Pre-Order Bonuses By Retailers (North America)
Here's a list of the in-game pre-order bonuses by retailer for Black Flag. (aka - the first DLC for Season Pass buyers like last year):
GameStop has the ‘Black Island’ pack, which includes the deadly black ship, a Captain Morgan costume and his silver flintlock pistol.
Amazon.com will offer the ‘Hidden Mystery’ pack, an extra treasure-hunting mission on Mystery Island, Stede Bonnet’s ship and Stede Bonnet costumes and multiplayer items.
Walmart gets the ‘Sacrificed Secrets’ pack, a collection centered around Captain Drake that includes his dual-wield swords and pistols, plus his picture, title and relics.
Best Buy has the ‘Lost Treasures’ pack, an ivory wheel and spyglass relic.
Target gets the ‘Trove of Mystery’ pack, which includes an iron wheel and astrolabe relic.
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By perk:
Missions: all of them
New Ship: GameStop, Amazon
Costume: GameStop, Amazon
Weapons: GameStop, Walmart (x2)
Multiplayer Items: Amazon
Ship Upgrades: Best Buy, Target
Relics: Walmart, Best Buy, Target
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IF I preorder this year, it might be through Walmart.
Best Buy and Target seem ultra lame, as they don't revolve around a character or give you in game perks at all.
Multiplayer hasn't done if for me yet, so Amazon is out.
So it comes down to Walmart (more weapons) or GameStop (bonus ship).
I like the idea of Captain Drake's bonus weapons more.
But as we learned from AC3: 1 - character weapons aren't always the best weapons, 2 - these bonuses will simply be all together on a DLC.
That means, to me, that the best reason to pre-order is to guarantee yourself a copy of the game on opening day.
“Force has no place where there is need of skill." Herodotus
I'm not going to rush this one. I'll wait to play it and probably get any DLC that looks like I'd want to have it.
No pre-orders for me. I'm going to download the game digitally on my next gen system, buy the season pass, and just play. If the DLC comes with some of the pre-order stuff, fine. If not, it probably wasn't that great anyways.
Con to pre-ordering at WalMart: You need to set foot in WalMart to pick your copy up.
Con to pre-ordering at WalMart: You need to set foot in WalMart to pick your copy up.
This is true... and my last game experience at Walmart...
picked up this:
opened it up at home to find this inside instead:
I mean... the helmet's similar, so it's the same game, right?
“Force has no place where there is need of skill." Herodotus
TheMethodicalAssassin wrote:
Con to pre-ordering at WalMart: You need to set foot in WalMart to pick your copy up.This is true... and my last game experience at Walmart...
picked up this:
opened it up at home to find this inside instead:
I mean... the helmet's similar, so it's the same game, right?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I'm not even joking... a 2005 CPU game in place of Skyrim... someone wasn't checking the returns very well that day.
Took back and exchanged it hassle free at least.
“Force has no place where there is need of skill." Herodotus
Oh shit. Just found out you can pre-order Wal*Mart online and have it delivered to your house on release date. No need to actually go to Wal*Mart. Done.
“Force has no place where there is need of skill." Herodotus