Content of collectors edition

Seeadler · 01-25-10, 12:22 PM

Official words from Ubisoft Germany
Content of collectors edition

release date March 04. 2010

GoldenRivet · 01-25-10, 12:26 PM

hmmmm

IanC · 01-25-10, 12:46 PM

This for real? Nice...
Although the official guide looks 10 pages long.

fromhell · 01-25-10, 12:53 PM

£40 for that? not for me im afraid.

01-25-10, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by fromhell

£40 for that? not for me im afraid.

I'm with you.

Mikhayl · 01-25-10, 12:56 PM

Nice, but exclusive game content (ship skins) for collector editions is just bad form.

razark · 01-25-10, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by IanC

This for real? Nice...
Although the official guide looks 10 pages long.

That's scary. I remember when stuff like that, and more, would have been part of the manual. I dug up the .pdf manual for the original Silent Hunter recently. It describes the game and controls, a brief history of the sub campaign in the war, and then has an eleven page appendix with the recollections of a WWII skipper. Following that is a section on tactics, by the same commander. The final section is a write up, again by the commander, on the fire control problem and the equations needed to hit a target with a torpedo.

Basically, the manual has stuff that you would need to go hunt down on the internet these days.

Exclusive content in the game I find to be unfortunate. I'm also wondering if this iron box they mention is going to be shaped like a coffin.

Seeadler · 01-25-10, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

I'm also wondering if this iron box they mention is going to be shaped like a coffin.

here is the box illustrated

Boris · 01-25-10, 01:40 PM

Official guide and map???

Woooow, official guide. Looks like you have to pay extra to get a manual.
We got a map and a manual in the normal edition of SH3. What will the normal edition of SH5 have?

The music is easily ripped from the music folder. And 7 skins.... 7? There will be more than 7 skins out in the first week of modding.

Kapitanleutnant · 01-25-10, 01:41 PM

What a pile of ****.

I wonder what fascinating insights the official guide will contain?

"Shoot the Battleship until its hitpoints reach 0. Then it'll sink!!"

"Dive to avoid aircraft!!"

IanC · 01-25-10, 01:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by razark

That's scary. I remember when stuff like that, and more, would have been part of the manual. I dug up the .pdf manual for the original Silent Hunter recently. It describes the game and controls, a brief history of the sub campaign in the war, and then has an eleven page appendix with the recollections of a WWII skipper. Following that is a section on tactics, by the same commander. The final section is a write up, again by the commander, on the fire control problem and the equations needed to hit a target with a torpedo.

Basically, the manual has stuff that you would need to go hunt down on the internet these days.

Exclusive content in the game I find to be unfortunate. I'm also wondering if this iron box they mention is going to be shaped like a coffin.

Hear, hear! Nothing beats those old DOS game manuals. Even Silent Service for the Atari 800XL had a nice section on sub tactics if I remember correctly. Why those 200 page manuals turned into 50 I have no idea. Probably a money thing (as usual).
Nice idea about the coffin but a little morbid no?

HundertzehnGustav · 01-25-10, 01:53 PM

Haaaahahahhahahahahhahahaha i am laughing SOOO hard!

That map i have had since 2005!

Oh UBI what did you do!
Every SHIII came with such a map!
Every SHIII came with a Manual!
And now i will have to pay extra?

*ponts (censored) finger at the Upper levels of the Ubisoft Hierarchy*

They did a Good Job doing the VII! But YOU, the Marketing guys with your Bling Bling Dollar Dollar attitude, you just pissed me Off big time!
I could EXPLODE!

*sits down and drinks a Beer with Urfisch*

*grrrmbl...*

selfhighfi · 01-25-10, 01:59 PM

Looks Good I want it

flakmonkey · 01-25-10, 02:06 PM

Is that supposed to be the "authentic" map??? We got the exact same map for free with regular copies of sh3!
Although if it comes in a nice steelbook case id probaby go for it, im a sucker for a nice box

piri_reis · 01-25-10, 02:07 PM

Yeah, contents are pretty sloppy.. And stuff that needed to be in the normal game package...

01-25-10, 12:22 PM	#1
Seeadler Pacific Aces Dev Team Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 1,096 Downloads: 169 Uploads: 0	Content of collectors edition Official words from Ubisoft Germany Content of collectors edition release date March 04. 2010 __________________ -- Vapor-ware is always easier to sell because there's no limit what it can do!

01-25-10, 12:26 PM	#2
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	hmmmm __________________

01-25-10, 01:41 PM	#10
Kapitanleutnant Frogman Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 305 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	What a pile of ****. I wonder what fascinating insights the official guide will contain? "Shoot the Battleship until its hitpoints reach 0. Then it'll sink!!" "Dive to avoid aircraft!!" __________________ Oh worse than Hitler! You wouldn't find Hitler playing jungle music at three o'clock in the morning!

01-25-10, 01:53 PM	#12
HundertzehnGustav Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lux, betw. G, B and F Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 66 Uploads: 0	Haaaahahahhahahahahhahahaha i am laughing SOOO hard! That map i have had since 2005! Oh UBI what did you do! Every SHIII came with such a map! Every SHIII came with a Manual! And now i will have to pay extra? ponts (censored) finger at the Upper levels of the Ubisoft Hierarchy They did a Good Job doing the VII! But YOU, the Marketing guys with your Bling Bling Dollar Dollar attitude, you just pissed me Off big time! I could EXPLODE! sits down and drinks a Beer with Urfisch grrrmbl... __________________ In conclusion: SH3 is the shizzle, yo. -Frau Kaleun Another negative about using your deck gun is that you are definately DETECTED, which has long term effects on your relationship with aircraft. -snestorm

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flakmonkey Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Staffordshire, Uk Posts: 944 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Is that supposed to be the "authentic" map??? We got the exact same map for free with regular copies of sh3! Although if it comes in a nice steelbook case id probaby go for it, im a sucker for a nice box __________________

01-25-10, 12:46 PM	#3
IanC Grey Wolf Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Running silent and deep Posts: 902 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	This for real? Nice... Although the official guide looks 10 pages long.

01-25-10, 12:53 PM	#4
fromhell Lieutenant Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: the deep Posts: 251 Downloads: 217 Uploads: 7	£40 for that? not for me im afraid.

01-25-10, 12:56 PM	#6
Mikhayl Captain Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 485 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 0	Nice, but exclusive game content (ship skins) for collector editions is just bad form.

01-25-10, 01:40 PM	#9
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	Official guide and map??? Woooow, official guide. Looks like you have to pay extra to get a manual. We got a map and a manual in the normal edition of SH3. What will the normal edition of SH5 have? The music is easily ripped from the music folder. And 7 skins.... 7? There will be more than 7 skins out in the first week of modding.

01-25-10, 01:59 PM	#13
selfhighfi Watch Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 16 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Looks Good I want it

01-25-10, 02:07 PM	#15
piri_reis Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Istanbul, Turkiye Posts: 715 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Yeah, contents are pretty sloppy.. And stuff that needed to be in the normal game package... __________________ Lt.z.S. Barbaros Hayreddin, U-35, 2nd Flot/Kiel, Type VIIB Oct.29.1939, 2nd Patrol Eastern English Waters Running SH5/TWOS