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Let's take a look back at what DLC was back in the day: Before, DLC used to just be simply patches for a game that would keep the thing running - things like fixing glitches and/or bugs that people found in the game that detracted from the experience so ultimately gamers would be able to play the game the way the developers wanted. Very rarely would one see extra missions and what-not that had no relevance to the game itself. They were made merely so people would keep playing the game long after it came out.
Now? Now we get stuck with having to download 57 'optional' sidequests, characters, and missions that, while being 'optional', alter the game dramatically. Why?
Because money...
I wouldn't really care that much to be honest, but quite frankly the content they choose to put in DLC these days is retarded as well. I could understand if it was something like a map pack or something the majority are all begging for that would make the game better, but making a character a DLC is just stupid.
Making it day one DLC is even more stupid.
Some people who buy the CE are pissed because the 'content they stood in a line for and had to pre-order' will be available to everyone, which more or less negates the whole concept of pre-ordering the damn thing. Sure you get an artbook and other artsy fartsy stuff, but other than a rare few people or hardcore fans, most care about the DLC.
People who don't get the collector's edition are pissed because in all reality the disc they are buying is just the one out of the collector's edition box but they have to pay another tenner to unlock the content on it. (You can't in all honesty, with the way companies are now, expect me to believe Bioware would go out and make two separate disks with different content. The label on the top might be different, but the disc is still the same.)
Honestly, I blame the publishers. Its all a rush to see who can get their crap out the fastest. Because of this, content gets cut. Then later sold as DLC. Sure the developers get money, but who do you think told them to do it in the first place?
Of course this isn't even the worst part. Because a lot of games are mostly DLC nowadays, whats going to happen when the next generation of consoles come out?
I'll tell you....
The old consoles get taken off the servers. Then the games get taken of the servers. Then the DLC gets taken off the servers. Happened with the original Xbox very quickly. People can't get any DLC for some of the games they had like Halo 2 or KotOR anymore. (inb4gloriousPCmasterrace) Or maybe the content gets corrupted and you can't redownload it because there's no service for that...
Better buy this **** quick and not delete it!
The whole concept of DLC is ruining everything, especially console gaming. This character was originally fully integrated with the main game, now he's a tenner because we discovered what was going on with the leaked script.
The worst part is that completionists, like myself, are actually going to buy this and therefore companies are encouraged to do the same thing. So I'll see you guys on launch day with my 57 copies of Mass Effect 3 so I make sure I have everything possible for the 'full experience'.
/rant
Modifié par Ar7emis, 22 février 2012 - 08:52 .
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