OXCGN’s Modern Warfare 2 Prestige Edition Unboxing
by Shadow Wave
© 2009 Ben Cadwallader
So Call of Duty 6, otherwise known as Modern Warfare 2, is out and it seems to be making a huge impression among gamers and news
sites. There has been so much excitement, so much anger and so much controversy all over the same game. But now it all boils down to this: it’s released and selling like hotcakes!
Fans of Modern Warfare 2 might be aware of the highly sought after Prestige version, and may be seen already outside at night using their new Modern Warfare goggles to hunt wildlife, pick flowers or maybe to buy a late night snack at the milk bar. (Ed- Or perving at neighbours?).
Even though I’m not the hugest Call of Duty fan, I was very excited to open this badboy up!
So let’s get into it! – Click the images for high resolution photos.
1 - The box in all its glory, although it’s a little banged up thanks to EB games.com.au’s extremely poor shipping and packaging.
2- On the other side of the box the Hardened Edition of Call of Duty is showing off.
3- Opening her up…
4- There were 3 boxes in the box, one for the goggles, one for the plastic head, one for the game.
5- ‘It’s a head bag… full of……. Heady Goodness’
6- Head is made of very lightweight but strong plastic.
I doubt it would break, but the head is very small, like this is the head that would go inside your Halo 3 Legendary Edition Helmet.
Also note that I have number 240,369 of these ‘Highly Limited’ Prestige Edition’s… which seems like they are about just as limited as the Halo 3 Legendary Edition.
7- The goggles in all their glory, they DO work surprisingly, but do feel quite on the cheap side. They are very lightweight, and the buttons and knobs etc feel quite cheap to use.
8- Goggles on tiny plastic head.
9- The game, finally!
10- There’s an art book hidden in the slip case, and upon opening the metal case we are treated to a small thin, black and white manual (I hate when companies don’t give you a colour manual).
Then there’s my Call of Duty 1 download code, and finally a piece of paper informing me of a possible typo in the manual lol!
Overall, I can’t quite say that it’s worth the $200 price tag. I personally think my Halo 3 Legendary Edition is more worthy of the price tag. But the truth is the night vision goggles are fun, even if you do lose all sense of everything around you when you wear them.
They do work, (yet to try at night) but in my household the goggles got passed around the family and everyone had a bit of a giggle when using them. And if a bit of fun is what you want, then this could be a great package for you.
Just don’t expect to slip on your night vision goggles and start running through the forest because you will trip over or run into a tree.
Besides that, the Hardened Edition seems like it could have been the best choice, the artbook is nice, and you still score Call of Duty 1.
Overall I think you can see why this is worth $200, but some may feel a little ripped off. And you’ll probably forget about it once you pop Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in your console anyway. So enjoy the thrill of the goggles while it lasts, and above all play the damn game and blow shit up!
© 2009 Ben Cadwallader
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