All you get is a bunch of bits of paper I mean the book is good . But I would have liked a DVD on how they made the game etc like they did with halo 3 

The mailbag didn't tip you off? 

" The mailbag didn't tip you off?  "

I find myself constantly disappointed with collectors/limited editions, but I keep buying them. I never learn.

I need to see that Halo 3 dvd.  Off to the internets. 

" I need to see that Halo 3 dvd.  Off to the internets.  "

I only bought one collector's edition, and that was for Bioshock. Was it worth it? The big daddy I got with the game thinks so. But yea, never again.

oh gez.... 
 
 
Read the fucking description before you buy something.

" @MAN_FLANNEL said:

" I need to see that Halo 3 dvd.  Off to the internets.  "

Halo 2 DVD is better. Spend your time with that instead. "

The papers and stuff seem like they would have been really cool if it were just $70 or $80.  (not first hand experience, judging from unboxing vids)

" The papers and stuff seem like they would have been really cool if it were just $70 or $80.  (not first hand experience, judging from unboxing vids) "

*buying something before knowing what's inside it*-

" @Fjordson:  Oh I was thinking of the Legendary Edition.  The Limited doesn't have all the non-statuette content of the Legendary, correct? "

I'm a sucker for limited editions, so I tend to buy them without even considering what's inside them but I was disheartened to hear that the commentary track was only going to be with the Legendary Edition, though it was last time which puts more shame down to the fact I just couldn't afford that version this time round.

" @Fjordson:  Does the Limited include the developer commentary? "

Always check what you're buying before you buy it. Personally I'm pretty stoked about getting the limited edition because I really want to see the documentation that comes with it.

Blindly spending $150 on a collectors edition is even more irresponsible...

The legendary edition has a commentary disk: http://tinyurl.com/reachcommentary

Impulse buying gogo!

I got the collectors edition of the first assassins creed but that was a present. I would have been pissed off if i'd had to pay for it.

" The legendary edition has a commentary disk: http://tinyurl.com/reachcommentary "

The only collector's edition that I'm buying this year is the LittleBIGPlanet 2 one. It comes with a bunch of cool costumes and an adorable little sackboy plushie. Plushies FTW! Oh, also the Black Ops CE has the cool car thingy. Seems like a decent CE item. The Fallout New Vegas CE stuff is garbage. A deck of cards? Really?!

I still have the lunchbox and bobblehead from the F3 CE. I actually used the lunchbox.
 
I was tempted by the Limited Edition with Halsey's journal, but not for an extra twenty bucks.
 
I'll see if it's on Craigslist though.

I thought it was great, the patch alone is worth like 5 bucks to me, it was a great collection of items. I like the black case over the green ones too.

Yeah, that tends to be the case with limited editions. I've learned to avoid them all.

I thought the Limited Edition was sweet.  The journal alone blew me away, it's really high quality.  I was expecting some cheap paper journal and got this awesome bound hardcover journal that looks incredible. I'm glad I spent the extra $20 for that awesome journal alone.  The unlocks kinda sucked, but whatever that journal is awesome. 

I really really wanted the book D:

" I thought the Limited Edition was sweet.  The journal alone blew me away, it's really high quality.  I was expecting some cheap paper journal and got this awesome bound hardcover journal that looks incredible. I'm glad I spent the extra $20 for that awesome journal alone.  The unlocks kinda sucked, but whatever that journal is awesome.  "

" All you get is a bunch of bits of paper I mean the book is good . But I would have liked a DVD on how they made the game etc like they did with halo 3  "

Fuck limited editions. It seems every game has them these days and if you're a sucker like me you buy them just for the sake of having the definitive edition.

I bought the Limited Edition at Best Buy, got the $20 gift card so no harm done. Used the card to buy some MS points.

I just ended up going with the regular. Every limited edition I buy I end up thinking it's cool for a few hours then just go on playing the game.  I'd rather have the 20 bucks.  

I'm pretty sure my partner got me a new Xbox S with the Legendary Edition of Reach. I am so excited to see that statue.

I still use my Fallout 3 lunchbox, so I guess it wasn't a total waste of money. However, I lost my Tricell messenger bag somewhere, and I played Call of Duty Classic for all of two hours, and both of those trump the previous as examples of why I will (probably) never buy a special edition of any game ever again.

Maybe you should have bought yourself a pair of glasses instead. Zing!

" The only collector's edition that I'm buying this year is the LittleBIGPlanet 2 one. It comes with a bunch of cool costumes and an adorable little sackboy plushie. Plushies FTW! Oh, also the Black Ops CE has the cool car thingy. Seems like a decent CE item. The Fallout New Vegas CE stuff is garbage. A deck of cards? Really?! "