KalDurenik wrote...
My problems with DLC... Where do one start?
*Why release these quests when we can sell them lateron? - Its a very classic thing with DLC... Some games have even been released with the content on the CD but you need to download a keyunlocker and buy it to be able to use that content. So yes there is a very very thin line there. Will Bioware step over it? Most likely... Maybe not now but they will do it some time.
*The price ratio / contet / work time is very very very very horrible. If you take DAO's average game time (what was it? 50 hours?) for whatever the price tag was at release (lets say 50$) that would mean a DLC with the price tag of 15$ would be 15 hours of content? Are they even close to that? Nah at most there is 25-30min content. So yes overpriced DLC for reskinned items / maps / horrible VO and alot more...
*Dragon plate of red horrible low res textures... How long time did that take to make? 1min? It look like the armor have been made in paint or something O.o...
*The fact that there is a ugly ass hell npc standing going "DODODODO BUY CONTENT LALALA" is a step beyond... Lame?
*There is no quality check on DLC content what so ever. On some of them i need to ask if you have even done any testing O.o (and you still want a sky high price for the content...)
*Where do DLC end? When we buy "chapters" of games?
-DLC are most of the time only for the shiny items... There is no real "reason" or "use" to it. Why not make the player buy a town... Then as time go you can release a update where you add even more changes / quests to that town. And so on... That would be cool. Sadly i guess we will see "Sword of over 9000 gold shine"
Okay here's a question for you..are you a coder or a programmer? Or better yet do you work for Bioware? If no to both of those questions, how do you know, how long it takes to make a piece of content for a dlc?
Far as I know ..RTO was not only about the armor and weapons, it was closure on the story about what happened to the King ...and allowed us to exact revenge for that. I still think it was a fair idea.
As for 25-30 minutes...being that everyone was harping that it was only 25 to 30 mins long, I set a clock beside me and proceeded to play. First time in, it took me EXACTLY 2 hours and 15 minutes, on the nose.
I think dlcs are extra sure, nobody "needs" them. Its nice, however to "expand" your game and playtime with these. Great thing about dlcs, is you don't have to buy them, nobody forces you to, and they aren't required to complete the main campaign.
As for overpriced dlc, the most expensive was 15 dollars wasn't it..and I think that was for Shale, I don't know because I bought the Collector's where Shale was included. I have bought all the dlcs thus far, and the most expensive aside from the Shale one...was 7 bucks. How is that overpriced?
Costs need to be factored in when making these dlcs, the employees don't work for free. Therefore the dlcs are not free, especially if they include a voice actor or two. Leiliana's dlc included her original VA. Those don't come cheap.
I think we are lucky to get these dlc for that price. If 7 bucks is too much for your pocket book, then you know what to do...don't buy. Pretty simple reaction.
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