Assassin’s Creed 3 Special Editions Announced!

Assassin’s Creed 3 Special Editions Announced!

March 29, 2012 · by polson · in

By: Pat Olson

A press release for the upcoming title Assassin’s Creed 3 came out today, detailing the contents of the special editions of the game that will be hitting retail shelves this fall available in Europe.

The edition titles and contents are listed as:

The Freedom Edition

  • Assassin’s Creed III retail game
  • A 24-cm high-quality figurine of Connor
  • A steel book case art drawn by awards-winning comic artist Alex Ross
  • George Washington’s notebook revealing all the truth & secrets about the Assassins and the Templars during the American Revolution
  • One exclusive Lithograph
  • Two in-game Single Player Missions:
    – Lost Mayan Ruins: Connor’s mission leads him in an old Mayan pyramid, full of mysteries and revelations. Players will be able to unlock Captain Kidd’s fabled cutlass, a deadly, brutal and beautiful piece of steel.
    – Ghost of War: The tide of the Revolution turns into the Templars favour. Defeat your enemies and unlock The Pontiac’s War Club, a powerful Native American weapon.
  • One in-game Multiplayer Package:
    – The Sharpshooter package: Unleash the Sharpshooter fury in multiplayer with 1 new character, the Sharpshooter, 1 Relic, 1 Emblem, 1 special Picture and the Title of “The Jester”.

The Join or Die Edition

  • Assassin’s Creed III retail game
  • The medallion of the Assassins with its high-quality curd ladle
  • George Washington’s notebook revealing all the truth & secrets about the Assassins and the Templars during the American Revolution
  • One in-game Single Player Mission:
    – Ghost of War: The tide of the Revolution turns into the Templars favour. Defeat your enemies and unlock The Pontiac’s War Club, a powerful Native American weapon.
  • One in-game Multiplayer Package:
    – The Sharpshooter package: Unleash the Sharpshooter fury in multiplayer with 1 new character, the Sharpshooter, 1 Relic, 1 Emblem, 1 special Picture and the Title of “The Jester”.

The Special Edition

  • Special packaging
  • Assassin’s Creed III retail game
  • One in-game Single Player Missions:
    – A Dangerous Secret: Fight against a secret that could jeopardise the funding of the revolution. In case of success, you’ll be rewarded with an exclusive weapon: a Flintlock Musket.”

As one can notice, the Freedom Edition contains most of everything offered, except for the one mission offered in the Special Edition. Is one extra mission worth garnering the extra 60 dollars on a game?

Thoughts?

(Edition details taken from G4TV.com)

note: no details yet on when the US special editions will be announced

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