Correct link for the item bundle: https://www.gog.com/en/game/trinity_trigger_allinone_item_set

And at least they made bundles for each combination, all stories, all weapons, all items, and the deluxe being base + stories + weapons... But damn that looks like a mess, and as pay to win in single player...

Then again, there's that "in game purchases" content notice, so go figure.

It's also £2.49 in GBP; it's the USD price that's weird.

I don't know how good the game is, or if it's worth the price, but that large list of DLC is scary. It might be better to list it like this:

Trinity Trigger Deluxe Edition
- Weapon Set
- Extra Episode Set

Weapon Set
- Azure Dragon Sword (Cyan)
- Crimson Lotus Bow (Elise)
- White Tiger Axe (Zantis)

Extra Episode Set
- Extra Episode: Cyan
- Extra Episode: Elise
- Extra Episode: Zantis
- Extra Episode: Violet

All-in-One Item Set ("can also be attained normally in-game")
- Crystal Set
- Pill Set
- Novice Scavenger Set
- Expert Scavenger Set
- Novice Crafting Set
- Intermediate Crafting Set
- Advanced Crafting Set
- Purchase Permit: Mega Potion
- Booster Item Set 1
- Booster Item Set 2
- Dad's Keepsakes

The Item DLC are all permits to buy the items in the shop. They're probably only obtained through drops or crafting without DLC. I don't know how rare or difficult it would be to get them normally.

Something to note:

All the DLC that actually adds content, not buying items normally scavenged from a shop, is in the Deluxe bundle.

It's a $50 game with everything in it, unless you're lazy, theen you pay for time savers that keep you from needing to actually hunt down materials for crafting.

The MASSIVE amount of DLC here is not additional content, it's not Atelier bad, buying time saves is totally optional and doesn't remove anything from the game if you don't own anything other than the backstory packs that come in the Deluxe bundle.

But shouldn't content about your companions in an RPG be part of the base game rather than a day one DLC? It's only a 15-20 hour game. It's not exactly jam packed with content.

At $60 the Deluxe Edition is competing with Baldur's Gate 3 & Elden Ring. Both of which have online play and much more content. If this company made Elden Ring 1/2 the bosses would be DLC and they'd look like they were made from recycled PS2 textures.

I mean, is the gameplay THAT amazing?

I feel they must have compromised their artistic vision, because they've made a by-the-numbers decision to move exactly one story from each character to a DLC, thus cutting some content by a criteria other than "what produces the best coherent whole".

OTOH, that starts sounding like the "if you censored anything you compromised your artistic vision" line, which I think is complete rubbish.

I don't see how that relates. DLC content is not censored, it's just content gated by an additional cost.