First of all, let me just say that the game looks phenomenal and there's a very good chance you'll be receiving a paypal payment from me in the near future.

The reason I made this thread was because I am happy that there are no preorder bonuses for this game. No exclusive items, or trinkets, or skins, or armor, or anything. Thank you!

I'm just sick and tired of this tactic used by developers. Why should a person who just happens to buy the game later be punished? Is that gamer's money not as good? I understand there should be incentives for preordering, but there's a way to do it and still treat the customer with some measure of respect. Let me give you an example for the sake of contrast:

Civilization V (another game I am highly anticipating):

Preorder from Steam: Exclusive Cradle of Civilization map - Mesopotamia

Preorder from Amazon: Exclusive Cradle of Civilization map - Asia

Preorder from Direct2Drive: First DLC free of charge (two civs and a scenario)

Did I mention D2D and Steam also have a digital deluxe edition that comes with the Babylon Civ? Oh and that retail stores have a 100$ Special edition which has cool collector's items but no gameplay benefits of the online versions?

I've seriously spent the last few weeks deciding on which site to order this game from, and I'm still not sure. I want to give them my money, but it's unnecessarily confusing. I feel like I can't wait for the reviews to be published because by then it will be too late to preorder and I will miss out on actual in-game bonuses. 

So thanks for keeping it simple, and thanks for giving me the opportunity to wait for a demo or wait for reviews if I choose to.