Gaming goodies
My copy of the Guild Wars: Nightfall Collector’s Edition arrived last night - yes, last night, at around 9 PM, to be precise. A strange time of day for a delivery, no? Anyway, I naturally cracked it open immediately, to behold the array of goodies on offer:
The contents are as follows:
- Poster
- Map
- Cardboard character standee
- Manual and activation key, plus bonus activation keys for bonus music, invite a friend, and trials of the first two Guild Wars campaigns
- The Art of Guild Wars: Nightfall book
- Game DVD
- Soundtrack CD
- “Making of” DVD
- Two skill pin badges
As someone who remembers the good old days before PC games started coming in DVD cases rather than full-size cardboard boxes, it’s nice to see a package that actually contains enough material for you to feel like you’ve actually got your money’s worth. All too often, these days, all you get is a CD and a 5-page manual telling you how to install the thing. I’ve watched the documentary on the making-of DVD, which runs for about an hour and is pretty interesting, and will enjoy flicking through the art book while listening to the game’s score (which, if it’s anything like that of the previous two installments in the series, should be excellent).
I’ve not had much of a chance to play the game itself yet (it only arrived last night, after all), but I’ve already created a new character, a Dervlish named Dawn Starshine, and have built her up to Level 4. This looks like it could be the most interesting campaign yet, with the North Africa-inspired landscape coming as a breath of fresh air given the fairly generic medieval and Oriental settings of Guild Wars and Guild Wars: Factions respectively.
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