Mass Effect 3 pre-order bonuses lock and load
An assortment of in-game weapons and armour are up for grabs if you pre-order BioWare's trilogy-capping sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3, publisher Electronic Arts has announced. As ever, exactly what gear you'll receive depends on who you give your money to.
A assortment of in-game weapons and armor are up for grabs if you pre-order BioWare's trilogy-capping sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3, publisher Electronic Arts has announced. As ever, exactly what gear you'll receive depends on who you give your money to.
No matter where you pre-order ME3, you'll get the burst-fire M55 Argus Assault Rifle. Buying the PC edition through EA's own Origin nets you an AT-12 Raider Shotgun, which EA says spits out a wide spread in rapid fire.
The big fancy bonus, of course, is exclusive to GameStop and EB Games, because GameStop Corporation has enough retail muscle to make demands. Pre-order from either store to score the N7 Warfare Gear, packing fancy N7 Defender Armor (with extra shields, health, and ammo capacity, plus amplified weapon damage) and the N7 Valkyrie Assault Rifle (fires two "superior high caliber rounds" with "deadly accuracy"). Of course, if you don't pre-order from either, you can always take comfort in knowing they're probably overpowered and make the combat a bit boring.
If you've already pre-order Mass Effect 3, fear not, you'll get your gear too. Details on where the N7 Gear will be offered in other countries are promised "soon." Check out BioWare's own pre-order page for further information.
Mass Effect 3 is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on March 6. If you want even more in-game goodies, you can slap down $80 for the N7 Collector's Edition.
Now, here's some boring shaven-headed chap who's in for trouble when Shepard discovers this git's nicked her N7 Warfare Gear:
And here's the same lout armed with an M55:
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Mass Effect 3 pre-order bonuses lock and load.
An assortment of in-game weapons and armour are up for grabs if you pre-order BioWare's trilogy-capping sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3, publisher Electronic Arts has announced. As ever, exactly what gear you'll receive depends on who you give your money to.-
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RAGE! Fuck company specific pre-order bonuses!
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I'm sad it's not on Steam, but not desperate enough to pick it up on Origin.
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EA needs to stop with this shit.
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They have no reason to stop. The exclusivity agreements with retailers is guaranteed revenue. Any threats to boycott a game over this practice are utterly hollow.
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If people would stop preordering and supporting this bullshit then maybe they would stop
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Not until you assholes stop lapping it up first.
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That would suck. I just want Bioware to go back to focusing on making great story based games, the reason why people bought their stuff in the first place.
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After the crap I've had to deal with using Origin, I'm going to pass if it's Origin only. So many other great games still piled up waiting to be played.
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This doesn't seem correct at all. Are you dropping some FUD on Origin? *not an Origin user
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It's stupid, but rage inducing? In all honesty, preorder bonuses like this seem more like cheat codes and I'd rather NOT have them. I'm generalizing preorder bonuses here, but why does my level 1 character need to start off with an overpowered assault rifle? Every piece of loot I'm going to pick up isn't going to be as good as that preorder gun so a good portion of the game is going to be ruined as a thanks for preordering from store X.
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Is the PC version Origin-only?
Like, can I avoid Origin by purchasing the retail version or will it have to activate on there?-
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They give you an Origin code to redeem, same thing they do for steamworks 'digital' releases.
No clue if BioWare gets away with having a steam release. I do know that they will absolutely not give it to steam until the last possible second, if they release it at all.
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DUM. Just give me the game.
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All this does is turn me off the game completely.
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Geez, complain more. This was a no-brainer and similar type of shit were offered with ME2! EA won't stop until our dumbasses STOP buying pre-orders!
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I believe that's correct, but you have to get the limited edition from McDonalds which will only be on sale for a few days. This will also be the only version that comes with the "walk forward" feature, which will allow your character to move in a forward direction, not just side to side or backwards.
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I'm a Sentinel 4-life, so unless they're offering an SMG, they won't be getting my preorder moolah!
Not that I'd even want a gamebreaker-weapon, it's so boring to have the same weapon for fifteen levels, making everything in stores and loot seem like crap all the way until the endgame. -
I'm a Sentinel 4-life, so unless they're offering an SMG, they won't be getting my preorder moolah!
Not that I'd even want a gamebreaker-weapon, it's so boring to have the same weapon for fifteen levels, making everything in stores and loot seem like crap all the way until the endgame.
