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[Mass Effect] Lay off the DLC arguments. USE SPOILER TAGS
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I realize that but I think Bioware is just going for an impression rather than some hard factual link.
Origin: Viycktor
No, we're absolutely allowed to be upset about Day 1 DLC. Day 1 DLC is what I was calling ridiculous.
Who did this video? Oh, TotalBiscuit? Excuse me while I laugh and not give a fuck about what he's saying. Seriously, why do people follow this completely negative moron?
I don't like day 1 DLC, but I don't think it somehow justifies pirating.
That being said. I would rather leave that conversation alone because you start getting into pretty murky territory I'd rather not enter.
I'm actually a fan of TotalBiscuit's videos, but I have to agree that him standing on a soapbox gets old quick.
Pretty much
the only day 1dlc I really don't care for is the stuff locked on the disc like gears 3
but whatever I just didn't buy it because i thought it was silly, I would suggest the people complaining over this do the same instead of bitching to the internet constantly
Like I was going to get the Collector's Edition regardless, that's why I'm somewhat whatever, but it isn't something I want to see become commonplace.
Why? People are more than willing to pay for it. If people stopped paying for it, companies would stop providing it.
In this case I feel the boycotters are misaimed. They should be telling people to buy the game and deliberately not buy the DLC if they want to be taken seriously and affect change. Otherwise they aren't even customers so who gives a damn what they think?
I'm pretty sure we just had a debate about price<-->product and greed.
If people really cared they'd find out where Mr. Kotick lives and do horrible things to him instead of preaching from the safety of their armchairs.
are you kidding me? reversible femship cover insert? once again bioware fails to accommodate the straight male gamer.
SWTOR: Allanna (Shadowlands) / TSW: Sara-Luna
preorder stuff can be kind of annoying but when all is said and done is rarely anything to get mad about
i have a couple less guns coming to me in ME3 thanks to the origin and gamestop stuff
kind of sucks
but i think i'll live
I mean I know some stuff really isn't finished on time, but "eh..." I don't know in this situation. Maybe they shelved it to the last minute, maybe they didn't.
Well, having watched most of the video, Halibut is not a knee jerk reaction kind of guy and he does raise some good points. ME3 is most certainly the most exploited* game in the series.
*This does not mean the game will be anything but awesome.
I'm not condoning boycotting it. I just hate the idea of a major part of the game being locked out if you didn't get the incredibly limited Collector's Edition, or pay $10 in addition to the $60 you already paid.
Like someone else said, if it was free with new copies of the game, that'd be okay. This isn't.
This. Also, it's an incentive to buy the game New, and as it's been discussed before: Devs and Publishers don't make money off of Used games.
But it is. You said yourself its free with the CE.
It's not unusual for CEs of games to get exclusive content that never gets a wide release. At least everyone will get to see this if they choose to.
If they had given it for free to everyone, it would have greatly diminished the value of the CE as it is one of the perks.
Again, there is no foul here.
This stuff runs on a schedule. Shadow Broker was also planned way in advance of its release. Remember the hidden audio files found in vanilla ME2 that hinted at it? But it was not anywhere close to ready for January and they had other DLC to finish first. ME3's Shadow Broker-like DLC is also planned and is probably being worked on right now.
So yeah, while I'm not exactly torn up about it. I see why some have a problem with it.
If it was something small like alternate appearance packs or weapons, I would absolutely agree with that.
In this case, though, it's an entire squadmate. And not just any squadmate,
I feel like either this is important enough to the story that it should be on the disk, or it's so insignificant that it shouldn't even be in the game at all, and in either case, making it Day 1 DLC is a bad move.
Its not going to be a major part of the game though if Shale, Zaeed and Sebastian are anything to go by. None of them did much beyond adding a little more flavor and interest to the world, and their personal missions were all fairly bland and sup-par considering others that were in the base game. None of them were breakout characters either like Mordin was for ME2. Like, I would be pissed if I didn't get Mordin but I was fairly indifferent about Zaeed. Same with Varric and Sebastian, or most people and Shale.
Hell, it'll probably be subpar mechanically based on those three in comparison to the rest of your squad. For some reason the DLC characters have a tendency to suck in actual combat.
Also,
Yeah, and Halibut was talking about how he'd have no problem with ME3 mirroring Shale or Zaeed in regards to the new DLC character. His point was this was developed content, pre launch, with a pretty damn important story character that you have to pay extra to get. I understand why he's upset, I really do.
His point was that something crazy important to the lore of the game being day 1 dlc is pants on head retarded. A
It seems like something that should be a central story point and not a "hey guys please give us $10 because we know you will". Discounting bad will that causes (which leads to piracy) is ignorant of market realities. When I play ME3 my friend who pirates everything can tell me all about the
This bugs me
A lot of people don't pay for it. You realize how pervasive piracy is right?
I don't know, aren't there people in this very thread who swear by Kasumi's Shadow Strike?
@override367
She wasn't day 1 DLC, Zaeed was.
He kinda sucked. I stand by my assertion that Day 1ers tend to be relatively uninteresting (which is usually why they were cut in the first place) and also suck in combat.
http://blogs.canoe.ca/buttonmashers/general/reflecting-on-the-end-of-mass-effect/#.T0U3yxYPpi4.twitter
As long as that Spoiler's accurate, I'm cool with it.
Either way, this is hardly "8.9 out of 10 PRE-ORDER CANCELED" kind of material. It's just poor form.
So what, we miss out on a "Normandy Crash Site" type of deal? Whatever. DLC isn't the most important factor in the world, and people will still buy the DLC if they don't get it with the CE/DDE copy anyway. Bottom line: WHO FUCKING CARES?
... Apart from a bunch of incompetents from youtube who are trying to "bring down the corrupt system!"
Funny, I used to be like that once, but then I grew the fuck up.
Did this guy kill your dog or something?
I mean, it's cool to think the guy's an idiot. But this looks more like hatred.