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

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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...*

Seeadler · 01-25-10, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by IanC

Why those 200 page manuals turned into 50 I have no idea.

Quite simply, it no longer fits into today's DVD box formats

JScones · 01-25-10, 05:43 PM

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Official words from Ubisoft Germany
Content of collectors edition
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Meh. I'm not seeing anything there to justify spending an extra AU$30 (I'm still trying to justify spending AU$90 to begin with).

That "authentic" map looks even less "authentic" than the SH3 map, and is certainly less "authentic" than the AoTD map.

Ginthis · 01-25-10, 06:40 PM

I was holding off my preorder until I found out what the collectors edition was going to be all about. I like a good tin box for my games but other than that, I dont see much of anything to jump up and down about.

Most people already have that map from SH3. The music will already be on the game disc, and it probably wont be too hard to put that on a cd to listen to.
This official guide, I wont be surprised if its also in .pdf form that will be on all the game disks. And even if its not, oh well.

The only thing that peaks my intrest is the "7 unique sub and ship skins". I'm a sucker for good authentic U-boat camo patterns, but that's not quite enough incentive for me to bite.

No sale Ubisoft, I'm off to go preorder the standard copy through SubSim.

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

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, 06:40 PM	#15
Ginthis Swabbie Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 12 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	I was holding off my preorder until I found out what the collectors edition was going to be all about. I like a good tin box for my games but other than that, I dont see much of anything to jump up and down about. Most people already have that map from SH3. The music will already be on the game disc, and it probably wont be too hard to put that on a cd to listen to. This official guide, I wont be surprised if its also in .pdf form that will be on all the game disks. And even if its not, oh well. The only thing that peaks my intrest is the "7 unique sub and ship skins". I'm a sucker for good authentic U-boat camo patterns, but that's not quite enough incentive for me to bite. No sale Ubisoft, I'm off to go preorder the standard copy through SubSim.