I know what you mean about generic looking SteelBooks... Honestly the average thought going into them has gone downhill dramatically. They used to ALWAYS have embossed covers and variations in the finish so that some areas were shiny and other areas were matte. coupled with nice artwork on the inside. Now most of them are just standard editions with the art painted on aluminum instead of paper. I also agree that a nice Digi Pack is every bit as good as a SteelBook (and in some cases the digi-packs are actually much nicer)
I just feel like a CE is cheap when the Disc is in a regular old plastic case. I will at least give that F3's LCE used alternative cover art for the case instead of just throwing the standard edition in the box like GT5 did...
however a Digi-Pack or SteelBook in the F3 LCE would have, in my eyes, made it go from a "pretty nice" CE to "one of my favorite CEs of all time"
The barn-door style box with felt lined inlays for the key chain and stick was awesome... but seeing the plastic case in the middle just cheapened the whole thing for me....
Considering the F4 LCE is just like the F2 LCE but with the paper back replaced with a hard cover and the plastic case replaced with a steelbook.. maybe the F5 LCE will be like the F3 LCE with the plastic case replaced
