I guess I'm now just feeling pragmatic about what we got and what we didn't. Though the overall package was pretty shoddy and rubbish, there were a few nice things in it like the metal case and particularly the tarot cards, which I've seen quite a few times changing hands on Ebay for (much) more than the cost of the entire collectors' edition: I guess that made me feel better about it, and I regard the rest as just packaging. Pity it didn't live up to the concept, but I guess there's no point wasting my time being annoyed about it. I guess I'll learn and move on: I've had enough duff collectors' editions now to know that they usually disappoint, but there's often something in there that's worthwhile (which actually makes the DA:I CE a better deal for me than some stuff that was less shoddy but more "meh").
The matter of DLC not being available in the UK in spite of being advertised as such is pretty naughty and that's ultimately Gamestop's responsibility since they advertised it as such. Again, I'm not going to waste time getting upset and annoyed any more than I have done already since the DLC was all pretty trivial stuff (being a modder myself, it's the sort of random "do it to fill in an hour at the end of the day" sort of filler that a bored employee might come up with) so I guess it's time to move on.
Overall I've been happy with the game and really loved the cards, so all's well that ends well. For me, that is: none of the companies involved have come out of it looking good, in fact Gamestop, Triforce and (as usual) EA have made themselves look like a bunch of arseholes and deserve to be treated as such. And will be, to a greater or lesser extent.
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