Is the Limited Edition worth buying?

[Howling Chip]

Is it worth buying for the extra's? I wouldn't.

I pre-ordered and pre-paid, get this, because I want a CIV IV.
I know they make extra bucks on it, and that's OK by me. If I did not have the money to "donate", I would not have bought the LE.

Second consideration, CIV III is a special event for me (and a lot of you), and the biscuit box will make the event more special.

OK, this is one of those times when I am worried about being so honest with you all.

[Imran Siddiqui]

BTW what exactly are the designer notes?

I don't have Gettysburg! on me at this moment, but I seem to recall a nice sized booklet filled with how they got to this point. What they used as inspiration, all that happened while making it, etc.

[Sabre2th]

Is the Limited Edition worth buying?

Of course! Where else will I put my biscuits?

[Skanky Burns]

Some people are buying the LE for the tech-tree.
Others are buying it for the scenarios in it (?!?)
Im getting it for the Tin

For me, having a Civ 3 tin will be kewl, and ill have a ready supply of food right next to me, for playing Civ 3 non-stop

[Lawrence of Arabia]

[Bkeela]

It would only be worth buying if you planned to keep it un-opened and in pristine condition with the hope of selling it 20 years later on E-Bay or some equivalent for an excellent profit.

Bkeela.

[JamesJKirk]

Originally posted by Bkeela
It would only be worth buying if you planned to keep it un-opened and in pristine condition with the hope of selling it 20 years later on E-Bay or some equivalent for an excellent profit.

Bkeela.

Except how many people will consider such outdated technology as compact discs as anything more than obsolete in 20 years?
Do you think a disc copy of Empire (very old game, 1978, I think, which Civ largely draws from) would be worth anything?
Also, if something's hyped up to be a collecters item, and sold to many people, then it can't be, look at Original Star Wars merchandise compared to Episode I merchandise.

However, I would like to take a gander at the designer's notes, that was the best part of the CivI manual.

[Kautilya]

Well I don't think people will buy it to play the game but as an antique item. If the game becomes a real classic you might have popular-culture museums demanding it for instance. I don't think it will be worth much in 20 years but in 50 years when most copies will be lost or damaged , a Civ 3 tin box with all the goodies in pristine condition might be worth something. It's still probably a long shot even then.

BTW could you describe the designer notes in Civ1. How is it different from the "making of Civ" material?

[Inverse Icarus]

not unless it comes with multiplayer

[The Templar]

Originally posted by Sabre2th
Of course! Where else will I put my biscuits?

Oh, the response to that is too obvious . . .
And what the hell is it with 'biscuits' around here? I imagine a pack of fatties hanging around the computer.

For me, having a Civ 3 tin will be kewl, and ill have a ready supply of food right next to me, for playing Civ 3 non-stop

The word is spelt 'cool', not 'kewl', Burns. Jesus Christ, now I know how Pembleton feels about proper paragraphs. Spelling cool 'kewl' doesn't make you cool. It makes you either illiterate or a dork, I can't grok which.

As for the limited edition, f*ck the tin, f*ck the fold out tech tree, and f*ck the marketing a$$h0les who came up with the idea. Even Activision didn't manage to f*ck up putting a decent tech tree in the box with CTP.

[Roland Ehnström]

Having a bad-hair-day, eh Templar?
-- Roland

[Hophead]

I originally pre-ordered the regular version. The tech tree sounds cool, but I looked at the SMAC map or whatever it was once, suspect I will look at the tech tree as often. The videos don't interest me at all, but the tin looks real nice.

That said, the more I thought about, the more I thought I would regret not getting the LE. After all, I have only been pining for this for what, a year or so. So I cancelled my original order and pre-ordered LE.

Just wish ordering the LE got me the game sooner. I also hope there might be a surprise or two with it (scenarios, more civs!)

[Deathray]

Well, original box set of some old classics from only 10 years ago sell for about £20 on ebay, but mainly I'm going to get this because, as some people have pointed out before, buying Civ 3 is something of a special event (sounds sad doesn't it), and the Limited Edition just adds to it. I think they should be giving us a little more in it, like a free copy of SMAC or something, but there you go.

[albiedamned]

A printed tech tree was important in the previous Civs (and especially SMAC, where you had no idea what those techs were!). But Civ3 will allow you to view the tech tree on screen for the first time. So I don't think the printed tech tree is very important anymore.

As for me, I'll buy the regular edition on Tuesday. Unless of course it is sold out by the time I get to the store, in which case I'll buy the LE. Whatever I can get my hands on first.

[Akillias]

there is extra scenarios in the LE??