Don't Expect Horse Armor DLC in Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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They probably didn't have it coded, but yeah pretty much what I'm thinking otherwise. They knew what their DLC would be and held back to gain more money.Duskflamer said:
Literally just re-do the Shivering Isles in shiny new HD, and I'll pay money for it again.
Something new and similarly big would be desirable, but I'm sure Bethesda has something interesting in store if they are going to address DLC like this.
Something new and similarly big would be desirable, but I'm sure Bethesda has something interesting in store if they are going to address DLC like this.
Give us DLC about the same size as Tribunal and Bloodmoon for Morrowind (more Bloodmoon size though)
I disagree with that, I highly doubt that they had every detail thought out and just held things back to charge for them. One reason I think this is because there was an easter egg hidden in the mountains near Bruma that gets deleted to make room for Frostcreig Spire, if they had all the details for the DLC thought out ahead of time they would have set up an open space with nothing of note in it for the spire, as it is they had to overwrite something, so I doubt they had it all thought out.Wenseph said:
Another little quirk is that the Horse Armor DLC adds a chest to an unnoteworthy dungeon that just contains "Horse Armor Plans," an item that serves no use and doesn't even have a graphic assigned to it. The most likely explanation is that it was leftover from a discarded method of implementing the DLC, if they had it all thought out at launch there would be no need for that item to have ever been in the code for the DLC.
Thanks Cthulu they are starting to listen.
Fallout DLC except for broken steel sucked ballz. Operation anchorage was the most blatant example of dlc dumbness where you didn't even play as your regular character. The only good thing about the fallout DLC was that it gave more models and objects for modders to mess with.
Some of you are old enough to remember expansion packs. Sold at retail, $20-30 and were 1/3-1/2 the size of the original.
Diablo 2 LOD was the best example of the things an expansion pack should do.
1. continue the original story
2. add significant new content
3. add new gameplay mechanics including ones which give the player something new if they start over
4. come with a big bugfix/enhancement patch (LOD increased the resolution from 640x480 to 800x600)
5. re-balance the original game such the game systems take into account the power increase the expansion gives
Not every expansion needs to do all of these things but the whole shoehorn in an "optional side quest" crap is just that, crap. Either the original game has enough side quests out of the box and the new ones are redundant and extraneous, or the original game doesn't have enough and should have had more content in the first place.
Fallout DLC except for broken steel sucked ballz. Operation anchorage was the most blatant example of dlc dumbness where you didn't even play as your regular character. The only good thing about the fallout DLC was that it gave more models and objects for modders to mess with.
Some of you are old enough to remember expansion packs. Sold at retail, $20-30 and were 1/3-1/2 the size of the original.
Diablo 2 LOD was the best example of the things an expansion pack should do.
1. continue the original story
2. add significant new content
3. add new gameplay mechanics including ones which give the player something new if they start over
4. come with a big bugfix/enhancement patch (LOD increased the resolution from 640x480 to 800x600)
5. re-balance the original game such the game systems take into account the power increase the expansion gives
Not every expansion needs to do all of these things but the whole shoehorn in an "optional side quest" crap is just that, crap. Either the original game has enough side quests out of the box and the new ones are redundant and extraneous, or the original game doesn't have enough and should have had more content in the first place.
I actually liked the house dlcs, I loved having my own castle - especially once you discover it's filled with secret passages. Shivering Isles was of course phenomenal.
Even the horse armor isn't that bad in light of recent costume dlcs.
Even the horse armor isn't that bad in light of recent costume dlcs.
I think it's a matter of cost/benefit. Sure, if you're paying half the price of the standard game, you want to get something highly significant out of it, but if it's $2 for a large, well done sidequest, I don't mind so much. Now if that same sidequest cost $20 it would be a different story...rembrandtqeinstein said:
but but but it made my sneaky killy character have more fun and in the pitt she found a use for assult rifle ammo....rembrandtqeinstein said:
Oh well I suppose I agree with your main point try to make DLC carry the sroty/ game forward rather than off to the side for a few missions.
What do I have to do for my dragon armor? Maybe my cosmetic items like a pet baby dragon that will fly around me?
I appreciate the DLC on New Vegas, so I've got the feeling I'll be one of the guys appreciating this move.
I remember repeating that quest over-and-over again, simply because I loved it so much. Also, killing everyone in the mansion by running around and punching each of them in the face once was great fun.wrecker77 said:
Also, that was a really long sentence.
Hey. Just give me themed houses with great benefits DLC again, though, and I'll be happy enough.
I think they should just say "fuck it" and proceed to create all of Tamriel as a big open world for one big expansion. The ultimate elder scrolls experience! This will be the game that renders all other games pointless!!!
