So what to do when looking for the best deal on Bioware’s immient fantasy RPG?
Games.on.net has rounded up the pre-order deals available for Dragon Age: Origins. Steam, EB, GAME and JB Hi-Fi are all offering various fancy cases, trinkets and unlockable in-game extras. To my eyes, the EB one looks superior; despite being the most expensive at $129.95, it’s also the only one with a cloth map.
I repeat: a cloth map!
As you’d expect, given the strength of the Aussie dollar, Steam is the cheapest, coming in at around $AU56 plus whatever bandwidth costs you require. GAME’s online price is the best for the standard edition but it’s also free of any bonus items.
Have you seen any better deals?
Economical Gamer – Dragon Age: Origins Edition [Games.on.net]
Nick
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 2:12 PMI want that cloth map.
Friggen EB.
Ryan Keable
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 2:15 PMooo the inticement of a cloth map…
do we really care that much?
DavidR
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 2:16 PMWhile a cloth map is indeed tempting, there’s no way I’m giving EB my money. Eff that.
DerangedStoat
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:19 PMWhile I’d love to encourage the inclusion of things such as cloth maps in games once more, there’s no way I’m doing it for an increased price, let alone one that is twice that of a Steam copy.
attila
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:41 PMFor certain gamers, myself included, cloth maps have a stronger appear than their otherwise ordinary properties suggest – a +3 cloth map of nostalgia if you will…
El Diablo the Cat
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:49 PMI pre-ordered if from this unleashed site and am still not sure whether I got scammed or not as they haven’t replied to an email I sent them.. it was around $90 incl postage which I thought was a cool deal. The Cloth map wouldn’t be worth $39 would it? We’ll see when they appear on ebay…
Jim Jones
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:14 PMOrder it game online
Limited Edition $99
Pre-order bonus
Memory band Item (adds +1% to XP – Adds one Skill Point)
Guild Masters Belt (increases monetary gain, adds to cunning & increases chance to dodge attacks) Exclusive to GAME!
Steven Bogos
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:20 PMbuy it from play-asia.com – you get the cloth map and its cheaper!
Mr Waffle
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:30 PMAlready preordered the Steam one. Cloth map? Whoopy freakin’ do. I was going through all my old crap since I’m moving soon and found all the cloth maps from old Bioware games. Most pointless bonus ever, it’s not even a useful map!
Mathew
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 4:51 PMIf anyone wants the collectors edition from EB cloth map and all for $70 this is what i did.
Order 3x Overlord Hell Rising (PS3) from DVD.co.uk which comes to just under $60 AUD.
http://www.dvd.co.uk/Games/Overlord-Raising-Hell-PS3/CD37075/product.htm
Since its on the eligible list at EB trade in all three and pay $9.95.
http://www.ebgames.com.au/ps3/product.cfm?id=14783&refer=productsearch
Note: I have done this and EB was fine with trading in Games from the UK.
Ok i just noticed that the eligible title list gets updated on the 1st of Nov so you can gamble that the game will be on the list or wait.
Rodife
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9:52 PMI’m buying the deluxe version off steam for $71 dollars.
Kai Farrar
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 8:19 AMCloth map, you got me there Bioware. I still have my Icewind Dale, Baldurs Gate and I think even an Ultima 8 one.