Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2

[Master]

Hi All

I live in Australia and I pre-ordered my Castlevania 2 - Dracula's Tomb Edition through EB Games well before Christmas last year.

Then about a week ago, I went to look at the link I saved, knowing it was coming up for release (it was pushed back from Feb 28 to Mar 6), but the page did not exist anymore. So I rang them regarding it and they gave me the new release date you read above.

When I arrived at my local EB Games yesterday to pick it up, I was told the prices was.... wait for it, (I hope you're sitting down)... $270.00! Yep, you read that correctly. Now, I couldn't recall the price at the time I pre-ordered it, but I told the person behind the counter that it was around $169.00 and that I wouldn't be getting it for that price.

Anyway, they brought it out for me to look at (same as the pictures on here already) and my first comment was that it was cardboard and I was very disappointed with the presentation of the box. Earlier in this thread, someone mentioned it should of been made out of wood, which is what I said at the shop. Both the Steelbook and artbook are nice, but I wasn't too excited about the figures and packaging.

I left it at the shop and not long after I arrive home I received a phone call from them saying they did some 'research' and that the distributor had increased the price and because I pre-ordered it at the original price (it was in fact $179.00), that I could purchase it for that. I told them I would get back to them with an answer.

Obviously, after seeing the product and not being overly excited about it as a whole, and reading everyone's comments on here, I've decided they can keep it and I will just purchase an ordinary copy.

Yes, the prices are higher in Australia. Unfortunately, that's just the way it is.

All the best,

[Vikingo82]

Mmmm...so all Europeans amazon's decrease the price 10 euros, en d EBGames ingresar it 100 Australian dollars...

Good Job EB!!!!

[kennyrh]

Just curious . . .did anybody actually send their copy back? I know it would be difficult to do after the wonderful cardboard "packaging" was opened but did anybody return theirs on the strength of what they learned here or with the pre-release unboxing.

[CheapAssassin]

Steelbook and Artbook are amazing.

The Tomb Edition Artbook is in English.

The box.. man why did they use card board??! So disappointed with the packaging.

[r3galbum]

So....I can get this for $113. Is that a good deal or should I wait for it to drop?

[Zaku77]

Originally Posted by r3galbum

So....I can get this for $113. Is that a good deal or should I wait for it to drop?

Where at? That's quite a bit cheaper than I've seen it (Still about $137 shipped on amazon France)

[r3galbum]

Actually just kidding I was completely thing about something else. It's $137 lol.

[Zaku77]

It's only gone down by 15 EUR so far. I'm sure it will go down further--especially given that it started dropping within a week of release lol. I don't think it's unreasonable to think it will get to 60. If it gets to 60, then I would go ahead and order it in a heartbeat. It would still be expensive, but that's cheap enough--given the original price.

[MadMan5]

Originally Posted by Letrico

is it just me or that bellend edition looks much better than the tomb.

Amazon UK are posting just the PS3 special edition version to Australia.