Of all the horrible and shitty trends plaguing the game industry these days, none make me lose as much sleep as the horrible and shitty idea of having exclusive content based on pre-orders and the location of the game’s purchase.
I mean, what is the deal with exclusive in-game content anyway? (And airline food, of course.) I learned to stomach the idea of “DLC” a while ago, small bits of overpriced content addons usually released to expand a games lifespan, but for some reason, this exclusive shit doesn’t sit right with me.
As a gamer, I realize that developers are regular people like you or I working for a paycheck, and that game studios and publishers need to make a profit on their product. As a consumer of video games, I find it bullshit that this type of marketing practice is becoming so popular. Collectors editions are fine – but don’t make me have to purchase a game at a specific location in order to experience the full game.
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The Saboteur looks like Crackdown meets Nazi’s in Paris. Pre-order and get an in-game dagger. I repeat this is an IN-GAME dagger so all you little kids in east London don’t need to run out and buy this… unless you have something against the Germans. I guess EA learned they shouldn’t distribute real illegal weapons like they did with the Godfather II Brass knuckles debacle. EA really needs to work on their licensing agreements, take a page from George Lucas guys. Hit the jump for a random selection of screens.
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The word pre-order is becoming one of the four letter variety to gamer’s lately. Its not always the sensible thing to do. Shell out full price for a game that you hope is going to be good. Agreed there are some sure bets, GTA, MGS4, and so forth. But what about the overhyped games that turn out to be not so good, i.e Haze.
If you pre-order Too Human, here are the five free armors you will be able to get. Its nice that you get a prize for ordering, but its going to all for naught if the game is ass.
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