pre-order bonuses are a worrying trend
as a whole but these are the worst of
the worst
there is one thing I do know I have a
job to do and I’m gonna see it through
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst video game pre-order bonuses so
what are you waiting for
come along rabbit for this list we’re
looking at those little extra bonuses
that came with the game as a reward for
pre-ordering the ones that you
immediately regretted there was a time
when I thought myself the deadliest
scourge to the scene we’re only looking
at pre-orders here so limited editions
like the 1 million saints row 4 package
and the torso bust that came with Dead
Island Riptide will not be included also
Deus Ex mankind divided horrible
pre-order augmentation would have also
made this list but thankfully Square
Enix realized how terrible it was and
cancelled it so they dodged a bullet
as pre-order numbers climb more rewards
are unlocked number 10 extra melee
attacks remember me this little video
game that ironically no one remembers is
a science-fiction action game that
follows a memory hunter as she fights to
regain her lost memories
the game is focused mainly on
hand-to-hand combat with its
distinguishing characteristics being the
combo lab a feature where players can
customize their own combos with
pre-ordering the game from Amazon Best
Buy or Steam players were treated to
three unique fighting moves the flash
kick the spinning bird kick and the
dragon punch yipee why didn’t they just
include those in the game to begin with
nobody knows but that’s gonna be a trend
number 9 Ranger mode
the limited edition Metro last light
there is our hero these games with an
intense cult following take place in a
post-apocalyptic Moscow and has you
playing as underground soldiers fighting
for survival seems like there’s four
kinds of things stirring up seeing as
how survival is such a key concept for
this game the developers must have
thought that adding an extra difficulty
setting would shake things up for
die-hard fans
I surrender surrender Ranger mode was
thus created and it was placed in the
limited edition of the game which was
only guaranteed to those that
pre-ordered the standard game even
though it calls itself a limited edition
it was the reward for a pre-order and
therefore eligible for this list kind of
insulting don’t you think if you don’t
pre-order the game guess what you can
still have the Ranger mode after the
game comes out charge you five bucks
number eight glow-in-the-dark condoms
infamous second son uh if you want to
get your hands on infamous second son
you can get your hands on one some
condoms no we didn’t just read that
wrong in Italy the pre-order of infamous
second son actually came with
glow-in-the-dark condoms but what it
really has to do with the game no one
really knows maybe so you couldn’t
create a second son of your own
other than that there’s absolutely no
connection between this game about a man
who is ostracized for his superhuman
powers and glow-in-the-dark condoms oh
and it also came with two Red Bulls
because those are hard to come by now as
weird as this may be why can’t we get
cool shit like that in the u.s. uses a
poster no one ever gives you condoms
number seven sand globes Resident Evil 5
you’re kidding right
if the Resident Evil series screams one
thing it’s snow globes well sand globes
in this case because the game is set in
Africa isn’t that clever the game
follows Chris and Sheva as they battle
mutated monsters and humans and of
course the sand globe is the perfect
thing to supplement all that your
friends will gawk in amazement at how
much the figures look like their
respective characters and how well the
sand refuses to snow but instead flops
from one side to the other I don’t know
about you but this is definitely one
thing that all horror fans must own am i
right gang it on and see what happens
snow glow number 6 25 extra lives sonic
lost world I think I liked it better
when I was trying to destroy you in 2013
Sonic was on his last legs so the
franchise needed a major boost so for
this entry Sega decided to offer the
questionable bonus of 25 extra lives for
those that pre-ordered the game never
have you seen a group so evil so nasty
and devious sure extra lives aren’t bad
but as a pre-order bonus that’s kind of
a letdown when the reward is extra lives
the game is basically screaming that
it’s impossible to summarize for
in the end the pre-order was considered
a joke and the game received mixed
reviews talk about a marketing misfire
number five a football Assassin’s Creed
4 Black Flag little more than a blowpipe
but no too quick what do you think of
when I say 18th century pirates battling
it out on the open sea did you say
football no of course he didn’t please
dude it’d be tough say regardless some
retailers especially in the UK packaged
this game about clashing pirates with a
black football with the game name etched
on the side
why because American football is so
popular in Europe duh captain got the
look of a man crafting a bold idea look
I’ve seen before you Mogwai laddie
the bonus became somewhat of a joke on
the internet with many people
questioning just what it was that
Ubisoft was thinking when they created
this brilliant idea
oh wait I get it the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers pirates because the British
would totally get that joke right
number four a commemorative coin Super
Mario Galaxy
hype was through the roof for this Mario
installment because he was now on the
Wii and like most franchises that run
out of ideas in space needless to say
this historic game needed some form of
remembrance so those that pre-ordered
were treated to a commemorative coin
it’s literally just sort of like a
silver coin with Mario flying through
the air on the front this is really just
an excellent page sure it may make a
cute keepsake for diehard fans or coin
collectors I guess but it’s absolutely
useless for most gamers you can see them
now selling on eBay for about five bucks
as gamers desperately trying to rid
themselves of this meaningless item
first of all it looks pretty damn crappy
– it doesn’t look anything like a Mario
Brothers coin from the games and been a
big wee on the back number three retail
exclusive pre-orders Batman Arkham City
never heard of it that’s not what I
wanted to hear Warner Brothers games is
pretty much notorious for abusing
pre-order culture with a lot of their
games at times often flaunting their
pre-order bonuses immediately once the
game is announced and yet Batman Arkham
City may be the worst offender of all
yeah that’s how we get respect DLC for
Robin was a pre-order offer for Best Buy
while Game Stop gave a DLC map then any
other retailer got to use one of five
different skins for Batman
you expecting a kiss ea did something
similar with Mass Effect 3 by keeping
weapons as retail exclusive pre-orders
and while WB games did tone it down a
bit for Arkham Knight they still locked
content to retail pre-orders closing
time bringing news Gotham’s underworld
is terrorized by the brutal Red Hood
over time oh sorry
number two the dayz euro promotion Call
of Duty advanced warfare yeah if I
remember all of that like it was
yesterday that was today actually
a lot can happen in one day pre-order
column to the advanced warfare at
Gamestop and get the exclusive day zero
edition anyone who follows gaming knows
that the Call of Duty franchise is the
king of the multiplayer world and that
millions partake every year in the fun
so for those that pre-ordered the latest
installment they were treated to 24
extra hours of multiplayer as it was
released to them a full day earlier than
other gamers are they really that
desperate that they needed an extra 24
hours of play time what are you doing we
don’t kiss go if that wasn’t bad enough
the digital pre-order version of the
game didn’t work properly for the ps4
and Xbox one users forcing them to
redownload the entire 40 gigabyte game
on day zero you see what else this thing
can do
Plus Xbox one users using the 14 day
trial had issues getting online fun
stuff America’s been trying to install
democracies and nations for a century
and it hasn’t worked one time before we
take a look at our worst offender here
are a few honorable mentions
number one too many packages watchdogs I
saw something no one was meant seen
watchdogs a game about a hacker who can
manipulate the city was aimed to be the
be-all end-all of open-world games
needless to say a disappointed a lot of
people but that disappointment is
nothing compared to the mess that was
the pre-orders I called the cops you
didn’t know less than five retailers had
exclusive content including Game Stop
Amazon Walmart Best Buy and Target
most of these came with awful bonuses
like different outfits exclusive guns or
an extra mission job I didn’t know it
was such a mess that many people needed
a spreadsheet just to keep up with who
offered what when bonus content is that
complicated it’s definitely not worth it
brah honey your uncle’s a different kind
of person it doesn’t mean he doesn’t
love us do you agree with our list I’ll
erase the last barriers myself what
pre-order bonus were you dismayed with
four more fulfilling top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
if you
you
as a whole but these are the worst of
the worst
there is one thing I do know I have a
job to do and I’m gonna see it through
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
worst video game pre-order bonuses so
what are you waiting for
come along rabbit for this list we’re
looking at those little extra bonuses
that came with the game as a reward for
pre-ordering the ones that you
immediately regretted there was a time
when I thought myself the deadliest
scourge to the scene we’re only looking
at pre-orders here so limited editions
like the 1 million saints row 4 package
and the torso bust that came with Dead
Island Riptide will not be included also
Deus Ex mankind divided horrible
pre-order augmentation would have also
made this list but thankfully Square
Enix realized how terrible it was and
cancelled it so they dodged a bullet
as pre-order numbers climb more rewards
are unlocked number 10 extra melee
attacks remember me this little video
game that ironically no one remembers is
a science-fiction action game that
follows a memory hunter as she fights to
regain her lost memories
the game is focused mainly on
hand-to-hand combat with its
distinguishing characteristics being the
combo lab a feature where players can
customize their own combos with
pre-ordering the game from Amazon Best
Buy or Steam players were treated to
three unique fighting moves the flash
kick the spinning bird kick and the
dragon punch yipee why didn’t they just
include those in the game to begin with
nobody knows but that’s gonna be a trend
number 9 Ranger mode
the limited edition Metro last light
there is our hero these games with an
intense cult following take place in a
post-apocalyptic Moscow and has you
playing as underground soldiers fighting
for survival seems like there’s four
kinds of things stirring up seeing as
how survival is such a key concept for
this game the developers must have
thought that adding an extra difficulty
setting would shake things up for
die-hard fans
I surrender surrender Ranger mode was
thus created and it was placed in the
limited edition of the game which was
only guaranteed to those that
pre-ordered the standard game even
though it calls itself a limited edition
it was the reward for a pre-order and
therefore eligible for this list kind of
insulting don’t you think if you don’t
pre-order the game guess what you can
still have the Ranger mode after the
game comes out charge you five bucks
number eight glow-in-the-dark condoms
infamous second son uh if you want to
get your hands on infamous second son
you can get your hands on one some
condoms no we didn’t just read that
wrong in Italy the pre-order of infamous
second son actually came with
glow-in-the-dark condoms but what it
really has to do with the game no one
really knows maybe so you couldn’t
create a second son of your own
other than that there’s absolutely no
connection between this game about a man
who is ostracized for his superhuman
powers and glow-in-the-dark condoms oh
and it also came with two Red Bulls
because those are hard to come by now as
weird as this may be why can’t we get
cool shit like that in the u.s. uses a
poster no one ever gives you condoms
number seven sand globes Resident Evil 5
you’re kidding right
if the Resident Evil series screams one
thing it’s snow globes well sand globes
in this case because the game is set in
Africa isn’t that clever the game
follows Chris and Sheva as they battle
mutated monsters and humans and of
course the sand globe is the perfect
thing to supplement all that your
friends will gawk in amazement at how
much the figures look like their
respective characters and how well the
sand refuses to snow but instead flops
from one side to the other I don’t know
about you but this is definitely one
thing that all horror fans must own am i
right gang it on and see what happens
snow glow number 6 25 extra lives sonic
lost world I think I liked it better
when I was trying to destroy you in 2013
Sonic was on his last legs so the
franchise needed a major boost so for
this entry Sega decided to offer the
questionable bonus of 25 extra lives for
those that pre-ordered the game never
have you seen a group so evil so nasty
and devious sure extra lives aren’t bad
but as a pre-order bonus that’s kind of
a letdown when the reward is extra lives
the game is basically screaming that
it’s impossible to summarize for
in the end the pre-order was considered
a joke and the game received mixed
reviews talk about a marketing misfire
number five a football Assassin’s Creed
4 Black Flag little more than a blowpipe
but no too quick what do you think of
when I say 18th century pirates battling
it out on the open sea did you say
football no of course he didn’t please
dude it’d be tough say regardless some
retailers especially in the UK packaged
this game about clashing pirates with a
black football with the game name etched
on the side
why because American football is so
popular in Europe duh captain got the
look of a man crafting a bold idea look
I’ve seen before you Mogwai laddie
the bonus became somewhat of a joke on
the internet with many people
questioning just what it was that
Ubisoft was thinking when they created
this brilliant idea
oh wait I get it the Tampa Bay
Buccaneers pirates because the British
would totally get that joke right
number four a commemorative coin Super
Mario Galaxy
hype was through the roof for this Mario
installment because he was now on the
Wii and like most franchises that run
out of ideas in space needless to say
this historic game needed some form of
remembrance so those that pre-ordered
were treated to a commemorative coin
it’s literally just sort of like a
silver coin with Mario flying through
the air on the front this is really just
an excellent page sure it may make a
cute keepsake for diehard fans or coin
collectors I guess but it’s absolutely
useless for most gamers you can see them
now selling on eBay for about five bucks
as gamers desperately trying to rid
themselves of this meaningless item
first of all it looks pretty damn crappy
– it doesn’t look anything like a Mario
Brothers coin from the games and been a
big wee on the back number three retail
exclusive pre-orders Batman Arkham City
never heard of it that’s not what I
wanted to hear Warner Brothers games is
pretty much notorious for abusing
pre-order culture with a lot of their
games at times often flaunting their
pre-order bonuses immediately once the
game is announced and yet Batman Arkham
City may be the worst offender of all
yeah that’s how we get respect DLC for
Robin was a pre-order offer for Best Buy
while Game Stop gave a DLC map then any
other retailer got to use one of five
different skins for Batman
you expecting a kiss ea did something
similar with Mass Effect 3 by keeping
weapons as retail exclusive pre-orders
and while WB games did tone it down a
bit for Arkham Knight they still locked
content to retail pre-orders closing
time bringing news Gotham’s underworld
is terrorized by the brutal Red Hood
over time oh sorry
number two the dayz euro promotion Call
of Duty advanced warfare yeah if I
remember all of that like it was
yesterday that was today actually
a lot can happen in one day pre-order
column to the advanced warfare at
Gamestop and get the exclusive day zero
edition anyone who follows gaming knows
that the Call of Duty franchise is the
king of the multiplayer world and that
millions partake every year in the fun
so for those that pre-ordered the latest
installment they were treated to 24
extra hours of multiplayer as it was
released to them a full day earlier than
other gamers are they really that
desperate that they needed an extra 24
hours of play time what are you doing we
don’t kiss go if that wasn’t bad enough
the digital pre-order version of the
game didn’t work properly for the ps4
and Xbox one users forcing them to
redownload the entire 40 gigabyte game
on day zero you see what else this thing
can do
Plus Xbox one users using the 14 day
trial had issues getting online fun
stuff America’s been trying to install
democracies and nations for a century
and it hasn’t worked one time before we
take a look at our worst offender here
are a few honorable mentions
number one too many packages watchdogs I
saw something no one was meant seen
watchdogs a game about a hacker who can
manipulate the city was aimed to be the
be-all end-all of open-world games
needless to say a disappointed a lot of
people but that disappointment is
nothing compared to the mess that was
the pre-orders I called the cops you
didn’t know less than five retailers had
exclusive content including Game Stop
Amazon Walmart Best Buy and Target
most of these came with awful bonuses
like different outfits exclusive guns or
an extra mission job I didn’t know it
was such a mess that many people needed
a spreadsheet just to keep up with who
offered what when bonus content is that
complicated it’s definitely not worth it
brah honey your uncle’s a different kind
of person it doesn’t mean he doesn’t
love us do you agree with our list I’ll
erase the last barriers myself what
pre-order bonus were you dismayed with
four more fulfilling top 10s published
every day be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
if you
you
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