2024 HAUL - DECEMBER CHAPTER: BATCH #5
More arrivals today. As Miku once said - "Let's Focking Go".
Last year I bought the Crunchyroll limited edition. This year I bought the Anime Limited collector's edition for
Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2. The UK version is the better edition thanks to the artwork and OST inclusion, but for a cheaper and compact version the US version is a good alternative. I will eventually sell the US version but not in a position to sort that out just yet.
You can view more photos & specs
on my blog.
Limited Run Games also dispatched the PlayStation 5 games that were estimated to arrive in December early and they came just in time before Christmas.
First up we have
Beyond Good & Evil 20th Anniversary Edition, the second remaster of the cult classic action adventure 2003 game by Ubisoft. I played a bit of the first remaster that released for Xbox 360 but didn't progress any further, so this new remaster is the best way to jump in. However, a word of warning, if your console's connected to the internet Ubisoft will not let you play the game unless you have a Ubisoft Connect account. You can bypass this if your console's offline. Very stupid and while Bethesda has a similar model at least they let you continue without requiring an account.
Next we have
HUMANITY, the puzzle platformer game by tha LTD. and publisher Enhance Games. I played the beta demo when that first released and really enjoyed what was on offer and while it was available on PlayStation Plus, I held off in case there was a physical version and behold it happened. The physical release also includes a digital soundtrack code and a booklet that covers tips/tricks and concept art by the developers which is cool.
Next is a semi-old Eureka Entertainment release. A few years ago, they released Tsui Hark's 2000 film
Time and Tide (順流逆流) in a first print edition release like any other and was one of the few to use the Scanavo case. This was around the time where I wasn't focusing much on these editions, and by the time that I decided to revisit these titles this particular film had sold out on its first print edition. Since the standard edition would use the Scanavo case I figured owning it would look a bit weird on the shelf given most use the regular Amaray cases.
Recently, Eureka Entertainment announced a new batch of discontinued titles which included this film, and I figured I'll check eBay to see if there's any available for the first print edition and surprisingly there was and at a decent price so I picked it up. They packaged it really well. The only other films that I missed out on LE wise was
The Bride with White Hair which I went for the standard because the first print was super expensive, and the horror themed titles like
Mr. Vampire,
Hopping Mad,
Encounters of the Spooky Kind and
The Dead and the Deadly. I passed on the rigid LEs like Kwaidan and Mothra as I felt they looked out of place (so will get the regular editions before the booklet discontinues).
There's one more package expected to arrive before the Christmas haul. That will take a while to sort out an unboxing post for.
