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Stranglehold Collector's Edition lacks punch


It seems like every game available has to have a collector's edition these days. Some of them wow us with dizzying arrays of extras, while others underwhelm us with a pittance of extras that fail to excite. Stranglehold, sadly, falls into the latter camp. Included with the Stranglehold Collector's Edition edition are 5 DVD-style features about the creation of the game. That's it. For an extra $10 you get some behind-the-scenes fluff. Considering the PS3 version comes with an entire movie, we would have liked a little something more. Granted, extras featuring John Woo's input might be interesting, but there is no reason these couldn't have been included with the regular edition. Hell, they would have made great unlockables.

Then again, if Midway had done that, then they wouldn't have been able to charge an extra 10 bucks for fluff.

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1. That's why I'm glad I have a PS3.

Posted at 6:54PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Jermaine Pulliam

2. who cares this game will suck

Posted at 7:01PM on Jun 20th 2007 by ec

3. @ #1

If that is why you are glad to have a PS3 ("Stranglehold" contains more extra content), I'd say you're pretty easy to please. ;-)

Posted at 7:05PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Pyronite

4. or that because the PS3 has no good games, they'll take anything!

Posted at 7:17PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Daryl

5. Strangehold SE for PS3 comes with Hard Boiled on Blu Ray. Not that I'm going to get the game, but that's a cool "special feature"!

Posted at 7:26PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Ciros 360

6. Well lucky for me I have a PS3 and a 360. I've been wanting this game since they announced it like 2 years ago. I'm glad I have a PS3 because I would have bought the movie seperate anyways. This way I'll get both the game and the movie.


If a game comes out for both system, with no question I go with 360 because I like the controller better, the interface, and of course those lovely achievements. I think it's smart for Sony to get developers who place games on both system to give people a reason to buy the PS3 version because right now there isn't one.

Posted at 7:29PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Jermaine Pulliam

7. You mean for ten dollars or a 30minute torrent download I think.
btw I will not be down loading the whole game

Posted at 7:37PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Ben

8. They should have included the documentaries in the original and than charged 400 MS Points per downloadable "strategy" video to see a tutorial on how to unlock the documentaries. LOL

Posted at 7:38PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Triforceowner

9. Is there enough room on the dvd format that MS uses? Dont worry fanboys I'm sure from now on Ms will continue the EA way of just buying everything outright, (GTA exclusive content?) and not letting the other consoles have a shot at it. Or possibly they could sue a developer for letting one of the other consoles have something that they have? Either way who has the deeper pockets these days is all that matters. Dman you EA why did you have to start the trend?

Posted at 7:55PM on Jun 20th 2007 by jtedesco33

10. jtedesco33 : I think you're looking for this instead.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com

Or maybe you can spend $600 for a over glorified Blu-ray player(the Trojan horse) and watch movies all day long on your GAME CONSOLE. MS are in it to win it and if that means gobbling up exclusives with $$$ then so be it. If you don't like it sell that grill and buy yourself a 360. Then you won't have to whine on xbox360fanboy about the games you can't have. It's called business!

Posted at 8:30PM on Jun 20th 2007 by SharpBlade

11. I don't think the behind the scenes stuff is worth it.

Posted at 8:40PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Denity

12. I think it's foolish to think Sony's never been involved in keeping things exclusive to its systems in the first place. All of them do it. They're freaking corporations.

Posted at 8:49PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Tony

13. Pfff... That settles it, I'll be going with the regular flavor of this one. Good job Midway! I'm a sucker for SE/CE/LEs.... and you managed to come up with one even I'll pass on! And did i mention this game is a dream come true for me? I just hope it plays good enough to enjoy. Part of me fears an experience on par with the Evil Dead games... and the other part of me also fears that but hopes Midway wouldn't possibly fuck with John Woo that way.

@jtedesco33,

Yeah, plenty of room on the dvds, thanks for asking. How's the read-speed on that bluray though? Slow-ass ps3 bluray drive loading as slow as your ps2 used to? Yeah... I thought as much. All the storage in the world doesn't mean shit if your load times are agonizingly looooooooooooong. I know, I know... if only sony had installed a fast dvd drive instead of trying to push their crappy hd movie format. But whatever, enjoy your storage space :) I'm too busy playing games from the 360's big library to care about storage, know what I mean?

Posted at 8:54PM on Jun 20th 2007 by AoE

14. Hard Boiled, $6.99 on DVD:
http://www.buyritedvd.com/s.nl/it.A/id.4230/.f

Posted at 8:59PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Cuddlefish

15. The ps3 version will have frame rate issues, the least they could do is throw in a movie.

Posted at 9:00PM on Jun 20th 2007 by ps3suxsass

16. What is it with you guys I have all three consoles why jump on me? I asked a simple question and you are all so gun shy to protect an inatimate object that it is ridiculous. Get a life people or at least align you allegiance to things that are worth arguing and fighting over.

Posted at 9:01PM on Jun 20th 2007 by jtedesco33

17. jtedesco33, you seriously just attempted to make me feel some kind of emotion related to guilt or misfortune by telling me that my console's manufacturer is spending lots of money to supply me with great games. Way to suck at posting, jtedesco33.

Posted at 9:03PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Triforceowner

18. @jtedesco33,

If you really did own all three consoles, then I would hope by now you'd have realized that all three have their advantages and disadvantages. C'mon, it's just ridiculous to ask; honestly you're going to tell me you've never heard of a game being put onto more than one disk? Assuming you have heard of this practice before... what possible reason, other than flame bait, did you have for asking that question? The rest of your comment was pure, refined flame bait, so I assumed the question you started with was as well; I just answered in kind.

So... why did you ask the question, and why did you pack the rest of the comment with so much flame bait if you wanted an honest response?

Posted at 9:27PM on Jun 20th 2007 by AoE

19. I can't wait for this game. I could care less about a special edition.

Posted at 10:11PM on Jun 20th 2007 by Gemini Ace

20. wasnt this the game that was showcased when the 360 was announced or something of that nature?
and its going to be released almost 2 years after the launch of the console. way to go.

Posted at 10:18PM on Jun 20th 2007 by adam

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