Gears of War 3 Epic Edition Size Comparison September 21, 2011

The Gears of War 3 Epic Edition continues the trend of Microsoft publishing ENORMOUS Collector’s Editions (with an enormous price to match), that have been shared in games like Halo 3 and Halo Reach.  I’ll do my review and unboxing of the game a little later, but I want you guys here to have some idea about just how big the box this game came in is, and how it compares to other Collector’s Editions I own.

I actually did the math to compare the volume of each of the largest Collector’s Edition boxes I own, and let me say that it is definitely up there, on par with the size of the Halo Reach Legendary Edition, and easily beating out the size of every other large Collector’s Edition I owned (regardless of shape).

Of course comparing the Halo Reach Legendary Edition box to the Gears of War 3 Epic Edition box was kind of pointless, as there is a clear winner to the largest Collector’s Edition box, and that’s of course for the Rock Band Collector’s Edition which included the game with guitar, drum set and microphone.  I don’t have any of the Guitar Hero World Tour or Band Hero Collector’s Editions so I can’t compare those, but Rock Band 2’s CE box was somehow made smaller.

But, for a game that shipped with no extra peripherals, It’s STILL a pretty big box!