The Daily Grind: AoC collectors or regular edition?

by Kyle Horner Apr 18th 2008 at 8:00AM

Filed under: Age of Conan, New titles, The Daily Grind

We've asked if you were a collector or not, but now we're curious about one specific title. Namely, are you going to buy the CE for Age of Conan or will you be settling for the regular edition?

Lets review what you can expect to get for your extra 40 dollars in Age of Conan:

Big, metal embossed game case * 128-page art book
The Conan soundtrack
Leatherette map of Hyboria
Exclusive DVD with bonus material, trailers, interview and "making of" features
Buddy card for five friends
Ring of Asheron which gives you a 2% XP Modifier
Drinking Cape that gives free drinks in all of Hyboria's taverns
Cost: $89.99

The only in-game benefits are the two items, which are both arguably worth owning. The drinking cape will play into the PvP minigame where players can get drunk at bars and brawl with each other. As for the stuff in the box, we're always appreciative of soundtracks (especially so, since AoC has great music) and the exclusive DVD is something we could see popping into the computer at least once -- if only to check it out.

The map, art book and big game case (with embossed glory) all sound neat, but definitely are something that will only see the light of day once or twice in most cases. However, the buddy keys are pretty nice. There are definitely some Age of Conan-cautious friends we can see ourselves tempting with five free trails.

Tags: age-of-conan, aoc, collectors-edition, drinking-cape, eidos, funcom, ring-of-asheron, xp-modifier

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ghen said on 8:17AM 4-18-2008

What, no personal wench?

J. said on 8:47AM 4-18-2008

I'm going for the CE - long time Conan fan, this looks like a keeper

NeuroMan42 said on 8:42AM 4-18-2008

Cool collectors edition, too bad the world of Conan does absolutely nothing for me. Warhammer online is the one I am looking forward too. Until then I stick with WOW, as Tabula Rasa was a recent HUGE disappointment.

Rollins said on 9:03AM 4-18-2008

Collector's Edition for me. The Drinking Cape sold me on it. No, really.

Nalgae said on 12:54PM 4-18-2008

You get the drinking cape for free if you sign up for the AoC newsletter on the official website.

Mark said on 1:07PM 4-18-2008

My experience with in-game items is that they typically are replaced very quickly by better gear.

For example, that 2% xp ring sounds cool, but you'll soon want to replace that item with a far superior item for that ring slot.

Mark said on 2:58PM 4-18-2008

CE.

I'm a sucker for well done maps. And as mentioned, the AoC soundtrack is one of the best I've heard.

GRT said on 3:34PM 4-18-2008

Regular edition, maybe. I've been looking forward to AoC but I'm getting a really bad feeling. NDA still in effect, a 2 week open beta period. It feels like they've got something to hide.

I might wait and see how the launch shakes out.