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[GargamelX]

pay the same for digital vs a box with manual disk and such? I'll take the extras thanks. Digital distribution is great, but not at the SAME price and not with some of the issues I've had getting my digital copies moved to a new PC. No thanks.

[Tsargaris]

I think most of us like to have the box at home, most of all if there is close to none price difference between both presentations.

[Remmirath]

Box, definitely. I just wish all the physical stores that carried computer games around here hadn't died. I much prefer buying things in person, and digital would be my last choice.

[Jordy_Laforge]

I'm getting the box CE. I guess I just like "stuff". The map sounds like a cool trinket to have.

[Sledge454]

Box CE. Since they're offering goodies with the box, I get the box. Otherwise I'd just get a download.

[Malanek]

Box. Seems like a pretty big game and I don't want to have to pull so many bits down the pipe. Also, although I do like steam, I'm slightly suspicious how seamlessly it will work with downloading all the additional conent from other sources.

[Kilsot]

Servant of Nature wrote...

Box, so I might hug it and pet it and name it George.

This. My UO cloth map also needs a companion...

P.S. You can always stick the executable into the steam list if you want the overlay.

Modifié par Kilsot, 22 octobre 2009 - 02:40 .

[Halfcab]

I like boxes.

[Enderion De'Veryn]

To OP:

If you can find the Collector's Edition still for sale, I would get the Tin Box.  It comes with the manual, a neat cloth map to hand on your wall next to your computer, and a physical disk that you can use on any console/pc that you need.  I've downloaded from D2D before, and while neat and useful, it just doesn't hold the same feeling as having a copy on show.

If you can't find the Collector's Edition for sale, I would definitely get the Steam download version, you can't beat the extras and I've never had a problem from them before.

Whatever you are choosing, you better do it quick-like!

[Shattered Shield]

I, like others, am old fashioned and want the disk on hand....mainly because i dont trust direct downloads

[Macdunne]

As much as i'd love to have a map (I have game maps hanging up everywhere, they're great.) I'll be getting the digital deluxe off of steam, because steam is great.



Now i just need to clear out some room on my harddrive, because i have many, many games on there.

[Marinade Plushie]

Currently, I have the CE physical copy ordered, but am also thinking about doing a digital download, since I don't know if EA ships before release date or on release date.  So I am thinking about getting the original digital download, but still not 100% sure.

[SchaerMann30]

Also getting the box CE. Personal quirk; I hate credit cards, and due to family history and my own personal quirkiness, I only pay cash or check for what I want.

No online shopping for this fellow. Of course, having a bank card with the word "Visa" on it means I probably *could* use it as credit; will be how I'm paying for WC if so.

Ah, well; guess I couldn't exactly end up without having *some* sort of digital footprint for the rest of my life, despite my own tastes in the matter.

[Vita Nuova]

 Box.  I've had my internet connect cut by people with really big scissors before, and I don't want to risk my day-one playing!  Or any other time I want to re-install it.  Or Steam's business model changing.  Or Steam's servers going down.

[statefn8603]

Getting the box CE from EA Store.

[Cuuniyevo]

I could ride my bicycle to Edmonton to pick up the game in less time than it would take me to download it with my internet connection. Box has and always will be my method of choice. Also, nothing any digital download site has to offer beats the feeling of opening a well-made manual and settling back while the drives spin up. ^___________________^



Below this point I ramble a bit and go off-topic. Don't bother reading if you're bored easily or just don't care.



As a kid, the vast majority of the games I played were owned by the whole family, and as such, weren't really my games. The first game that was really mine was Age of Empires. Now THAT was a serious box with serious goodies. I read that fantastic manual (7 3/4" x 9 1/4", with 122 pages of content, 5 pages of index, and 1 page of credits) countless times and referenced the awesome separate fold-out glossy diorama-like display of all the game's units, buildings, civilizations, and abilities even more times. It may not be your favorite RTS of the 90's, but you've gotta admit (if you've ever seen it), those people knew how to package a game.

By contrast, the closest game manual to where I'm sitting (near the tv) is my younger siblings' Wii Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga manual and it's a 4 1/2" x 7 1/2" booklet with 3 pages of standard Nintendo covering their bases, 1 page of index, 16 pages of content, 4 pages of credits, 3 pages of EULA, and 1 empty page.



Obviously, that's not a fair comparison, but those happened to be what I had on hand, and I believe the overall market trend of skimping on manual design is worth grumbling about. There have been quite a few games released over the past few years with good manuals, but very few can honestly be called great, much less fantastic.

[RedShft]

akcorr wrote...

 Just wondering if you all are going to buy a boxed or digital copy of the game?  I was going to go to gamespot but I don't think they are carrying the collector's edition for the PC.

Digital Deluxe edition from steam.

[Hammyofdoom]

Boxed from EA, my college is probably an hour and a half drive from any best buy, game stop, or anything like that

[Aleksandrov]

Box, I'm just old fashioned like that.



Also unstable 'net.

[AnzacTrooper]

box has more monetary value or collectors worth than a download ce box all the way

[FieryDove]

Box, CE...which was promised to have a Bioware Dev in it, living not assured. I'm hoping I'll get Stanley or Chris.

[faiz_reds]

Box because i want to show to others that i have Dragon Age: Origin Collector Edition!!!

[vyvexthorne]

With games I always go with a physical copy if I can... I don't really trust that companies on the internet will always be around.. And what happens if in 40 years I want to show off my "classic" games to the grandchildren.

[Ti'a]

I would have bought the physical copy of the CE (the map and disc), but they were sould out so I ordered the DDE from EA (cheaper and getting it sooner).