Will you be buying alternate releases of ED ?

Styggron

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Although the great majority of us here backed ED on Kickstarter and some of us are getting physical boxes etc I was jsut wondering how many of you will be buying alternate releases eg from different countries, with different packaging, different platforms.

I know I for one will try to get the different local releases and platforms and even imported versions if I can. As you can see from my SIG I have many different boxed versions.

I just wanted to ask if there are more of you out there. :)
 

Nagual

Nagual
Personally, no. One copy will be enough for me. Unless I win the lottery, then it's Ship Model Bonanza!
 

Patrick_68000

Patrick_68000
No, if I do not win the lottery. By Kickstarter, I will get the physical box in English. If there is a physical box that will come out in my country, I do not think I will buy it. But of course, on the website of Frontier, I will upload the patch to translate the game in the language of my country. In order to play comfortably.

To have the physical box in English version will already be a collector's item, for me who is not in United Kingdom.
 
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Cmdr Eagleboy

Cmdr Eagleboy
I think I wlll buy one for one of my best friends. I will buy extensions (couldn't afford while KS). Could support FD with limited edition box or something, but it depends on my finances.
 

Bingo Brewster

Bingo Brewster
Cash in the Attic

Those of you who are getting the box set, will you be opening it? Or, keeping it sealed for Cash in the Attic 3000?

Mine is getting ripped open. What if FD put a surprise :eek: in there and you never knew?
 

illu Minti

Deadly, But very fluffy...
illu Minti
Styggron said:
Okaaaaay looks like it will just be me then. :)
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lol as long as i have a game am not bothered what version it is......but if you were talking vinyl, then as a record collector i understand where your coming from.

I would buy the same 7" single or album in varying degrees of rarities and enjoy the art work that goes along with it.

Each to our own i guess, be cool though if you do collect different versions of ED to put a pic up at some point, be interesting to look at :)

@BB i will be chasing the postman to grab my copy and ripping it open in the street!......
 

Styggron

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Bingo Brewster said:
Those of you who are getting the box set, will you be opening it? Or, keeping it sealed for Cash in the Attic 3000?

Mine is getting ripped open. What if FD put a surprise :eek: in there and you never knew?
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Much like other games I have as I always get physical copies. I open the box very carefully with a stanley knife and if I can the wrapping stays on and I slide the box out. Everything stays intact, the T shirt for example will stay sealed, anythying inside that is sealed will stay sealed. Hopefully only the T shirt will be sealed inside the box. :) I will have to buy a separate T shirt of course to wear but that will only get worn sparingly. I love the huge Elite logo design.

If a special version gets released later on in shops etc, I would buy 2. 1 to open 1 to "keep".

I only have 1 version of the original ELITEs still sealed, a French copy of First Encounters.
 

Capt. Hook

Capt. Hook
Styggron said:
Much like other games I have as I always get physical copies. I open the box very carefully with a stanley knife and if I can the wrapping stays on and I slide the box out. Everything stays intact, the T shirt for example will stay sealed, anythying inside that is sealed will stay sealed. Hopefully only the T shirt will be sealed inside the box. :) I will have to buy a separate T shirt of course to wear but that will only get worn sparingly. I love the huge Elite logo design.

If a special version gets released later on in shops etc, I would buy 2. 1 to open 1 to "keep".

I only have 1 version of the original ELITEs still sealed, a French copy of First Encounters.
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Fair play to you sir, thats impressive. I think I still have my original Elite Manual (badly worn) and pin badge from those early days but thats it alas. Might be tempted to buy a different box set in the future to go with the KS version.
 

Styggron

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Bingo Brewster said:
But would the sneaky stanley knife action not lessen the value?

My geek score is quite low :( http://www.youtube.com/user/YouTubeUK/geektest?feature=etp-iq-geu
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It is not designed to resell but to keep as intact as possible. It would still go for more with the external wrapping kept and other odds and ends.

Capt. Hook said:
Fair play to you sir, thats impressive. I think I still have my original Elite Manual (badly worn) and pin badge from those early days but thats it alas. Might be tempted to buy a different box set in the future to go with the KS version.
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It would be good to get 2 KS versions but it depends if the box is even actually sealed. It might not be. :) You can see the different versions I have in my signature. I have only done this for the ELITE series, no other game.

My manuals are all in very good condition and most of my FE2 and FFE are practically perfect if not perfect. The ELITE manuals are also in VERY good to excellent condition.

I don't have a PIN badge, they never came to Australia :-( We did not get Elite till Sept 1985 on the C64.
 

Styggron

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The pledge level with free expansions for life was a VERY VERY good deal.

That said, if there are boxed versions of the expansions available, I'll definitely be buying those even though I do qualify for free expansions. :)

To be honest I find it hard to gauge what the younger fans / those that did not play Elite from the start want these days. Some say they want it all electronic which is fine. Some, like me say they would rather have physical items AND digital (people like me). That being said, and that 90%+ of what I get is all physical bar things like Humble Bundle, GOG etc I would not always go for a "collector" edition. In fact I only have a few that fit that category, most are just the normal standard release. Digital is convenient sure but I would NEVER go for digital only if there is a physical version as well I prefer physical items. I see all kinds of Collector's editions for games out there for modern titles but they are definitely specialist items...or at least they are here in Australia. Most it seems are fine with digital downloads.

I guess it is akin to "I have the physical magazine" vs "I have the digital copy". One would argue the physical one is more "valuable" to collectors eventually etc and there is no "thrill of the chase" trying to get a digital one vs a physical one. It is all a matter of perspective I guess.

That is something I sadly miss from games these days. Not that there is much for me to buy these days, I mainly get humble bundle titles and GOG. Sure I can buy separate strategy guides but I miss BIG manuals, maps and other things in there. Look at the kind of great things Infocom used to put in the package, it was an experience in itself. Whilst I know some will just go for the digital copy I look forward to the time I open up that premium box. I'll probably film myself doing it too and take a stack of photos.

At the end of the day it is all about choices and markets. You cater for digital only, you cater for physical and a combination of both and you cater for premium collector's editions etc and everyone is happy. I guess the most important thing is we enjoy the game and if the extras mean something to you, you can get them. :)
 

Calebe

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The one thing I hope they do is make all updates not only self install but make it so you can download them as an executable file so you can archive them at home onto a DvD or another drive. So if the drive with ED crashes you can replace the drive and no huge download needed, install the game and all patches and your back into the game.

So I purchased the version with the premium boxed set with that in mind, and should the drive crash, load the game off disk, and the patches from my saved files and be back into the game faster then a huge download. So I ill open mine, saving it to 'sell' later maybe profitable, I will open it to enjoy and use. I didn't buy the game to lock part of it away. I want the full experience and that includes the A3 star map, to pour over and see where I want to head next.

Calebe
 

Aewarin Jameson

Aewarin Jameson
Calebe said:
The one thing I hope they do is make all updates not only self install but make it so you can download them as an executable file so you can archive them at home onto a DvD or another drive. So if the drive with ED crashes you can replace the drive and no huge download needed, install the game and all patches and your back into the game.
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An alternative - You can also create a system image.
 

Mobius

Mobius
Ill be getting the Premium Box only to begin with but if Elite was to be released on the PS4 then I would get that version also.
 

Susimetsa

Susimetsa
The will be no separate Finnish edition of E4. Pretty much the only game I've ever seen translated into Finnish is some version of Sims.

As such, the Frontier release is the one I'll be getting and using.

I would find it disturbing to use a Finnish language version in any case. Even though there are Finnish versions of Windows and Ubuntu etc. these days, I always pick up the UK English versions. English is the language I learned to use computers with and it is the only one that feels natural in that context.
 

Styggron

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Calebe said:
The one thing I hope they do is make all updates not only self install but make it so you can download them as an executable file so you can archive them at home onto a DvD or another drive. So if the drive with ED crashes you can replace the drive and no huge download needed, install the game and all patches and your back into the game.

So I purchased the version with the premium boxed set with that in mind, and should the drive crash, load the game off disk, and the patches from my saved files and be back into the game faster then a huge download. So I ill open mine, saving it to 'sell' later maybe profitable, I will open it to enjoy and use. I didn't buy the game to lock part of it away. I want the full experience and that includes the A3 star map, to pour over and see where I want to head next.

Calebe
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Exactly. I'll be archiving all the patches / updates etc and of course my save games. I won't do a system image as I am using a laptop and it has a limited life anyway so backing up individual files is best for me. I am SP offline so updates and patches are not too important for me unless there is a big expansion. I know it fixes little nigglies here and there but I don't want it to be a Sims 3 case where there are patches every 2 minutes so unless it is really giant problem, I'm sticking with the base release.

If it comes out on other platforms even if I don't have those platforms I'll be buying the release.
 
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