This is the weakest Halo Limited Edition Halo’s ever had IMO(not counting Halo 2, but it was a different time then.),at least with the information we have now the only saving grace could be the Infinity Briefing Packet, but I have a feeling it’s not going to be any ware near as robust to the fiction as Halsey’s journal.
Halo: 3 had John’s Helmet
Halo: ODST had the controller (Which was -Yoinking!- sick)
Halo: Reach had the journal and the Nobel Team statue.
Now these aren’t necessarily deal breakers, I don’t need a statue to collect dust, and I’m sure they will role out with a limited edition controller like they do everything. The fact is this collectors edition is, in all honestly insultingly uncreative. Essentially it’s the Call of Duty: MW3 Hardened Edition, don’t agree? Lets take a look.
Halo 4 VS Cod:MW3
- The Call of Duty: MW3 game disc.
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1-year Call of Duty Elite premium membership, including:
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20 pieces of Modern Warfare 3 DLC delivered over a 9 month period
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Incredible variety, including new MP maps, Spec Ops missions and game modes
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Ownership of all DLC, even if your membership expires
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Prized Events, Operations, Leagues and custom in-game playlist and modes.
*Halo: 4 War Games.
*9 To Be Announced Maps.
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Special Founder status on Call of Duty Elite, including:
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Unique Founder weapon camo and profile skin
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Exclusive Founder in-game Player Card and Emblem
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Access to the private “”#Founder" Group
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Special Founder Clan XP boost
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Special Founder Operations, Events and Leagues
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Exclusive Founder prizes and experiences
*Halo: 4 bonus digital content through Xbox LIVE:
- Premium, collectible steel-book case
- Premium, collectible steel-book case
- Exclusive Special Ops Juggernaut Xbox LIVE outfit
- Xbox LIVE Avatar prop, and Xbox LIVE Avatar Spartan IV armor set.
- Limited edition, collectible field journal chronicling the entire saga with 100+ pages of authentic military sketches, diagrams and written entries.
- UNSC Infinity Briefing Packet The UNSC Infinity Briefing Packet includes a Spartan armor customization schematic, information about UNSC weapons, an introduction to the massive ship UNSC Infinity, and insight into what it means to be one of humanity’s finest warriors: The Spartan-IVs. Story lovers will especially enjoy this in-fiction offering that provides a glimpse into the indoctrination of Spartans aboard the Infinity.
343i had the chance to do something creative with it, and kind of blew it, they took the easy way out. And in a way they’re kind of punishing the people who would by something like this.
Halo War Games will have a Season Pass, that Pass will be between $30-$40. All Limited edition owners are doing is getting a Season Pass and a hand full of junk, stuff that really cost them nothing to make. The wild card being the Infinity Booklet, and how robust it is fictionally. These passes are an attempt at having adopters of the game keep the game, and I understand that, however if I’m buying the Limited Edition do you honestly think I’m going to sell the game a few months down the road? No of concourse not.
And I have a problem with these Specialization Points.We don’t know what they are, but it can be assumed that they are used in someway to unlock items in game, be that armor, weapons, weapon skins, armor ability’s, and perks, or even to simply rank up a few levels. (from the sounds of the post) This is fundamentally wrong, I have no problem with armor, armor effects, skins emblems. However giving someone a day one advantage, no matter how small that advantage might be, simply because they bought a collectors edition, that’s just wrong, and further proves 343 might not care as much about balanced gameplay as they say, and that they are making it unbalanced to push away the core and attract the casual CoD crowd, who will leave the game a weak or so latter, when the next CoD comes out, leaving us the core with a game like Reach or worse.
Rant end.
As to your question, probably so I’ve bought every other one Halo 2-Reach, Halo Wars included, I’ve got a collection why mess that up?
The armor customization is gonna drop just a little bit later thats all. All out honesty your getting a skin for the Assault Rifle! C’mon now you’ll only really be messing with is the Battle Rifle or the DMR. So your not missing out just the maps for the new play list. All you have to do is when you get money just buy the maps.
Well as soon as it shows up on Amazon, that’s where I order practically everything.