I'm certain many of you have noticed all the articles floating around here regarding Mass Effect 3 and the "Buy the artbook and get DLC!" "Buy the action figures and get DLC!" "Buy the ME-brand condoms and get DLC!"
Not to mention the Pre-Order DLC and the Collectors Edition DLC.
Does a game coming out REALLY need this much DLC? Most of which are things that don't even count as real DLC. Pre-Order and Collectors Edition get a pass in that they're supposed to be "rewards" for either pre-ordering or getting the CE. But what about the rest? Can I get some DLC with my Lucky Charms, please? I mean they're just giving away guns and mods and outfits for the characters...are these not things that could just have easily been in the game when it was released?
I get it, something cool like the Black Hole cannon from ME 2 was a worthy "reward DLC" for those who pre-ordered the game. But one of the major things that I have against the company Blizzard is how many tie-ins they have with World of Warcraft in their non-WoW stuff. Specifically: they created a trading card game based off the MMO and declared, as Satan in a Penny-Arcade comic put it: "An lo, let the rarest and most expensive of these cards contain special codes for in-game content!" And what was said content? The Sword of A Thousand Truths? Nope. It's a little panda that follows you around. Or a giant acme-styled rocket for your flying mouth.
My overall point is that the vast majority of the DLC that I've heard about before ME 3 has even been released all sound a lot less like genuine DLC and a lot more like "Yeah, I got this, this, and this" DLC. I've heard that the weapon system in the game is going to be a cross between ME 1 and 2...VASTLY limited selection, like in 2, but with the ability to mod and upgrade each individual weapon, like in 1. Annnnnnnnd yet here they are saying that they're going to reward players for buying all their extra crap with DLC including *gasp* MOAR WITCHEZ GUNS! This begs the question "Why didn't you just put all these extra guns in the original game?
It'd be a different story if indeed each DLC gun was utterly unique. Not just "This SMG has incredible accuracy and fire-rate, much better than the ones in the standard game." Again, I go back to the Black Hole cannon from ME 2. That weapon was unique...it shot out frickin' black holes! I can only imagine that the vast majority of the DLC weapons coming out with all the extra crap are just gonna be "Assault Rifle with tweeked stats" and such.
It's about as frustrating as Capcom releasing Marvels vs Capcom 3...then 2 weeks later giving out Jill Valentine and that tentacle demon as DLC. Why the hell weren't they in the game on release? And for that matter, they insulted you further by saying "Yeah, we're just gonna re-release the game in another 5 months with even moar witchez characters and at a cheaper price" like, a week after the game itself was released...prompting everyone who had been looking forward to that game and bought it to just stare at their game case and go "ffffffffffffffffffffffuck."
To quote Yogurt from Spaceballs: "Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the REAL money from the movie is made!" Obviously this is a topic about games, but hopefully you get where I'm coming from with that.
Short Version: I'm getting tired of games coming out with promises of DLC that should have been implemented into the original game to begin with.
Not to mention the Pre-Order DLC and the Collectors Edition DLC.
Does a game coming out REALLY need this much DLC? Most of which are things that don't even count as real DLC. Pre-Order and Collectors Edition get a pass in that they're supposed to be "rewards" for either pre-ordering or getting the CE. But what about the rest? Can I get some DLC with my Lucky Charms, please? I mean they're just giving away guns and mods and outfits for the characters...are these not things that could just have easily been in the game when it was released?
I get it, something cool like the Black Hole cannon from ME 2 was a worthy "reward DLC" for those who pre-ordered the game. But one of the major things that I have against the company Blizzard is how many tie-ins they have with World of Warcraft in their non-WoW stuff. Specifically: they created a trading card game based off the MMO and declared, as Satan in a Penny-Arcade comic put it: "An lo, let the rarest and most expensive of these cards contain special codes for in-game content!" And what was said content? The Sword of A Thousand Truths? Nope. It's a little panda that follows you around. Or a giant acme-styled rocket for your flying mouth.
My overall point is that the vast majority of the DLC that I've heard about before ME 3 has even been released all sound a lot less like genuine DLC and a lot more like "Yeah, I got this, this, and this" DLC. I've heard that the weapon system in the game is going to be a cross between ME 1 and 2...VASTLY limited selection, like in 2, but with the ability to mod and upgrade each individual weapon, like in 1. Annnnnnnnd yet here they are saying that they're going to reward players for buying all their extra crap with DLC including *gasp* MOAR WITCHEZ GUNS! This begs the question "Why didn't you just put all these extra guns in the original game?
It'd be a different story if indeed each DLC gun was utterly unique. Not just "This SMG has incredible accuracy and fire-rate, much better than the ones in the standard game." Again, I go back to the Black Hole cannon from ME 2. That weapon was unique...it shot out frickin' black holes! I can only imagine that the vast majority of the DLC weapons coming out with all the extra crap are just gonna be "Assault Rifle with tweeked stats" and such.
It's about as frustrating as Capcom releasing Marvels vs Capcom 3...then 2 weeks later giving out Jill Valentine and that tentacle demon as DLC. Why the hell weren't they in the game on release? And for that matter, they insulted you further by saying "Yeah, we're just gonna re-release the game in another 5 months with even moar witchez characters and at a cheaper price" like, a week after the game itself was released...prompting everyone who had been looking forward to that game and bought it to just stare at their game case and go "ffffffffffffffffffffffuck."
To quote Yogurt from Spaceballs: "Merchandising! Merchandising! Where the REAL money from the movie is made!" Obviously this is a topic about games, but hopefully you get where I'm coming from with that.
Short Version: I'm getting tired of games coming out with promises of DLC that should have been implemented into the original game to begin with.
