Dark Souls II Dev May Reconsider "No DLC" Policy
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Absolutely. Artorias added a ton of content and story/lore details to make it really feel like it was worth the cash. That's how you do DLC: More pie, not the rest of your pie.dmonkoff said:
I am biased seeing as I bought the Prepare to Die edition of Dark Souls that already included the DLC (for cheaper than the game on it's own would have cost upon release I should add), but if the DLC is of the same kind of quality as Artorias of the Abyss then I won't complain.
I also hope that it won't be anything that feels "required" to play in order to fully enjoy the story. In my opinion decent DLC supplements the main game, it doesn't add things that you "need". Bioware with their DLC adding main story elements is the wrong way to go and I hope they don't do it like that.
I also hope that it won't be anything that feels "required" to play in order to fully enjoy the story. In my opinion decent DLC supplements the main game, it doesn't add things that you "need". Bioware with their DLC adding main story elements is the wrong way to go and I hope they don't do it like that.
Given that the game is set to release in the next month or so, doesn't that mean that they're already completing it as a full game, except now they're getting ideas of "oh, wait, why didn't we include this"? Doesn't sound like anything wrong, if that's the case.
I think this is more a case of "Let's actually make a full game, then if there's demand, we'll give you extra", rather than just withholding areas and gear for an Online Pass/Unlock code on Disc DLC. Dark Souls 1 was fairly complete as a standalone, AotA just expanded on lore and had a good standalone element to it. Well worth the pennies.
allegedly it is no longer may, just 'some time after'. i believe the time frame was "weeks after, not months". but AFAIK, no official date as of yet... fuckin sucks.teebeeohh said:
and games like this i happily buy the DLC for, because it is substantial, not forced, and enjoyable. not only that, but the DLC is only a dot in the horizon when the game is actually being released, not something the game is made around
I remember when someone told me that the whole dusk thing going back in time was a DLC, I was like, dude, I spent like 8 hours in there, no way that was dlc. If that's what they produce again, I'm in.
I really don't have a problem with DLC at a fundamental level like some people do.
As long as the DLC is content that truly could not has been in the vanilla game and production began after the primary game was finished, I'm cool with it.
Artorias of the Abyss was excellent, so if they can come up with something even close to that, I say go for it.
As long as the DLC is content that truly could not has been in the vanilla game and production began after the primary game was finished, I'm cool with it.
Artorias of the Abyss was excellent, so if they can come up with something even close to that, I say go for it.
As long as they don't go overboard with the DLCs such as games like Borderlands and Call of Duty where you have to pay countless of dollars to get the maximum amount of levels, if they release a season pass with just content updates and spare us the useless costume packs and other novelties one usually gets from micro-transactions it shouldn't be a problem. Keep in mind that good content DLCs are the equivalent of expansion packs we had in the 90's such as the Lord of Destruction expansion for Diablo II
As long as there isn't such an upheaval in the game's balance like with the introduction of dark sorcery in AotA, then by all means a bit of DLC a year down the road would be welcome.
Your not completely wrong. The Original Game didn't have the DLC on Disk.Bke said:
But a Patch was released 1.06 that had all the necessary Content.
So yes once you bought it all you had to do was download a small fraction.
The DLC had a lot of content that was pvp oriented so players entering your world were supposed to be able to use their new items...
If you hadn't received that content in an update, the playerbase would have been separated in DLC and non DLC Players, which obviously isn't great.
OT: I have no problem with this. This is how DLC should work. I'm guessing he originally just wanted to say that they aren't planning to release cut content as payed DLC, and now he's just backpedalling from the previous statement to make sure nobody throws a fuss when they deliver on new content.
To be honest I'm glad they went back on this, the Dark Souls DLC fixed some problems that weren't obvious during development and I'm pretty sure that Dark Souls II isn't going to be perfect from the get go. Letting them have the Option of making certain elements more enjoyable, but also giving them the option to get paid for the improvements is a win-win in my book.
While I was proud before that this will be a full game (god forbid we're not allowed to have those these days), I'm really excited to hear actual expansions be considered for Dark Souls 2 to increase its replay ability 10 fold.
I trust From will make something similar to the AotA content, only a thousand times better when you consider the vast improvements already made to the vanilla game, even prior to it's release.
I say this with much gusto and full trust to you FromSoftware...
I trust From will make something similar to the AotA content, only a thousand times better when you consider the vast improvements already made to the vanilla game, even prior to it's release.
I say this with much gusto and full trust to you FromSoftware...
As said already, if FromSoftware take the same approach to DLC that they did for Artorias of the Abyss, I have nothing to say but "I'm on board". From are one of the few developers out there who still makes games to make games, not dollar signs.
Yeah, 11-4 is titanfall.Clive Howlitzer said:
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Considering they are bringing up DLC when the main game has almost gone gold, I'm totally cool with this. Most likely it means they didn't hold back parts of the game for dlc purposes. Personally, I hope any DLC is content cut due to time restrictions that gets restored, much like how AotA was ideas that they had designs for but didn't get a chance to put in the base game.
I bought the PC edition which had the DLC bundled with so I don't actually know how good the dark souls DLC was. If they're capable of makig worthwhile DLC then I'd prefer they have the opportunity to do so.