value of
this package is 43 bucks and you're spending $7 more for postcards. I bought this when I was still
in a bit of an amiibo phase and I already own legacy
collection on the PS4. So really I didn't play the
3DS version all too much and already owned a
standard Mega Man amiibo. Yeah, its safe to say, I didn't get a lot of value out of that purchase. Street Fighter, cross Tekken. This comes with 45 gem power ups and people still say the
economy's in shambles. We get a copy of the game with exclusive cover art that denotes it's the special edition. Well, that's nice. An exclusive prequel story comic book. Well, it's well illustrated but it's just a part of
the instruction manual. Hey, I mean an upside to this, is that it's probably way harder to lose as it's just going to sit in the game case since it's also a manual, but it also feels like they
were cutting some costs. However, it's all about the Street Fighter cross Tekken arcade
cabinet replica piggy bank. How's that for a catchphrase? Well, it's a plastic
non-functioning arcade cabinet, You can spank some coins into. You have to assemble this yourself and childbirth, kidney stones,
assembling the Street Fighter cross Tekken arcade bank. This thing is dreadful to put together. You have to apply so much
pressure to these pieces and it never feels like
you're doing it correctly. But in the end, it's all right. This is kind of cute. Nowadays, I don't think it's totally out of the question to offer
playable mini arcade cabinets in collector's editions, but back in the horrifying year of 2012. This was all they could do. I believe it retailed for $70. So for 10 bucks more
than the regular edition, I think this was definitely passable. Life Is Strange limited edition. This one is simple and
straight to the point. And in my opinion is
quite good for the price. A hard cover art book,
the game soundtrack on CD and a downloadable director's
commentary, all in a nice box. I mainly liked this one
because it includes stuff that actual collectors and big
fans would legitimately enjoy and get use out of. They all fit the tone of Life Is Strange. Plus it was only $10 more
than the regular edition. At that point, why not
pick up this version? Ooh. Call of Duty World At War, a game based on World War II. How fun, now this one is pretty lame. Just a bunch of multiplayer
bonuses are included, but what do you get
physically with this box? Well, a box for everything to come in. That's nice. And also
a collectible canteen. Well, I'll be, I can't wait
to drink out of this thing and consume water and
swallow liquids. (beep) My night's ruined, this
canteen doesn't open at all. It's literally just a prop. I feel like it would have
cost them less to just buy real canteens that you
can actually drink out of. Now, I don't have a canteen to drink out of what am I supposed
to do in a life or death situation? Don't worry, guys. We'll have plenty of canteens. I stocked up on World At
War collector's editions. You fool. Hey, Xenoblade Chronicles X. This is the game with the
yellow round guy, right? Yeah. During the Wii U era I bought a lot of Nintendo published
stuff, just to support them in their time of need and that included buying the
special edition to a game in a series I am not into. At the very least this is a really classy,
well done release. We have an insanely meaty
art book, mad at art card. All right. And the game sound drag on a USB drive. Now this thing feels substantial. It feels quality and it's (beep) dreadful. It only includes 10 songs
from the soundtrack. You think, since they were putting it on a USB flash drive, instead of a CD, it would be easier for them
to include the whole thing. On top of that, the flash drive can only hold 800 megabytes worth of
content, which makes it next to useless to use as
an actual flash drive. And on top of that, there's
messy DRM with the soundtrack meaning you have to keep the flash drive in to listen to the songs.
At least It looks cool. A blue light flickers
when the drive is inserted and it gives off vibes of
the skills in the game. You see, I can Xenoblade a little bit. Saints Row Two, everybody's favorite grand theft auto game until a real grand theft
auto game comes out. Look at this nice tin. It's like, there's a
real back in front of me. We get an art book,
which feels like trash. The quality of this paper's
in line with kids menus and plus out of all games,
I want to see art from Saints Row Two is definitely
not in the top 10. A money clip, and finally,
I have a bullet USB drive. It comes with a bunch of wallpapers and can store a full gigabyte of data. Well, there you go. Saints Row Two narrowly beats Xenoblade blade X for game of the year. And that's about it. Overall, not the most
impressive out there. Holy (beep), it comes with a poster. (banging noises) This one ain't too bad. It doesn't include any
big cool things, but it includes enough small things
to make it interesting. Batman Arkham City. This is one that really gets a lot right. A really high quality
statue of Batman alongside an art book, a DVD copy
of a movie, a soundtrack and a mountain of DLC codes. Now you may ask where the game
is, oh, come on guys, you got so much right. And then you put the game in the art book. That's just inconvenient. Really collector's editions can be cool. It's just, there's a lot
of things going against many of them. Sometimes they're anything
but collector's editions. They might be overproduced and
thus put on clearance, ending up cheaper than the standard
edition, because guess what? Nobody wants a toilet sized
box with Easter eggs in it. This copy of MPC Infinite has been rotting at my
Best Buy since launch. Guys, if no collectors
bought this thing by now nobody's ever going to buy it. You know what stings, when there's like a billion different
editions of a game. Ubisoft does a lot of this, where there's the standard
edition, deluxe edition gold edition, gold digital edition, ultimate digital edition,
the spartan edition and the Pantheon edition. Who's like, man, I want this $160 one. Well, I don't know about that $220 one. And when certain content
is only in certain editions and there's not one version you can buy that gives you all the content. That's just dumb. Also. I hate it when collector's
edition, come with box art, that's just straight up worse
than the standard edition. Smash Brothers Ultimate. The special edition comes with a slick pro controller and a steel book. That's awesome, but it doesn't
come with the standard case for the game. And let's be honest. This steel book does not
compare to this artwork. Weirdly enough, Nintendo of
all companies doesn't do a ton of limited editions. They do them every now
and then like with Breath of the Wild, we got a special
edition and a master edition for a hundred bucks. You got to switch carrying
case, a map, a CD and a coin. And for an extra 30
with the master edition, you got a statue of the master sword. I personally didn't see
much value in either one. So I passed, but that's
the thing about collector's editions. Most items included in them
aren't inherently valuable, or rare most of the time, they're just supposed to be little things that collectors and diehard
fans would find cool. So yeah, well, many of them
are kind of wastes of money and you're probably going
to look at the things included maybe twice and never again. It's all about whether you
see value in the purchase and dammit, I wanted the key chain
with PuyoPuyo Tetris. Collector's editions can be
Lamer than lame sometimes, but, hey if you personally see
some value in one, go for it. It's not like some of them
are the only versions released of certain games, falsely advertise their
contents, include items that you're never going to use, take up 500 square feet of
your house, are ludicrously overpriced or one of
15 different versions, none of which come with all
the content or just call it collector's edition on
the box for no reason. Yeah, that would be ridiculous. (upbeat video game theme music)
