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Hahahahahaha BW and EA literally have no shame |
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People could fix this problem by, Oh, I don't know, NOT BUYING THEIR GODDAMN GAMES.
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Kordirn  Title: Pirate Prince
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Registered: 2004-4-19 01:15:26
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The only time I ever get DLC is if I buy the game of the year edition.
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RHWarrior  Posts: 770
Registered: 2009-9-30 18:42:12
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Haven't played any of the Ass Effect games, did I miss out?
Suppose I should try the first one and then forget about the sequels...
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bstulic Posts: 761
Registered: 2002-7-26 04:55:00
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RHWarrior posted:
Haven't played any of the Ass Effect games, did I miss out?
Suppose I should try the first one and then forget about the sequels...
First one is good up until point where you have to drive
vehicle around...horrible
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kedz20xx  Title: Entertained
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Registered: 2008-5-7 09:09:17
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Yukishiro1 posted:
They've never been uphill, at least not on their own.
I used to think BW used to be great until Cobane pointed out to me that all the great games I think of BW making had one thread running through them: they had all Black Isle input in a big way. Baldur's Gate was published by BI, Planescape:Torment was BI entirely, so was Icewind Dale.
Something about the BW/BI partnership worked really well. When that partnership broke up the game quality went downhill. You can tell because the first post-BI game, Neverwinter Nights, was the worst thing BW has ever made by a country mile. And BI games went downhill after that too.
BW doesn't make bad games by any means (except for NWN, which really was awful from the point of view of the game itself rather than the development tools). But they arn't as good as they used to be.
Okay, I can agree with this. Maybe more of a middle hill on their own, then.
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kedz20xx Title: Entertained
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Registered: 2008-5-7 09:09:17
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Hahahahahaha BW and EA literally have no shame |
Mass Effect has some interesting things in it. When you get down to the meat of the series, it's really a bland story.
Mass Effect's story line:
ME1
Fights for mankind > becomes super space ninja > tracks down bad guy > learns some back story > finds bad guy > kills bad guy > giant space hand/squid tries to dominate the galaxy > hero rapes squid with uber ship
ME2
Advanced ship gets molested, hero dies > shady operation fixes hero > hero gathers resources > hero gathers crew > more resources > some alien babe humping > more crew > more resources > some back story > kill human reaper > fly off into space
Haven't played ME3 yet. May rent it.
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Taliesihne Title: Wind on the Deep Waters
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Registered: 2004-2-19 04:47:59
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Not sure what's so scandalous about this other then bad security practices.
This type of stuff is in EVERY game with plans for DLC. To be fair, it shows smart engineering and a team that was operating ahead of schedule.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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No, it shows the shamelessness of modern game companies that sell you the game but put locks on part of it until you pay them even more. 
If your "DLC" is part of the original CD it's not DLC. If you can finish the content in time to put it on the original CD it should come in the purchase price. |
Koneg Title: Evil Genius
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Registered: 2001-12-4 15:31:28
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Yukishiro1 posted:
No, it shows the shamelessness of modern game companies that sell you the game but put locks on part of it until you pay them even more.
If your "DLC" is part of the original CD it's not DLC. If you can finish the content in time to put it on the original CD it should come in the purchase price.
All DLC uses elements of the original game. Sound effects, visual effects, entity models, textures, terrain etc ad infinitum. That is the nature of DLC. MOST of what you find in any DLC already exists in the original game.
If you have a problem with the fact that some of this DLC was on the original CD then you're just being a picky bitch.
Do you want to play that DLC? Then pay for it. If you don't... don't. Who gives a fark if it was on the original CD? Seriously?
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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They're not talking about that.
Read the story. The new character in the DLC is too central to the game to really be real DLC. The original game was built with the day-one extra-cost DLC in mind and that DLC was basically loaded into the original game, just inaccessible until you pay the unlock fee.
They are only selling you part the game for the box fee. If you want the whole game they worked on you have to pay more...because they feel like gouging you.
It's just the logical next step in "DLC." I've been saying for years DLC will just result in game companies making shorter games and charging you full price then gouging you for the rest of the game they would have made anyhow. This is a prime example of that.
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All you have to do to unlock the new DLC $10 character is edit one of the text files.  |
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