Finally someone recognizes the absurdity.
I mean what the fuck happened to expansion packs that and were more than one map and a few guns or some bullshit and actually breathed new life into a game.
[QUOTE=Cheesedragon;39961482]Finally someone realizes the absurdity.
I mean what the fuck happened to expansion packs that and were more than one map and a few guns or some bullshit and actually breathed new life into a game.[/QUOTE]
What do you mean "finally someone realizes the absurdity", everyone already knew DLC was getting ridiculous. At this point, this is basically "what's the deal with airline food"
Reminds me of this one flash game called upgrade complete.
I wonder who started the episodic content and all the dlc stuff.
The first developer that I knew that used episodic content was Valve with Half-Life: Episode 1.
I thought this was released months ago as a free game?
[QUOTE=Cheesedragon;39961482]Finally someone recognizes the absurdity.
I mean what the fuck happened to expansion packs that and were more than one map and a few guns or some bullshit and actually breathed new life into a game.[/QUOTE]
Except DLC is hardly like this at all.
You know why we don't have expansion packs anymore and get more smaller cheaper DLC now? Because more people got access to faster internet connections. It would take ages to download a battlefield 2 expansion back in the day, but now people have much faster connections capable of just downloading it.
Physical copies are needed less than ever now, and with that they can make smaller DLCs faster and sell them for cheap rather than wait long periods and sell larger content for a higher price.
No game has DLC like this. None. Zero. Every game I have played I have been able to play through just goddamn fine without paying a single fucking cent towards map packs or any other expansions.
Which is why it infuriates me when people try to act clever and go like WELL YOU GOTTA ACTUALLY PAY 100 DOLLARS TO GET THE FULL GAME. Fuck you. You pay 60 dollars for a game you get your 60 dollar game. DLC and season pass DLC is completely optional and is usually made after the game is made. When DLC is literally on the disk or in the files then you can complain.
Free content updates, while they are cool, are a privilege, not a right. If you actually feel entitled to free content updates then you need to just hold the fuck up and rethink things.
I mean christ. DLC now is just your "expansion packs" from back then in smaller, cheaper, downloadable packages.
[QUOTE=junker|154;39961689]I wonder who started the episodic content and all the dlc stuff.
The first developer that I knew that used episodic content was Valve with Half-Life: Episode 1.[/QUOTE]
season passes seem to be the new norm now. Saints Row 3 was the first game that I remember doing it.
[QUOTE=legolover122;39962031]Except DLC is hardly like this at all.
You know why we don't have expansion packs anymore and get more smaller cheaper DLC now? Because more people got access to faster internet connections. It would take ages to download a battlefield 2 expansion back in the day, but now people have much faster connections capable of just downloading it.
Physical copies are needed less than ever now, and with that they can make smaller DLCs faster and sell them for cheap rather than wait long periods and sell larger content for a higher price.
No game has DLC like this. None. Zero. Every game I have played I have been able to play through just goddamn fine without paying a single fucking cent towards map packs or any other expansions.
Which is why it infuriates me when people try to act clever and go like WELL YOU GOTTA ACTUALLY PAY 100 DOLLARS TO GET THE FULL GAME. Fuck you. You pay 60 dollars for a game you get your 60 dollar game. DLC and season pass DLC is completely optional and is usually made after the game is made. When DLC is literally on the disk or in the files then you can complain.
Free content updates, while they are cool, are a privilege, not a right. If you actually feel entitled to free content updates then you need to just hold the fuck up and rethink things.
I mean christ. DLC now is just your "expansion packs" from back then in smaller, cheaper, downloadable packages.[/QUOTE]
I beg to differ, they might be smaller and more frequent, but often they are far more expensive than one solid expansion pack.
I might get this. Price is small enough to where I can see that the dev isn't trying to gouge people. He's making a game to make a point and taking a bit for his time.
[QUOTE=junker|154;39962119]I beg to differ, they might be smaller and more frequent, but often they are far more expensive than one solid expansion pack.[/QUOTE]
Expansions usually costed much more than 15 dollars and came with more than the usual 4 maps and a couple weapons.
We get pretty equivalent if not cheaper exchange at 15 dollars now and the usual 4 maps and a couple guns.
I meant that the actual package price is cheaper. Now we get two DLCs that come with 4 maps and a couple guns each that cost 15 dollars each VS expansion packs that had probably nearly the same amount as the two DLCs combined (8 maps and a few more weapons) for 30-40 dollars.
[QUOTE=Cheesedragon;39961482]Finally someone recognizes the absurdity.
I mean what the fuck happened to expansion packs that and were more than one map and a few guns or some bullshit and actually breathed new life into a game.[/QUOTE]If you're refering to the BF3 DLC, it's actually kept the game well and alive a whole year after the launch.
Bought it. I don't care if it's cheaper elsewhere, the dev deserves the money.
[QUOTE=Maruhai;39963001]Bought it. I don't care if it's cheaper elsewhere, the dev deserves the money.[/QUOTE]
Umm...
Steam takes the extra cash. More expensive games on Steam contra anywhere else just means that you're paying Steam more, not the developer. Not that it is in any way shape or form expensive to begin with, but you get my point.
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