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Great rant on DLC for games

Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:29 am
Posted by SeeeeK
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:29 am
Posted by jefforize
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:39 am to


its a rant on ranger mode (hard mode) on metro last light being a preorder bonus, or a $5 dlc

Can't say I disagree. He mad.

oh well. Want it bad enough, PO it. Its been on special with new NVIDIA cards and steam too

I sort of want to play metro 2033 on ranger mode now. But fricking amoebas and librarians
This post was edited on 5/11/13 at 12:41 am
Posted by sbr2
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:39 am to
You're probably a sadist if you want Ranger mode - frick that.
Posted by SeeeeK
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:41 am to
they have been sticking it to consumers for years

Posted by jefforize
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:45 am to
He may overestimate how many metro fans want to play ranger mode

the all important question that i forgot to check..is there a guy with a gun on the cover?!
Posted by sbr2
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:46 am to
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cover




I'm a bit worried, without a shaved head space marine on the cover I fear sales will be low.
Posted by jefforize
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:46 am to
Well whattya know...

People who just casually pick this one up due to the Guy with Gun on Cover effect are gonna shite themselves quick
This post was edited on 5/11/13 at 12:49 am
Posted by Monsters and Men
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 3:10 am to
Thought it was kinda dumb to have Ranger mode be a preorder bonus/dlc, but it's also one of the easiest things for a mod to implement so I don't really care.

I do enjoy this video making fun of dlc.
Posted by Mr Gardoki
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 7:40 am to
DLC is annoying but all you can do as a consumer is not buy it. I rarely buy DLC. I better love a game to buy it and most times I bought it was with a bundle special and I never used it. IT's funny how under the radar this game has been. Guy at gamestop yesterday was telling me how no one has been preordering or talking about it at all.
Posted by tom
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 7:56 am to
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no one has been preordering or talking about it at all


I don't know why anyone would preorder a game in general, but preordering this game would be especially stupid considering the THQ disaster and who is publishing it now.
Posted by Meursault
Member since Sep 2003
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 8:01 am to
At least he provides a viable solution for the customer. Wait until Steam puts it on a big sale, and then spend the $5 extra.

I agree with this man. I hate the very concept of DLC, and preorder incentives. frick retailers, and frick game producers if this is the way it is now.
Posted by MFn GIMP
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 9:32 am to
There is nothing wrong with dlc in general. In fact, I usually really enjoy game extending dlc, such as is found borderlands 1 and 2.

The only dlcs that upsets me is on disc dlc that actually affects the story, ie the prothean character in ME3, and pay to win dlc.

ETA: I can only imagine how great dlc for FF6 would have been if dlc existed in the 90s.
This post was edited on 5/11/13 at 9:34 am
Posted by tehchampion140
Member since Sep 2010
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:01 pm to
That was awesome.

Unfortunately, it's the same issue as the one people have with EA. People will be mad about it, but they won't do anything about it and will most likely buy the game mode regardless. Voila, the company makes more money from ripping off consumers, and the trend continues into other games.
Posted by SeeeeK
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Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:16 pm to
DLC is good

Taking things from the game, to sell as DLC later, is garbage. COD is the king at that.

If anyone bought the gun wraps for bo2, then you have zero voice to bitch, you just set the bar, on how stupid a consumer would be.


PS you look like a homo, with your gun blinged out in diamonds, or the fruity gun wraps, you bought. LOL @ you.
Posted by sbr2
Member since Apr 2011
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:20 pm to
I think on-disc DLC is bad. How are the gun-camo things bad? They are the epitome of cosmetic DLC, there are plenty of standard options and these are just extra?
Posted by jefforize
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:36 pm to
nah, its nowhere near the same issue as people have with EA, at least for me. DLC is low on the list of reasons i dislike EA

And Metro is fricking awesome so it won't be a ripoff.

Just my opinion. I don't mind paying for awesome content. I dont even mind DLC.. its a great way to extend the life of a great game.
Posted by Mr Gardoki
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 12:39 pm to
I don't mind this for metro because it isn't essential to have. Ranger mode is not for the average mainstream player.
Posted by wadewilson
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 1:30 pm to
DLC is horseshite.


Now I did buy the season pass or whatever for Borderlands, but I did it with 3 other people, and I think we paid like $50 apiece, for the game and any DLC that would come out for the game.
Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 1:36 pm to
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it isn't essential to have

but that's the way it was meant to be played.
Posted by SeeeeK
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Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 5/11/13 at 1:48 pm to
yeah, season pass is the new way to stick it up consumers arse.

you get all the DLC, blah blah.

More shite is taken from the games, and sold as DLC.


for christs sake, Activision sold old CoD4 maps, as part of a DLC. Maps you already paid for, with cod4. Then redesigned old WAW/BO maps and sold them as new maps.

Now that the new generation of consoles will be out, and no excuses to not have larger disks and better graphics, what will their excuses be for small map packs in games? no more claiming xbox cannot handle the disks, they are blu ray players, so no excuses not to load a game with 20ish maps, great, long campaigns, etc.
This post was edited on 5/11/13 at 2:35 pm
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