I arrived at my local Gamestop on Monday night, around 10:50pm and there were already about 40 people in line. Great. Luckily I brought my PSP. Gamespot employees began taking everyone in to pay off their copies so that once 12:00am came around, you just had to present your receipt, ID, and you were out of there.
It worked out great because I was in my car driving back home at 12:10am. Not bad considering my place in line. If I remember correctly, it took me more than ½ an hour to get Halo 2.
I had it all planned out. I would get home and play some multiplayer with my friend (who was also getting at midnight) and then concentrate on the single-player the next day. While I am far more interested in Halo's single-player campaign (I am one of the few people who enjoy it more than multiplayer), it was late, my girlfriend was sleeping and I am going to need my first experience with the campaign to be with the surround-sound volume on 11.
So, I tear open the game (I bought the Limited Edition) and get with the Slaying. Fun times. I go to bed at 5am. Not a big problem since I did not work the following day.
I get about five hours of sleep, wake up at 10am and get ready for a whole day of Halo 3 single-player. But first, I take a look at all the goodies that came with the Limited Edition Set (in my haste to play last night, I didn't give it a second glance).
I see an instruction booklet, a poster, a few flyers, a nice hard cover art book, a bonus disc . . . wait, where is my bonus disc?!
Turns out, my copy of the Limited Edition HAD NO BONUS DISC!
Just my luck. I probably got the only copy of the game from Gamestop that had no bonus disc. Upon close inspection, my Limited Edition is all messed up. The bottom of the tin casing is bent in, no bonus disc, and of course, like many others who got this edition, when I opened the case last night my game disc was dislodged from the holder and flapping all around the case. It has a few small scratches but nothing too severe. It is playing fine.
So, after playing a good amount of the solo campaign (impressions will be added to another post) I call Gamestop to see what the deal is with my missing bonus disc. They advise me that it is a Microsoft issue and there is nothing they could do. Great. I dread calling Microsoft support.
I bite the bullet and call Microsoft. After going through a ton of options, I manage to speak to a live operator. He is very friendly, yet has to put me on hold every 30 seconds (for about 5 minutes each time) because he has to find out information about what to do. After about ½ an hour, he advises that they can send me a copy of the bonus disc, but that their computers are going crazy so he has to give me a reference number and tells me that he put all of my notes in the system and that if I call back in 2 days they will be able to finish the transaction.
So, 2 days later I call, speak to someone else, give them my reference number, and get put on hold again for about 10 minutes. The guy comes back, gives me a new reference number, mumbles something that I barely understand, says something about calling back with this new number, and the conversation ends. I do not know if I have to call with this new number if I don't receive the bonus disc, or if I have to call again today to do something else, I am in the dark (my fault for not inquiring further, but this guy was definitely not as friendly as the one I spoke to previously).
Anyway, Halo 3 is awesome, I just wish something didn't always have to go wrong!!! Argh! I want my bonus disc!
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