As we've come to expect from all major gaming releases, Red Dead Redemption 2 has plenty of bonuses and options to consider when you're laying down your pre-order. Rockstar has just published a post on its website detailing each version of the game, and what each box will contain.
Firstly, all pre-orders will gain access to the War Horse, a better-than-average breed of stallion, and the Outlaw Survival Kit, which contains a handful of useful in-game items, such as health replenishment. Digital pre-orders for the standard version will also get some extra cash and a treasure map that "will give Arthur a head start on the hunt for hidden riches".
The Special Edition includes a physical world map plus all sorts of in-game benefits: extra missions, talisman and medallion bonuses that appear to be stat buffs, discounts and extra money earned from robberies, and access to extra weapons. It sounds like a lot of extra stuff for the single player Story Mode, but we're not done yet.
The Ultimate Edition includes all the above, but adds a steelbook case and some bonuses for the online side of the game. These include outfits, a breed of horse, a Survivor theme for your camp, access to additional weapons, and the ability to rank up faster (up to Rank 25).
Finally, the Collector's Box is a gaggle of physical bits and pieces. Curiously, it doesn't include the game itself -- this seems to be purely a companion piece featuring a bunch of collectible items. Inside the fancy tin, you'll find a map, a set of pins, playing cards, a bandana, some cigarette cards, a puzzle, a replica catalogue from the game, and a collectible challenge coin. Phew!
Also, all digital pre-orders will also earn you some GTA$ for use in GTA Online. If you buy the Special or Ultimate Edition, you'll get more than you will with the standard version of the game.
If you want to read more details on any of these, click here to go through to Rockstar's website. It seems to be going all out for Red Dead Redemption 2.
Will you be picking up any of the game's pre-order options? Make your decision in the comments below.
[source rockstargames.com]
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Bloody hell! That's a lot of stuff.
No cowboy statue!?... really!?...
Hopefully, Days Gone will have a Deacon and his bike statue...
Hopefully...
@GAMINGLORY you meam Chad Strongface statue?
Prices?
Digital Ultimate Edition on Xbox for me, hope there’s going to be enhancements for the X and Pro.
@WanderingBullet £59.99/$59.99...£74.99/$79.99...£89.99/$99.99 those are the digital prices but physical will obviously vary.
Apparently the Collector’s Box is the same price as the Ultimate Edition, so £89.99/$99.99 for all those bits and pieces but no game? Yeah I don’t see Rockstar selling many of them and they will probably only have a very limited quantity anyway.
@MaccaMUFC Thank you.
i already pre-ordered Ultimate edition on this game in PSN Store in few minutes ago
@eltomo
For Red Dead statue...
Him...
Probably the one below the collectors box with the steelbook tin on Xbox One for me....
GTA online currency. Come now Rockstar. Doesnt fill me with confidence about the focus for this game. Please please make this a stellar single player story and dont focus only on the online aspects
Rockstar must have hired a guy full time solely to come up with all of these bundles, it's giving me a migraine just trying to read it all and juggle prices.
@MaccaMUFC So its 99.99+59.99 to be fair. 😁
That special edition at £75 seems very pricey to me. I'd like to play RDR2, but I'm in rush for it, so I might wait for a sale.
"..and the ability to rank up faster (up to Rank 25)" what exactly do they mean with this? Do you level up your character, your camp, your horse?
@porhawj2016 I will buy the physical edition on PS4. Word up son!
Just the standard edition will do for me, although that is some nice tat.
@Flaming_Kaiser £150/$160 you’d have to be a serious fan to pay that much for some tat, got no interest in the Collector’s Box at all, already got ordinary playing cards, my kid’s peppa pig jigsaw puzzle and I’d probably just use the bandana as a handkerchief... so yeah not for me lol
@stevenfins I presume the ranking works the same way as GTA Online, the higher your character rank the more things you unlock to purchase and access more activities and missions.
Has there been word of anything equivalent to shark cards being in the online aspect of the game? I really can’t see Rockstar doing away with them, it must make them a lot of money but this is set in the Wild West, what can you buy apart from ranches, horses, clothes and weapons? There’s no flying cars/motorbikes, jets, tanks, jet packs etc.
Pre order for a horse, everyone else gets a lame donkey
The Ultimate Edition is quite pricey, tbh but I want the steelbook if I do decide to get this game.
@MaccaMUFC Thanks for the answer. I thought it was a singleplayer thing, but now it makes more sense.
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