Imagine if life came with many DLCs... oh boy.

[Parasondox]

Evening or Happy Thanksgiving Escapist,

Just for a bit of fun before many of you go off to Black Friday, (We don't have that in the UK, we just have the crazy wild Saturdays of shopping at Primark and the boyfriends hanging outside waiting hours on end for their girlfriends to finish their shopping battle) or something that will make no sense to anyone.

Imagine if certain aspect of life being DLCed? Okay if you don't know DLC stands for Downloadable Content where you buy, or sometimes get free, an added content that either helps advance the game or just add some out of loop feature.

What do you think would be some of the worse case scenarios if life came like that or similar too. Eg. "Hello sir, I see you have paid £11 for this movie in 3D, however there has been an added ending to this movie and in order to see the final 30 mins of it please may we have an additional £8?" Maybe a bit to wild but I hope you understand.

Also to add, for many gamers DLC is an extremely hated thing cause you pay so much already for a game (most of the time half broken) and then have the publishers as for more money to add content they on purposely took out in the first place.

So comment below, express some outrageous or even funny ideas and have all the fun you wish.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

"Please pay $300 to download the 'Sexual Congress' DLC for your Life Experience."

 

[Asita]

"Paradox SuXcess has finished his education by graduating from college. Now you can continue his journey with further life experiences and downloadable content"

(We recommend starting with the Marriage and Homebuilding DLC. Because everyone deserves some love and happiness.)

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

"Please pay $300 to download the 'Sexual Congress' DLC for your Life Experience."

Pretty much beat me to the punch, I was going to crack a joke about how it would explain so much -- all the lonely people in the world cheaped out and didn't buy the DLC

The sex DLC is separate from the girlfriend DLC, by the way -- you can pay $300 for a one night stand, or upgrade to $1000 for a chance at a long term relationship. But be warned, if you fail the courtship minigame you'll have to shell out again

More serious: I don't know how it's done in the UK, but here in the US the theaters are already set up in a DLC-like manner. 3D costs $2-$3 extra, and at many multiplexes watching on the best screen has an additional charge on top of that (the "best screen" in this case being a "Liemax" screen which, while not as good as real Imax, still beats the pants off of your average multiplex screen in terms of both picture and sound.) And that's not getting into how ridiculous all the "food" microtransactions are -- it costs more to get properly set up with stuff to eat that you wind up spending more on that than you do on the ticket! Most people wind up stopping at a dollar store on the way in and bringing in their own pirate candy.

 

[Thaluikhain]

Eh...isn't that what buying stuff is, more or less?

Medical bills, university fees...same thing. For that matter, downloading an entire game, not just bits of one.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Eh...isn't that what buying stuff is, more or less?

Pretty much.

You can even buy horse armor!

 

[Euryalus]

Eh...isn't that what buying stuff is, more or less?

Pretty much.

You can even buy horse armor!

The horse isn't included in that pack though is it? Gotta get the deluxe horseback riding expansion!

All it costs is 100$ in lessons XD

OT: I'd imagine they'd all be clothing upgrades.

Ain't nobody got no time to give a man super power DLC's!

 

[Parasondox]

"Paradox SuXcess has finished his education by graduating from college. Now you can continue his journey with further life experiences and downloadable content"

(We recommend starting with the Marriage and Homebuilding DLC. Because everyone deserves some love and happiness.)

That will be one expensive DLC here in the UK might I add lol. Don't forget the Divorce Expansion pack too.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

"You found a boring-as-fuck lecturer! Would you like to randomise their stats for $10?" would go over alright. "This area is not available yet! To unlock the assignment drop-off boxes, please pay $3" would not.

Or when you go to use a vending machine, you insert $1.50 for the drink, then it asks for $2 for the can, then a further $1 for the tab, only for you to find the receptacle costs $5 to open. That sounds about right. Although that's more microtransactions.

 

[Poppy JR.]

New Game Plus! Not happy with the way it all turned out? Use 5000 gamer gems (approx. $150,000) to restart from the very beginning! keep your old stats, and special skills like ukulele playing!

 

[Stasisesque]

Medical bills, university fees...same thing.

I find it incredibly unfair that some countries have this DLC built in to their subscription model.

 

[sanquin]

New DLC for your homes, clean air! After years of running the world we've determined that our patches have deteriorated the air quality. But not to worry! For a small fee of 249,95 you can buy the air filter DLC! It provides your house with clean and healthy air. And for the small subscription of 12,99 per month you can use it's extra features which extend the clean air to your back and front yard as well.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

You can always choose the free Homeless DLC. It sucks though, just as a warning. Also for free are the Petty Crime and 3 Hots and a Cot DLC's, but I wouldn't recommend those either as they only got a 15 on metacritic. Also downloading those DLC's will lock you out of certain other DLC's depending on your choices.

 

[Teh Jammah]

"Please pay $300 to download the 'Sexual Congress' DLC for your Life Experience."

Pretty much beat me to the punch, I was going to crack a joke about how it would explain so much -- all the lonely people in the world cheaped out and didn't buy the DLC

The sex DLC is separate from the girlfriend DLC, by the way -- you can pay $300 for a one night stand, or upgrade to $1000 for a chance at a long term relationship. But be warned, if you fail the courtship minigame you'll have to shell out again

Now, see I was going to go with this as well, but add in all the other DLC packs. Like bigger boobs and variable levels of attractiveness, etc. Although since plastic surgery is a thing in real life... yeah..

And now I'm wondering what would happen when 'life's' server crashes...