Re: Dragon Age Inquisition Inquisitors Complete Edition
Hi everyone, I can clarify / confirm some of this stuff up as I have personally seen and opened the Dragon Age Inqusitors Edition myself (2 of them actually.)
First, it does NOT come with the game, well technically anyways. When you buy it you are buying the CE with all it's contents but the game is added at the time of checkout separately. There is no specific branding (Xbox ONE, PS4 etc.) much like the Wolfenstein CE.
Second, the Inqusitors edition does come with the Deluxe Edition (again, packaged separately) of your version of choice.
Third and most importantly this CE is the MOST expensive piece of crap I have seen, and paid for in a long time. I'll give you the rundown, with my comments in Bolded Italics:
Highly detailed exclusive Inquisitor Collector's Edition case produced by TriForce measures approximately 3.5" x 7.5" x 11.5"
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The case is individually wrapped in faux reptile skin, has the mark of the Inquisitor stamped on top in gold foil, and the interior is fitted with and imprinted red silk.
The outer box looks fantastic, it really does and aside from the plastic clasp on the front it looks pretty well constructed. The inner "red silk" is just a cheap plastic tray with a red felty coating on it. It reminds me of a textured paint.
Cloth map of Thedas drawn to scale measuring approximately 14" x 17"
When I think of cloth, I think of the kind of material used to make the DA:O map - decent quality with a sharp image on it. This one is more of a silken fabric with a medium end printing. The colours seem to be a little washed and not as bright as they could have been.
72 card Major and Minor Arcana tarot card deck with custom artwork depicting mythology and mysticism from Dragon Age lore.
Well done Tarot card deck with a nice bag that it's in.
Inquisitor full scale six tool lock pick set
This is by far the cheapest and most sup-par item in the CE. Have you ever seen a plastic toothpick? Picture these "tools" as the cheaper version of that: plastic ultra thin sculpted, flat toothpicks.
One set of four full scale map markers each approximately measuring 3.5" x 2.5" x 3"
Inquisitor's Badge
The badge and war table pieces are also made out of cheap plastic, painted light gray. The badge in particular is made up of 2 parts, a bowl like solid plastic base and the “flame eye” part which is made of a more flexible and thin plastic. Oh, and it's about the size of a giant novelty pin - but with no actual pin part making it unusable as a badge.
There have been reports of many of the war table pieces arriving broken and in one of the 2 I opened, the hawk figurine was snapped in half where the legs meet the base.
Please be careful if you decide to buy this edition and visually check your pieces!
Quill and Inkpot
40-page Inquisitor's Journal
The quill and inkpot are nice, actually. They are both craft store quality but they fit the setting well and along with the journal, make for a nice addition to this otherwise cheap CE. As for the journal, it is a standard journal with artist press paper – coloured beige and the faux leather book binding adds a nice touch.
4 Orlesian Coins
The 4 Orlesian coins are cheap hollow plastic, no where near what I had expected. In my mind I thought they would be similar to the ones given with the Elder Scrolls: Oblivion CE, but these ones look like chocolate coins with the chocolate removed and the wrapper put back together in such a fashion as to make them look tangeble.
Limited edition SteelBook case
Lastly comes the Steelbook case. Depending on how your CE arrives, you may think the case is scratched. This is a weathering effect but unfortunately the design looks shoddy. There is no print on the sides of the Steelbook so if you wanted to display it on your shelf with the spine out it just looks generic. I can’t remember now if there was artwork inside, but if so, it certainly didn’t leave an impression on this collector.
Oh and EB games/Gamestop actually oversold these CE's about a month ago. If you still see it listed online and have ordered it recently, then I say good luck to you sir/madam.
Last edited by Lazarusxx; 11-17-2014 at 04:23 AM.
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