Killzone 3 Gold, Multiplayer Preorder Bonuses Detailed

Amazon offered a 20 dollar gift card to pre order, that is the pre order bonus that matters to me.

If you preorder off amazon right now you can get a 20 dollar gift card! I picked it up off amazon.. its a shame I probably wont be able to play much until the weekend though.. I have school and/or work up from around 8AM till 8pm every day and with school work crammed into there as well.. ehH!!! I wanna play!!! D: 

Only pre-ordering from Gamestop for the maps, probably not going to use the 24hr code.

The Retro Map pack as a preorder bonus is the worst thing of all.  Are Rico and Sev still in it?  They are?  Ok, then fuck you.  I'm gonna play something else.

I'm getting this on day one just to get away from Black Ops. I would use Bad Company 2 for this but since I ALWAYS seem to be a rank one when I play it I play it rarely. But this multiplayer looks pretty sick.

Does anyone know if Amazon.co.uk is offering the same pre-order bonus. I really only care about the maps though.

I didn't like KZ for psp , Hated KZ2 . I will pass on this one and brainwash anyone who's interested in it >8)

 
Keep failing at KZ-MP?: Shoot from a staircase just below a main area (so you can peep over the top and shoot but they can't return fire and pinpoint your location in time) - best done in a killing field where a number of corridors open into a single avenue.  
 
Also KZ maps have more verticality than most FPSs (so avoid the lower corridors which just turn into abbatoirs if you have skilled players above) or beware of crossing the open spaces of the sniper-happy larger maps (especially with the tiny clip sizes and the incredibly slow speed that you move).
 
Time-limited MP bonuses are the worse kind - you're going to rubbish for the first few hours anyway. Much prefer a soundtrack to download or character costume.

I can 't believe Amazon doesn't have release-date shipping for this game!!! Looks like it's Best Buy for me...

These preorder bonuses are getting stupid.  I bet that these companies even bid for the the best preorder bonuses so they get the most sales.  Pathetic.

i want.

I really liked the first Killzone even if its shooting controls were a little different than most games.  Hopefully Sony won't fuck the dog when it comes to marketing this one.  I remember showing my brother Killzone 2 and he asked me when it came out and when I told him "like a year and a half ago" he didn't believe me.

This doesn't add anything to the single player experience, so I'll probably pass.

Holy shit.  Do Jeff, Brad, Ryan or Vinny even write for this site anymore?

Say no to pre-order bonuses.  This madness has to stop.  Only game I pre-ordered in 2010 was DCUO so I could get in the Beta (and cancel my pre-order if the game sucked ;) ).

is it just me or has holiday sales with every retailer made full priced games kind of not ok anymore :/

I'll probably get a copy, but just the "standard version" and i'll just get it at my local gamestore. These retailer specific bonuses are just stupid and i wish marketing folks would stop doing them!

Am I the only one who is tired of timed releases, pre-order bonus, etc. I guess sometimes it pay off but for the most part it seems kinda silly.

I say good on them for not gating content with preorders. I guess I can understand the complaint, but really, this won't make an appreciable difference after a week or two. The people who are hardcore and really like it will catch up in no time. The people who get discouraged by higher leveled players probably would have done so anyway, because they likely weren't playing on day one.

fuck this shit

Preorder exclusively bonus suck monkey balls. And Sony with Killzone have gone even further, the made it like RPG, where you need to choose (in real life) witch pack to get, to get right bonus for first 24h. 

First day.

yes, i will be playing it on release day. 

I'm against preorder bonus crap like everyone else.  Like costumes and such that you use to be able to play through a game and unlock to use but now you must preorder to get these sort of things.  Map packs as well are lame.
 
However, Amazon has some good ones lately.  Preordered Little Big Planet 2 and get 20 bucks of credit.  They also have 10 dollars to your next video game purchase if you preorder MvC3.  I'm not against those types of preorders at all especially with all these games coming out that I do want.

The pre-orders bonuses for this are awful. You can get both amazon bonuses from slurpee cup codes.

ill probably just get this game on the release date.  lots of the pre-order stuff isnt appealing to me...   to be honest even if the pre-order edition just has a different cover than the rest, i would definately pre-order it

crap i need to start working on beating part 2 
not a big fan of Pre order stuff but this isnt as bad as what MK is doing. Ed boon you break my heart :( 

Well, it is only for the first 24 hours, and the skill points from Amazon likely net the same advantage. Probably the servers are bad anyway on day one. The maps are the only real incentive.

Im hype like Giga Puddi

Early unlocks and speedier rank ups? GROSS.

That guy in the trailer looks cold. He isn't even wearing a jacket.

Well I already have a Pre-Order with Amazon.co.uk, so it looks like I'm getting the Map Pack and the Unlock Points. Seems pretty cool :D

Already preordered from EB Games a while back, can't wait to play this.

SO WHY THE FUCK DOES AMAZON NOT HAVE FREE RELEASE-DAY SHIPPING FOR PREORDERING? I MEAN CMON, SONY, YOU ARE LOSING SALES, HERE!!!!!!11111!

I dunno, I still just don't get it.

Man these preorder bonuses are a tad ridiculous. I suppose at least it's not a great deal either way. Not sure I'll be getting this until at least a few months later, it comes out the same day as Bulletstorm and I'm way more excited for that - I don't need another serious online shooter really, and I have no investment in the Killzone story so far. That said, the game looks gorgeous, so I may have to play it at some time.

" Wannabe Halo "

" @BulletproofMonk said:

" At least they're not locking anything important behind the preorder bonuses.  Also, I'm fucking excited for KZ3! "

Yup. Basically, they went with a lesser evil. Still kinda bites, but hey. Looks like Gamestop's bonus kinda sucks. Yeah you'll be better than everyone else for those 24 hours, but everyone else will be ahead of you as soon as that time is up. Plus it ALWAYS sucks to see all the cool stuff, experience it, and then have it suddenly taken away. "

Use of the word retro on two year old maps seems misplaced to me.

I preorderd it from Amazon, but I really wish it came with the dynamic theme. :(

Want. I still need to finish Resistance 2 and KZ2. Damn...

" if the controls are better than the first one i might pick this up. "

At least it doesn't lock you out of any content, which is fine by me. Seeing though as many people doesn't make it past their first 24 hours of multiplayer, these are pretty rotten..

I will deliberately refuse to preorder. I will still buy the game. I will not preorder. Is it a pointlessly stupid act of protest that will change nothing? YES!

Wait, you mean they aren't going to pull the same fucking bullshit those assholes at Bioware are pulling with Dragon Age II? You know, where the best bonus is based on a pre-order... and that pre-order has to be made by January 11th... several months before the game is released . . . when nobody is even thinking about getting around to pre-ordering?

Retailer exclusive bs that actually has an effect on the game you play with others needs to goddamn stop.

if the controls are better than the first one i might pick this up.