I'm not really sure what's more annoying - offering pre-order customers
an entire game mode that can't be accessed at launch by casual purchasers or giving them extra weapons and items with a potentially unfair advantage.
The later is the case for EA's Battlefield: Bad Company 2, the hotly anticipated FPS from veteran shooter studio DICE.
The Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition delivers six special customizations early to give players a day one advantage in multiplayer matches. Four vehicle warfare unlocks will immediately enhance the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 best-in-class online vehicle warfare experience, delivering extra firepower, radar, and armor for the vehicles. Additionally, the tracer dart attaches to any enemy vehicle and allows RPG-toting teammates to track, lock on, and destroy their adversary.
Perhaps it's not a huge deal as players that don't pre-order will presumably still be able to acquire them the old-fashioned way - by putting in the game-time to earn the goods.
Watch this new trailer for a demo of some of these unlocks.
Posted 05:26pm 30/10/09
Unless these unlocks are relatively easy to get, I think it's a pretty disgusting thing to do(although a great marketing method).
Posted 05:53pm 30/10/09
Posted 07:06pm 30/10/09
THis should be a marketing method used only in lame MMOs.
Posted 09:08pm 30/10/09
Pointless really, it's a battlefield game, by the time most have got the unlocks legit, the game will be overrun with hackers.
Posted 09:33am 01/11/09
Posted 09:57pm 01/11/09
From what i've read its not that you pay extra money for the limited edition and unlocks, its just something you get for pre-ordering. All of the things that you get automatically unlocked with the pre-order limited edition can be achieved through normal play.
NFI if thats true or not, haven't bothered confirming it.
last edited by slyin at 21:57:18 01/Nov/09