This is a thread where to post your ideas for the limited edition boxed set. What would you like it to include? How should it be?
I'll start with a few ideas of mine:
- Big cardboard box. Having a physical copy of the game is a great thing, but it's not enough. That DVD-box in which ToB came is far from special or satisfying. Give us the good old feeling of purchasing a game in '90s, with the big cardboard box as with the first Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast! I still own the originals and they are so good.
- Cloth map. Trent has already been investigating the inclusion of a high quality print on fabric of the game's world map. That's awesome. Nothing better than a brand new, updated map by Nat Jones printed on cloth. The paper map I own, which was included (if memory serves) in TotSC, also had a close-up map of the city of Baldur's Gate behind it. It would be cool if the same could be done for BG:EE: have Nat draw Baldur's Gate his style and print it on the back of the world's map.
- Soundtrack CD. With Sam Hulik composing new tracks for the new contents, BG:EE should definitely come with a new and updated soundtrack CD. And while we're at it, please master it to audiophile standards! I have no idea how the mastering was on the original soundtrack CD as I do not own it, but please make it dynamic in the Loudness War's face! This is your chance to turn every Baldur's Gate fan into a full-blown, picky and grouchy audiophile ;-)
- BG lead statuettes. When the CE of Baldur's Gate II was released, it included a set of collectible cards. That's nice and all, but with there being no BG-themed playing card game in which to use them, they were pretty useless. The kind of bonus you look at once, then put away forever. I suggest including miniatures in the CE of BG:EE. One statuette per box, depicting one of the joinable NPCs or Sarevok. It would be randomized, so that people who bought more than a box could have different statuettes. They should be made of lead, detailed and colored, slightly bigger than the average Citadel or Ral Partha miniature.
- Signed concept art print. Another nice feature could be a high quality concept art print by Nat Jones (like those of Candlekeep and the Friendly Arm Inn that can be seen on baldursgate.com) hand-signed by the BG:EE crew. One print per box, randomized.
Other ideas?
I'll start with a few ideas of mine:
- Big cardboard box. Having a physical copy of the game is a great thing, but it's not enough. That DVD-box in which ToB came is far from special or satisfying. Give us the good old feeling of purchasing a game in '90s, with the big cardboard box as with the first Baldur's Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast! I still own the originals and they are so good.
- Cloth map. Trent has already been investigating the inclusion of a high quality print on fabric of the game's world map. That's awesome. Nothing better than a brand new, updated map by Nat Jones printed on cloth. The paper map I own, which was included (if memory serves) in TotSC, also had a close-up map of the city of Baldur's Gate behind it. It would be cool if the same could be done for BG:EE: have Nat draw Baldur's Gate his style and print it on the back of the world's map.
- Soundtrack CD. With Sam Hulik composing new tracks for the new contents, BG:EE should definitely come with a new and updated soundtrack CD. And while we're at it, please master it to audiophile standards! I have no idea how the mastering was on the original soundtrack CD as I do not own it, but please make it dynamic in the Loudness War's face! This is your chance to turn every Baldur's Gate fan into a full-blown, picky and grouchy audiophile ;-)
- BG lead statuettes. When the CE of Baldur's Gate II was released, it included a set of collectible cards. That's nice and all, but with there being no BG-themed playing card game in which to use them, they were pretty useless. The kind of bonus you look at once, then put away forever. I suggest including miniatures in the CE of BG:EE. One statuette per box, depicting one of the joinable NPCs or Sarevok. It would be randomized, so that people who bought more than a box could have different statuettes. They should be made of lead, detailed and colored, slightly bigger than the average Citadel or Ral Partha miniature.
- Signed concept art print. Another nice feature could be a high quality concept art print by Nat Jones (like those of Candlekeep and the Friendly Arm Inn that can be seen on baldursgate.com) hand-signed by the BG:EE crew. One print per box, randomized.
Other ideas?