MASS EFFECT: Spiritual successor to Star Trek?
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Yeah. Figures the iPhone game would be more meaningful than this thing. Too bad.
Bethesda has set a new model for doing this stuff - I expected Bring Down the Sky to be part of a 5 part series based on the Batarians... but I guess not.
Bethesda has set a new model for doing this stuff - I expected Bring Down the Sky to be part of a 5 part series based on the Batarians... but I guess not.
I agree 100 percent!
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And honestly, I hate that argument. I don't mind small expansions if the price is right. £6 for an extra 6-7 hours of gameplay is about right, and I certainly won't begrudge a developer for putting out DLC after release because... that's sort of the point, ken?
There have been some shocking, money grubbing attempts at DLC recently (especially from BioWare - I mean, fucking BIOWARE?! Come one! You're supposed to be one of the GOOD devs!!!), don't get me wrong, but when it's done well it's very welcome as far as I'm concerned. Many developers are getting the hang of it now with Bethesda leading the pack.
And honestly, I hate that argument. I don't mind small expansions if the price is right. £6 for an extra 6-7 hours of gameplay is about right, and I certainly won't begrudge a developer for putting out DLC after release because... that's sort of the point, ken?
There have been some shocking, money grubbing attempts at DLC recently (especially from BioWare - I mean, fucking BIOWARE?! Come one! You're supposed to be one of the GOOD devs!!!), don't get me wrong, but when it's done well it's very welcome as far as I'm concerned. Many developers are getting the hang of it now with Bethesda leading the pack.
I dunno, I got 80 hours out of Fallout 3, so I really don't mind that they essentially built half a game on top of that and are charging 10 bucks per "episode".
I mean, that silly iPhone version of Mass Effect might have made a decent diversion in ME1 as a bridge to ME2... or they could have done some kind of series of episodes that cliffhangered into ME2 directly. But oh well.
I mean, that silly iPhone version of Mass Effect might have made a decent diversion in ME1 as a bridge to ME2... or they could have done some kind of series of episodes that cliffhangered into ME2 directly. But oh well.
I almost wonder in the Mass Effect case if they already had the content finished and just withheld it with the expectation of selling it as DLC.
I knew where to go, but I had finished the task there already yet the checklist kept stating that is where I needed to go. I even bought the strategy guide to see if I did anything wrong, but I had done everything I was supposed to do, but the game wouldnt advance the story that is why I got rid of it.
DLC is great IF its done right, The Pitt, Broken Steel and Point Lookout were great value (Op anchorage was not)
Bring down the score.... I mean.... Sky was poor even for £3.60, felt like it was knocked up by the trainee in less than a day. Not even touching the M.E. DLC
Bring down the score.... I mean.... Sky was poor even for £3.60, felt like it was knocked up by the trainee in less than a day. Not even touching the M.E. DLC
Absolutely agreed on all counts.
What I don't understand is when people make these very observations and conclude that DLC in general, as a concept, is a bad idea™.
Companies are learning. Seriously. Voliton's Saints Row 2 DLC got even more scorn thrown at it than Horse Armour (it was genuinely shitter value for money too). Their Red Faction DLC, in comparison, really made an effort to flesh out that universe, gave players a new campaign of quite reasonable length, and even subtly changed the gameplay mechanics by making the new terrain, well, vertical. It was well worth the asking price. It was a massive turnaround from their previous effort.
And - AND - it's damn fine example of content that absolutely would not have fit in the original retail game. As standalone campaign in DLC form, though, it works brilliantly.
Im just going to jump in and chime in with my opinion on DLC. I personally dislike DLC in all its forms. Not because it is overly expensive or anything like that. I dislike it because when I spend money on something, I want a physical piece of property. I prefer it when the content is available on a disc for me to purchase. Some companies do this, others don't
I can understand that, used to have the same attitude. But the notion of physical media being included with a license to play content is a 20th century one and we're all going to have to get used to the fact that it won't survive very far into the 21st.
I personally hate digital downloads and will cling to physical media for as long as possible. I see many others doing exactly the same...
I see many people refusing to read the writing on the wall, yeah.
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