GameRager: 0.o
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Not buying DLC one doesn't like I can understand, but(maybe) not buying a game(even if it's good and is made in a way that one finds "agreeable") just because the devs also made day 1 DLC for it? Seriously? To me that seems a wee bit extreme. :\
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Isn't a good amount of DLC(the kind that integrates into the main game) not needed to finish the game or get the "best" ending/total game play experience?
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That you honestly(seemingly) believe that most/much day 1 DLC is being cut from the main game(without proof, I might add) is why such beliefs irk me to no end. :P
[Requests to divide the forum into subforums]O=(-_- Q ) <(Taste my fist!)
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I have little tolerance for certain mistakes. Games aren't drugs, and I don't need to stand the "dealers' " ridiculous demands or hijinks in order to get my "fix". I can just walk to the next guy and ask if he's got something interesting or not play, and I won't even get withdrawal symptoms.
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To get the "best" total game play experience without the DLC, the DLC needs to be irrelevant. I have no problem with irrelevant DLC. If the day 1 DLC is a mustache skin pack (irrelevant if the mustaches aren't a part of the plot or gameplay and if this was an alternate reality where mustaches aren't relevant), I don't mind one bit. For finishing the game and getting the best ending, you can take Quake 1, take all but the first and the last mission out of the game and sell them as "Missing Memories of the Man Traumatized by The Constant Killing" DLC pack. Maybe keep some maps where you get new weapons in the base game for the game play experience.
If you're talking about skinpacks and nothing but skinpacks, then we're talking about different things. I'm talking about day 1 DLC sans skinpacks. Skinpacks can be rubbish for different reasons ("let's disable modding so we can charge for skinpacks, yaay").
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I believe the decision that "this is in the base game" and "this is extra content" is arbitrary. They feel that both are good enough for the players, they feel comfortable charging money for each, and both are ready for release by the same date.
Fenixp: If they don't provide you with that, well, I suggest you wait for sales.
Limited budget, limited interest, my personality -> I just stop caring about the game as a possible pastime. I get to keep my money for something else, they don't get my money after acting in a way I don't like. My happiness is maximized :p
tinyE: Can we move this DLC argument to a seperate DLC thread? I come in here to read about tumors, dead pets, festering boils, and unemployment...not tech talk. :D
This is our thread now! :D