Uhm. Duh?



I'm not saying I disagree with you. I'm saying you're totally over-reacting.


If you don't want to be gouged... don't be?


Back to my Civ5 example. Civ came with something like 7 "DLCs". The original game was $60 and each DLC was ~$5 to ~$10.


When I bought it the game and all DLCs combined cost me $13.


The market is a self-correcting entity. If game makers can sell something for $60 and sell a bunch of add-ons for $7 they will. You and others like you have the ability to correct that behavior by just not buying it. Literally.

 

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I'm not overreacting. You do not know me very well if you think this really upsets me.


But it's just a fact it is pretty shameless to release day-one DLC that is actually part of the original game and just amounts to charging you $10 to unlock part of the game you already have.

The new character is not at all vital to the main game. With the DLC you get a new mission and a new character who just provides commentary...that's it. If people want to get pissed, they should be pissed at the fact there are hints that a future DLC will be required to get a more beneficial end-game scenario.

 

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DLC is a great idea in theory. In practice MBAs will make anything suck.

 

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My impression is that the prothean is not central to the game at all. He's an interesting bit of flavor but not necessary to the story.

He adds interesting flavor, gives perspective that a lot of people wanted to see in the story. But the heart of ME3 is interacting with the folks you already know and how they shape how certain scenarios play out.

In terms of narrative structure feel, at its core the concept is similar to ME2. In that you're doing things to rally people to your side. (at least the first half of the game which i've played.)

But the way it plays out feels very different from ME2. ME3 does an excellent job of making it feel like there's actually a huge war on. And instead of collecting superstars of the galaxy. Your meeting up with your superstar friends to kick ass (sometimes) together. I think ME3 does emphasize that the story consequences of ME2 are pretty minimal and ultimately unresolved. The primary purpose of ME2 was just to introduce characters and situations that help make ME3 meaningful.

 

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ME 3 does do an excellent job of portraying a hopeless and desperate war. I think the ending scenarios did not make much sense, and could have been better written.

 

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Well sort of.. but lets face it.. ME1 didn't have that many interesting characters. There's something like 10 out of the 30 recurring characters that came from ME1. (warning: broad generalization) And ME2 gave more characterization of the existing characters.

ME3 wouldn't be a interesting of a story without the existence of ME2.

Characters introduced in ME2: Thane , Mordin , Miranda, Jacob, Kelly Chambers, Aria, Zaeed, Kasumi, Legion, that Asari bartender, Jack, EDI, Grunt, C-Sec officer Bailey, Illusive Man, Samara, the Quarians.

Additional character development occured for Tali, GArrus, Wrex, Joker, Dr. Chakwas, Liara, Kaiden/Ashley (barely), story development included a deeper look at the Genophage, the protheans, the geth-quarian conflict, the asari, the criminal underworld, and cerberus.

(I can't comment on Overlord or Arrival DLC, which does come up pin ME3.

All of these characters and background details were engaging, and there role in ME3 is more meaningful because of the development in ME2. And no, this background detail wouldn't be the same packed into one game. Both the onset of time between the two games, and the difference of tone, wouldn't allow for as rich of a story.

 

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That is what i'm hearing. haven't finished yet, But it does sound lik things got weird and confusing with the ending, just in terms violating the ways the game mechanics and interface cues worked, not really providing a clear epilogue, and gaping plot holes.

 

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Don't worry, they will have a DLC in a month or two for another $10 that will make the ending suck less and make more sense if you pony up the cash. And we'll probably find out the "new" ending was already on the disc and just needed to be unlocked by editing a text file.