Anticipated Lara Croft: and the Temple of Osiris GOLD Edition

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by Zoklar

Square Enix has just put up the pre-order for the physical items in the Gold Edition. No game.

http://store.na.square-enix.com/DRHM...0#.U-o-BmK9KSP

Yeah, currently it seems like a better deal to buy the game & then season pass on Amazon for $20 followed by the goods on SE for $20 rather than pay $44.99 through SE - only issue is you're still paying SE shipping fees too unfortunately.

[KnightOfTruth]

Well, that's weird. Looks like the listing on Amazon (which still doesn't have any pictures) is $19.99 but does NOT include the game at all. Also, it says its for the following platforms: Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation2, Xbox, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

This is the weirdest "CE" or game launch I've ever seen...

Amazon Listing

[etkeller]

Seems like a trend in CEs. Sell the game and package "toys" separately. And make a lot of money. Not true CEs IMO.

[CollectorFanatic]

The wolfenstein panzerhund edition didnt come with the game and it is by far one of my favorite CEs of the year.

[KnightOfTruth]

To anyone who is planning on getting this game on Steam, they're running a contest in conjunction with TF2 with a TON of rewards including EVERY SquareEnix GAME if you win!

Check it out here: TeamFortress 2

[KnightOfTruth]

Wow! Little write-up and highlight on the world's biggest Tomb Raider fan! Jealous that he got one of those notebooks, would love to get one!

Source: Largest Tomb Raider Collection

Congratulations to Tomb Raider mega-fan Rodrigo Martín Santos, who has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records for having the largest collection of Tomb Raider Memorabilia in the world.

Rodrigo’s collection will make any Croft collector green with envy, boasting over 2,400 unique items from the assortment of video games, comics, and movies starring Lara. His collection is so large it’s split between his family home and his flat in Madrid. He’s even opened a website dedicated to collecting.

"I became a fan of Tomb Raider in 1996 when I was a child, at 9 years old, when I discovered the first images of Lara Croft in a Spanish magazine," says Rodrigo. "I will never forget it. It came with a few sketches by the British video game artist Toby Gard, the creator of Lara Croft. I have spent 18 years collecting memorabilia from the Tomb Raider saga. I started buying items of Lara Croft because I liked them, not for collecting them, but there comes a day when you have so many that you have become a collector."

Rorigo’s favorite items include a sketch from Toby Gard, his life-sized Lara statues, and the original promotional costume worn by Rhona Mitra, the model for Tomb Raider II.

As a surprise, we’re adding two more items to Rodrigo’s Tomb Raider collection - a Sister of Artemis notebook made for internal studio staff only, and original storyboard sketches from Tomb Raider: Anniversary, showing Lara meeting Natla for the first time.

Congratulations Rodri! You can check out other gaming related records here.

[KnightOfTruth]

Also, SquareEnix recently revealed the cover of this CE:

[KnightOfTruth]

So got my CE "extras" in yesterday. Haven't taken a picture of them yet, but my feelings are mixed on them.

At first, I was really pleased with the little Lara figure, it was hefty for its size and looked pretty cool, but upon further inspection I realized there were a bunch of paint problems - random splotches and significant fading/smudging/etc. on the back of her neck.

I haven't unrolled the map, but it looked like and felt like what I expected.

My professional and detailed review of the included artbook is, "meh". It had 3 categories: heroes, enemies, environments but there wasn't really any stunning art anywhere in the book. Plus it was rather small.

Overall, if you're a fan, probably worth the $20 -- but since us Xbox1 owners got gypped with no disc (GS said that PS4 owners get a disc, so I'm just going based on that), and apparently pre-ordering just the CE-kit doesn't qualify you for your "pre-order costume content", I feel a bit cheated. Anyway, will try and update this mini-review with some pics later.

Any one else get this? Thoughts?