[Update: Now with shaky cam video, embedded after the break.]
[Update: Now with shaky cam video, embedded after the break.]
Reader Comments (99)
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:47AM McDuckScrooged said
looks very cool a lot of time must have been spent on that.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:52AM ll features ll said
Hi Joystiq, when is the review embargo lifted? :o
Im sure you've already played it to death by now!
Im sure you've already played it to death by now!
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 11:53AM Vcize said
No video?
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:14PM Controlled Chaos said
You know, you guys could have just used a tripod instead of trying to keep the camera in one hand and unpacking the box with the other...
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 1:29PM chrisgrant said
@Controlled Chaos
What if I don't have an iPhone tripod?
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What if I don't have an iPhone tripod?
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 9:27PM colonel juju said
@chrisgrant
Then get an actual camera... Or get a friend/fellow joystiq staff to hold up your iPhone for you. :/
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Then get an actual camera... Or get a friend/fellow joystiq staff to hold up your iPhone for you. :/
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:16PM zack11190 said
Pretty cool. But I'll just get the regular edition for now and wait a year or two when this will only be $30 on Amazon.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:59PM oJMan240o said
@zack11190
Hate to break it to you... but this thing is never going to be $30 anywhere. Sorry to disappoint you. I doubt the game itself will be less $50 in a year. CoD4 was still nearly full price new until well after World At War came out. This game probably isn't going to have any competition from another entry in the series for at least 2 years, if at all. Who knows if 343's first Halo project will come anywhere near competing with this or not.
With the game not dropping below $30 for a while don't expect this to get anywhere close. On top of that, I'd expect that if the prices on these, whatever is left over online, started dropping down around the $100 mark they would sell like hotcakes.
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Hate to break it to you... but this thing is never going to be $30 anywhere. Sorry to disappoint you. I doubt the game itself will be less $50 in a year. CoD4 was still nearly full price new until well after World At War came out. This game probably isn't going to have any competition from another entry in the series for at least 2 years, if at all. Who knows if 343's first Halo project will come anywhere near competing with this or not.
With the game not dropping below $30 for a while don't expect this to get anywhere close. On top of that, I'd expect that if the prices on these, whatever is left over online, started dropping down around the $100 mark they would sell like hotcakes.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 3:02PM killer rin said
@Duke
Actually its Probably Not going to happen...
The only left over ones are going to be the ones people "abandon" from Preorder/Ebay.
currently we already have stores fighting just to make sure they get the right amount of Pre orders. So unless you live in a Really Small town you may not get one
The only Reason Halo 3 had left overs was because their was a manufacturing error, and they made more than needed
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Actually its Probably Not going to happen...
The only left over ones are going to be the ones people "abandon" from Preorder/Ebay.
currently we already have stores fighting just to make sure they get the right amount of Pre orders. So unless you live in a Really Small town you may not get one
The only Reason Halo 3 had left overs was because their was a manufacturing error, and they made more than needed
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 9:24PM colonel juju said
@zack11190
I'm sorry to break it to all of you, but this won't drop in price all that much before it becomes sold out. Each statue is supposedly hand-painted and individually numbered, so there is a very limited quantity of Legendary editions.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/press/2010/0422-haloreacheditions.htm
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I'm sorry to break it to all of you, but this won't drop in price all that much before it becomes sold out. Each statue is supposedly hand-painted and individually numbered, so there is a very limited quantity of Legendary editions.
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/press/2010/0422-haloreacheditions.htm
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:17PM predator1584 said
at 4:38 in the video, it shows bars with blue lines in them, I believe that is a chromosome mapping... Showing exactly the composition of the individual's dna to chromosome layout. Very cool stuff.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:19PM 51O Andy said
This is lame....I mean you pay $150 and then you get a bunch of useless crap. I mean people that say ''OMFG JEEES you have to be a true fan to have this'' are just using collectors item to help them cope with their loss of their $150.....hahaha
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 1:46PM sticks435 said
@51O Andy
Guess what? Noone cares dude. Anybody that is buying this is probably a pretty big fan, and is interested in the universe outside the games. They read the books, they’re active on the forums, etc. I for one would love to have more detail on the history of the creation of Cortana, the original S2's, the MJOLNIR armor, etc. Besides, with the $70 in gift cards I have, it only costs me the same as the Limited edition.
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Guess what? Noone cares dude. Anybody that is buying this is probably a pretty big fan, and is interested in the universe outside the games. They read the books, they’re active on the forums, etc. I for one would love to have more detail on the history of the creation of Cortana, the original S2's, the MJOLNIR armor, etc. Besides, with the $70 in gift cards I have, it only costs me the same as the Limited edition.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 2:34PM Duke said
@51O Andy
Your post makes no sense to me. Everything game related is useless crap to someone else that isn't into games. Just like the add ons are useless crap to you. Special edition books are useless crap to some other guy, and old VW's are useless crap to the guy living next door to a collector. What I am getting at is that you're being hypercritical without taking into consideration other people have different interests than you.
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Your post makes no sense to me. Everything game related is useless crap to someone else that isn't into games. Just like the add ons are useless crap to you. Special edition books are useless crap to some other guy, and old VW's are useless crap to the guy living next door to a collector. What I am getting at is that you're being hypercritical without taking into consideration other people have different interests than you.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:25PM Shimmy said
Thanks Chris, Great video...
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:30PM Emokitteh said
Holding the cameraphone with 2 hands would be better, but I think Chris Grant should direct the next installment of the Bourne franchise.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:44PM Cafecito said
That's a cool limited edition and all but... all I wanna know is if the game's any good. Halo 3 and ODST were megahyped and stuff, and I found them to be MEH at best.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 12:58PM bluem00se said
Awesome. Can't wait for my Legendary edition to arrive on Tuesday!
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 1:01PM Ryuk said
On the bright side, the limited edition, without the statue, looks outstanding because of Dr. Halseys book and all the stuff that comes in it. Definitely worth the extra $20 for me
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 1:11PM Fraul Pench said
Silly age verification for an unboxing video.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 2:19PM Mazrael said
My Legendary is all paid for.. now it needs to turn up.. looks a lot of messing to able to play Firefight with matchmaking
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 2:38PM eimajtl said
If I had the money and there were so many other games coming out this fall that I want, I'd get the Legendary edition.... there's a lot of nifty looking things to go through. I like CEs that actually have more than just a download or soundtrack with them.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 2:41PM AntiClockClock said
Why do you have to be 18+ to watch an unboxing video?
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 2:53PM noyesa said
Well... that's not going to fit in my DVD rack.
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 4:38PM FZero said
umm. why do i have to be 17+ to watch you opening a box
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 8:01PM blah604 said
sweet they're giving it away!
Posted: Sep 10th 2010 9:16PM colonel juju said
Bungie put a lot of love into that Legendary/Limited Edition and it shows. The level of quality/authenticity on the statue and Dr. Halsey's journal are off the charts. Good job, Bungie.
Posted: Sep 11th 2010 1:39AM Elite49 said
this guy is both gay and cant be sarcastic to save his life...
Posted: Sep 12th 2010 6:20AM trumpet2tenor said
Oh my god, I'm very tempted to actually buy him a tripod myself...
Posted: Sep 12th 2010 8:52PM Jerri Cop said
I don't want spoilers :)
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 4:05PM deetoo said
My hovercraft is full of eels!!!!
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 4:14PM KatarnANT said
oxygen in a suitcase the way Fry did before going into space in Futurama.
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 4:43PM ridekorn said
More Firefight!!!
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 5:47PM Manlypanda said
They should of given people a life size spartan. Like the Real Life Big Daddy, except not as killer.
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 5:49PM Manlypanda said
Also I would bring a BFG and a Unicorn I could use to ride of into space and become a space pirate.
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 6:12PM Spargo said
My 360 and all the Halo Games!!!!
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 6:20PM jonater said
rations and plenty of ammo.
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 7:03PM dmp1000 said
My dog, spot.
Posted: Sep 14th 2010 10:03PM Barishi said
My girl...god knows I won't find another one...
Posted: Sep 15th 2010 8:56AM Thoth11 said
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird...it's a plane, no it's...another Halo! Flee!
LOL.
Man I spend too much time playing Halo games...
LOL.
Man I spend too much time playing Halo games...
Posted: Sep 15th 2010 10:29AM Marshy said
would have to be porn. i mean underwear...ah now i am conflicted!
