Deus Ex Human Revolution (Pre-Order Edition)

If you wanted to walk into Deus Ex Human Revolution fully loaded from minute one, this was your ticket. The Deus Ex Human Revolution Pre-Order Edition on Playstation 3 came packed with the Explosive Mission Pack and a suite of in-game hardware that gave early adopters a serious tactical edge. The Automatic Unlocking Device alone changes how you approach the game's labyrinthine level design.

Pair that with the M-28 Utility Remote-Detonated Explosive Device (yes, the acronym is UR-DED, and yes, that rules), the Linebacker G-87 multiple shot grenade launcher, and you've got an arsenal that most players never touched. Pre-order editions from the PS3 era hold a weird and wonderful place in collecting. They were the original FOMO play, tied to a specific window of commitment before reviews even dropped.

That made them inherently limited in a way that post-launch editions never replicate. For Deus Ex completionists building out every variant on PS3, this Pre-Order Edition fills a very specific slot on the shelf. The DLC content may have been made available later, but the packaging and the principle of the thing?

That's what collecting is about.