Advice Please - To Gold or Not to Gold?

[SubKamran]

Here's the deal: Around 9-10 months ago I won a sweepstakes on IGN for "Win your wishlist". On my list I had Half-Life 2 (top 5 games) and they said they would pre-order it for me. Back then, Gamestore was powered by Gamestop so by my logic Gamestop should STILL have my pre-order. (I keep getting "Release Date changed!" notifications so I think I'm still on the system).

Now, I am a die-hard HL2 fan but I also want to save money. Is it worth it to buy Gold package when I'm getting a free copy? Or should I just buy the strategy guide seperate. But what about DOD:S and HL:S? Are they free already? I already have all of Valve's back catalog so that's not a loss.

I'm just confoozled.

Reasons to buy Gold:

* Neat merchandise (hat, stickers, posters...)
* Strat guide
* DOD:S and HL:S

Reasons not to:

* Free copy of HL2 anyways
* Can buy strat guide for $17
* Buy (if not already free) DOD:S and HL:S seperate
* Saves $90

 

[Sgt. Duffy]

Nahh..free hat and stuff arent worth it. And hundreds of mods will be available...screw DoD and CS (which you'll get anyways)

 

[SubKamran]

Okay... I suppose I will then await my copy! (HURRY UP DAMMIT!)

 

[JPack]

DoD:S and HL:S will not be free.

 

[Eon Blue]

Silver.
Gold is a waste unless you're not going retail.

 

[WhiteZero]

I doubt Half-Life Source will be worth it. But you get posters, a hat, and tons more stuff.

It all depends on how much of a HL fanboy you are.