Premium edition VS pre-order bonus edition

[Batteriesnotincluded]

$119.95 vs $169.95 I cant decide which version to get ? is the extra $50 bucks a good investment ? will it save time grinding to get the laser cutter + Deep mining helmet + Deep mining pack ? by having these items first up give me a head start to accumulating wealth and points ? I want to start buying modules and modifying my ship ASAP.

[Bee🐝]

The extras are just pre-order skins and not in-game items. So, there's no head start.

This is a Bethesda game, extra items wouldn't mean much anyway - these games are meant to be played for hundreds of hours - so there's no point in really rushing to get the "best gear".

Edit: Also, making money has never been an issue in Bethesda games. Usually, the issue becomes having too much money and nothing to spend it on. Hopefully, the shipbuilding will straighten out the economy a bit.

The more important question is, do you want the DLC whenever that's released without knowing what that'll be?

[Batteriesnotincluded]

I thought the mining pack and laser cutter would get me started into mining faster to amass fast funds gathering ? so there's no point paying the extra $50 ?

[DarkHorsePrime]

If you got the extra dollary-doos why not get the premium edition?
Also you are from Melbourne mate so just spend the extra coin on the game and not a vegan latte.

[Saii]

Originally posted by DarkHorsePrime:

If you got the extra dollary-doos why not get the premium edition?
Also you are from Melbourne mate so just spend the extra coin on the game and not a vegan latte.

wtf is a vegan latte. Must be for girls, right. Right?

[Batteriesnotincluded]

I'm not to fussed about the extra $50 bucks but if it doesn't give me a bump over the standard game no point buying that dearer version.

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by Batteriesnotincluded:

I thought the mining pack and laser cutter would get me started into mining faster to amass fast funds gathering ? so there's no point paying the extra $50 ?

From the way I'm reading it - they're just skins:

Pre-order now and receive “Old Mars Skin Pack” in-game bonus SKINS:

-Laser Cutter
-Deep Mining Helmet
-Deep Mining Pack

Those are just the skins in the Old Mars Pack it seems to me.

Now, we've all pointed out that parts of the Starfield pre-order and premium pack goodies could've been worded a whole lot better.

Personally, I wouldn't buy that just for the skins. I might buy the premium edition for the story pack though, but that doesn't require a pre-order.

[wtiger27]

Originally posted by Batteriesnotincluded:

I thought the mining pack and laser cutter would get me started into mining faster to amass fast funds gathering ? so there's no point paying the extra $50 ?

You get some items for pre-ordering the base game. Like the Old Mars skin pack. Which includes a mining cutter.

[Gamefever]

Had to go look it up again, make it sound like there is some other option that I dont know about.

If you pre-order the game you get nothing extra.

If you get the premium edition, you get pre-order items, play early, and some Story DLC expansion that everyone will be able to buy later (possibly also later coming with a pre-order bonus lol).

Then you also get a bunch of stuff that typically in todays day an age means nothing much such as a music score and digital art book, both of which will be available online free cause ppl will upload it or talk about it on video somewhere.

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by wtiger27:

Originally posted by Batteriesnotincluded:

I thought the mining pack and laser cutter would get me started into mining faster to amass fast funds gathering ? so there's no point paying the extra $50 ?

You get some items for pre-ordering the base game. Like the Old Mars skin pack. Which includes a mining cutter.

You get skins for those items.

The image is misleading - the text under it is far more informative.

This makes sense since Bethesda games always have base items, but skins (Creation Club content) are sold for those standard items.

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by wtiger27:

Originally posted by Batteriesnotincluded:

I thought the mining pack and laser cutter would get me started into mining faster to amass fast funds gathering ? so there's no point paying the extra $50 ?

You get some items for pre-ordering the base game. Like the Old Mars skin pack. Which includes a mining cutter.

No, all 3 "items" are just skins.

[Bee🐝]

Originally posted by Gamefever:

Had to go look it up again, make it sound like there is some other option that I dont know about.

If you pre-order the game you get nothing extra.

If you get the premium edition, you get pre-order items, play early, and some Story DLC expansion that everyone will be able to buy later (possibly also later coming with a pre-order bonus lol).

Then you also get a bunch of stuff that typically in todays day an age means nothing much such as a music score and digital art book, both of which will be available online free cause ppl will upload it or talk about it on video somewhere.

You get the three skins with the pre-order, but yeah, the premium edition is a FAR better deal overall.

In fairness to Bethesda though, gamers have been complaining about pre-order bonuses removing content from the game or creating a "pay to win" system. In this case, the only thing you lose by not pre-ordering is...three basic skins.

[wesnef]

Originally posted by Gamefever:

Had to go look it up again, make it sound like there is some other option that I dont know about.

If you pre-order the game you get nothing extra.

If you pre-order, you get the "Old Mars Skin Pack"

If you get the premium edition, you get pre-order items, play early, and some Story DLC expansion that everyone will be able to buy later

Premium = Shattered Space DLC (when it comes out), artbook & soundtrack, Constellation Skin Pack (which is different from the Old Mars Skin Pack), and 5 days early access.

edit: now, whether this is a 'good deal' or not depends on if you're the kind of person who buys 'deluxe' game editions with stuff like soundtracks & artbooks.
(Personally, I don't care much about skins; care not at all for soundtracks/etc, and will get the DLC later once I know more about them. So I don't see much point in the Constellation Edition.)

(possibly also later coming with a pre-order bonus lol).

I can't think of any game that's had pre-order bonuses for it's DLC. MMOs with their major expansions, yes. Regular DLC, no.

[Tachyon]

Originally posted by wesnef:

...now, whether this is a 'good deal' or not depends on if you're the kind of person who buys 'deluxe' game editions with stuff like soundtracks & artbooks.
(Personally, I don't care much about skins; care not at all for soundtracks/etc...)

They've never interested me, either, not even in games where other people could see them. I most definitely can't see the point in skins for a single-player game.

[moody]

You need a muzzle.

[Jack Greedy]

Go for premium mate.