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[ZipZap2000]

Especially when the $15 ending DLC is 75% backtracking, like Trespasser.

You really weren't satisfied with that purchase at all were you.

[KamuiStorm]

Nope. Its one thing when a trusted dev like CDPR does it because I believe in them and their situation's unique.

[slimgrin]

 

 

Well, raugh all you want, but they are among the few devs that can deliver, so I see where Prince is coming from. But it's still a crap idea.  

[AlanC9]

It was a fair question, because no one knew. After all, ME1 and ME2 were both available on Steam. And, in that thread, most of the replies went along the lines of: "Nah, that wouldn't be a good business decision, you have to release it on multiple platforms to make more money". I agreed with that idea and I thought to myself that it was in EA's best interest to make sure that the entire trilogy becomes available on Steam, but if they wanted to release it on Origins as well, then sure, why not? Give people choices, right? Then a horrible idea later came to mind: "What if EA uses ME3 as an Origins exclusive to better 'promote' / advertise / "sell" their own distribution platform?".

In retrospect, thinking about Steam and Origin as "platforms" rather than as distribution channels was a category mistake that confused a lot of us. Buy from Origin, buy from Steam , buy from Amazon..... what's the difference?

I'm not sure what the actual case against season passes is either. I don't pay too much attention since I don't buy DLC very often. What's the downside?

[KaiserShep]

No. I would also like lore/story critical information to be in the main game and not $15 DLC. That is infuriating. 

 

 

I feel like there's a damned if you do damned if you don't situation here. So BioWare has this epic journey scifi game, and then at some point, they release a DLC to expand upon the universe and give players the opportunity to get more content with the characters they like. If the game doesn't add more lore or put more context in certain things here and there, people will complain that the DLC is just a meaningless add-on. But if they do add more lore and put more context in certain things, then people will complain that these things should've been in the main game.

 

I suppose then that this is more an argument against DLC of any sort, though I admit that the devs occasionally adding on to the game does kind of liven it up for someone like me, who probably played the game multiple times before any add-on content is even announced. 

[KaiserShep]

Yeah, I mean Citadel not being part of the base game was a slap in the face

 

 

The problem with this idea is that people assume that if something like Citadel was part of Mass Effect 3 from the beginning, it would be almost identical to what we have now, only "free". Let's not forget that the way these add-ons are designed may have things that are the result of Bio's correcting things from the vanilla game that players criticize.

[Pearl (rip bioware)]

I mean, I know sarcasm doesn't convey through text very well but come on...

[KaiserShep]

I mean, I know sarcasm doesn't convey through text very well but come on...

 

 

Stupid internet. It's caught me once again.

[AlexWk31]

I feel like there's a damned if you do damned if you don't situation here. So BioWare has this epic journey scifi game, and then at some point, they release a DLC to expand upon the universe and give players the opportunity to get more content with the characters they like. If the game doesn't add more lore or put more context in certain things here and there, people will complain that the DLC is just a meaningless add-on. But if they do add more lore and put more context in certain things, then people will complain that these things should've been in the main game.

I suppose then that this is more an argument against DLC of any sort, though I admit that the devs occasionally adding on to the game does kind of liven it up for someone like me, who probably played the game multiple times before any add-on content is even announced.

The type of DLC I'm referring to is DLC like From Ashes or Leviathan. DLC that is so integral to the plot that it should have been in the base game.

DLC like Citadel and Omega are perfectly acceptable DLCs because they are side stories that expand the context but are not required.

[PCThug]

I find the concept of the season pass to be pretty idiotic so I hope ME:A doesn't have one.

[Sinful Force]

I always buy season pass.

 

[AlanC9]

The type of DLC I'm referring to is DLC like From Ashes or Leviathan. DLC that is so integral to the plot that it should have been in the base game.

Well, I'd disagree about From Ashes being integral. Protheans per se aren't actually important in the MEU. They're just another exterminated cycle.

There's a better case for Leviathan. But since the writers hadn't come up with any of that stuff before ME3 was released, it was impossible for that stuff to have been included in ME3. If you want to say that's a problem with the writing for the base game, join the crowd. But saying that Bio shouldn't fix writing problems with DLC once they've had some... I don't see how that does anybody any good.

[Midnight Bliss]

No.

[KaiserShep]

The type of DLC I'm referring to is DLC like From Ashes or Leviathan. DLC that is so integral to the plot that it should have been in the base game.

DLC like Citadel and Omega are perfectly acceptable DLCs because they are side stories that expand the context but are not required.

 

 

But that goes to the whole DLC being part of BioWare's corrections point. If ME3's ending was actually well received and people didn't complain that the Catalyst seemed to just come out of nowhere, would Leviathan still exist? 

[von uber]

I always buy season pass.

Well come the revolution you'll be first against the wall.

[Onewomanarmy]

Sure, I don't mind xD

[Gileadan]

I'll worry about ME:A DLC in any way, shape or form once they've made a base game I actually want more of.

[Onewomanarmy]

I always buy season pass.

 

 

Me too! If it's a game I like then I always buy the season pass and dlc and what else comes with it. I'm a sucker for these games and it's "accessories" lol

[thepiebaker]

In retrospect, thinking about Steam and Origin as "platforms" rather than as distribution channels was a category mistake that confused a lot of us. Buy from Origin, buy from Steam , buy from Amazon..... what's the difference?

I'm not sure what the actual case against season passes is either. I don't pay too much attention since I don't buy DLC very often. What's the downside?

People think they're paying more? Idk the hate here is confusing me.

A seasons pass is essentially preordering the dlc they have planned for the game and the cost comes out at you're usually getting one of the dlc free at the end. And they sometimes put a goodie in with the dlc like saints row 4 put an alien probe in theirs.

What it means is that a game is going to at least have X installments of dlc. They say how many on the description text when you buy the season pass. If the pass says 4 dlcs and they only give 2 then it's false advertising. If they have more dlc in the works they can release it outside the seasons pass. Made a season pass 2 or what bethesda already is doing add it to the first seasons pass as a bonus "we love our fans"

[Obliviousmiss]

Sure, why the hell not. I'll buy. 

 

 

But only for Mass Effect.

[ArabianIGoggles]

No.  I'm not of fan of this trend. 

[Chardonney]

Absolutely no.

[Degrees1991]

No but I'm just going to shoot myself in the foot and buy it anyway so only can blame myself.

[spirosz]

Me too! If it's a game I like then I always buy the season pass and dlc and what else comes with it. I'm a sucker for these games and it's "accessories" lol

 

Sheeeeeeeep 

[Cribbian]

Nej