EA Announces First Dragon Age 2 DLC
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You can still buy the extra content for 7 bucks. Seems like the only problem is that they're announcing it before release and including it as a pre-order incentive. Sure, they could wait a few months after release and THEN release the DLC, but they'd just be delaying the inevitable.Aurgelmir said:
Exactly. The game is likely to be complete without this. The only reason people care is because now we KNOW about it, which amps up our natural gamer sense of entitlement and makes us start demanding things for free. It's like people go from "oh cool, DA2. I should buy it" to "EXTRA DLC!? WTF EA? DA2 IS SHIT NOW."Neptunus Hirt said:
A priest that becomes a Rogue/Assassin. A male Liliana?
Seriously though, why do they have to attach DLC like this to something that most players won't get anyway? Oh that's right, to try and get most players to buy it. I really hate it when it feels like I'm missing out on content just because I'm too cheap to pre-order a collector's edition or whatever. Couldn't they make it free with the pre-order then just sell it normally to other players after it launches? I've never had much of a problem with DLC, I accept that it's here to stay, but stuff like this just bugs me.
Seriously though, why do they have to attach DLC like this to something that most players won't get anyway? Oh that's right, to try and get most players to buy it. I really hate it when it feels like I'm missing out on content just because I'm too cheap to pre-order a collector's edition or whatever. Couldn't they make it free with the pre-order then just sell it normally to other players after it launches? I've never had much of a problem with DLC, I accept that it's here to stay, but stuff like this just bugs me.
If I read right, they're just doing a deal where you get a free upgrade to the special edition if you pre-order the regular one before the 11th. I didn't gather whether the special edition will still be sold at launch, but it did say that the DLC can still be purchased separately for $7.Stevepinto3 said:
i can see the original point in the OP. but an even better point is its only 5 bucks to lay down a pre order. even the poorest man in America can scrounge up 5 bucks in a week
Basically Kaidan Alenko = Carth Onasi. Literally, very similar characters same voice actor. Both total D-Bags but they have their uses. That said get KotOR 1 it's great.Fr said:
"This is murder"
"No what happened to my family"
Puts on glases
"That was murder"
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah!
"No what happened to my family"
Puts on glases
"That was murder"
Yeaaaaaaaaaaah!
Is it just me or did I hear a bit of an... Irish? accent in there.
.... DANG IT BIOWARE! Stop getting your real-world accents in my fantasy game! Leliana was French, Zevran was Spanish (I think), and now we have Celtic. I think "France" before I think of stuff associated with France, and it breaks the immersion.
Anyway, pre-ordered already, was hoping for another cinematic trailer (yeah, right. But they're SO AWESOME)
.... DANG IT BIOWARE! Stop getting your real-world accents in my fantasy game! Leliana was French, Zevran was Spanish (I think), and now we have Celtic. I think "France" before I think of stuff associated with France, and it breaks the immersion.
Anyway, pre-ordered already, was hoping for another cinematic trailer (yeah, right. But they're SO AWESOME)
Very not pleased about this. I don't have the money to go pre-order it at the moment, and I likely won't before the 11nth short of skimping on a necessity. Asshat move, EA.
Either way i'll still have to sit on the 360 dashboard watching a number slowly rise instead of actually playing the FUCKING game, i can afford the 560 points as i can't be bothered to preorder but i don't have the patience to buy a new game (especially a new Bioware game)and then wait for 30 minutes for the DLC to download!
Nice, the first DLC is out before the game itself is completed. Fuck Project Ten Dollar and fuck DLC entirely. This obsession over DLC actually dissuades me from picking up certain titles because i just can't be fucked with it. I hate it. Same with future DLC; i hate paying £7 or whatever it is for 2 hours worth of content. I know people say that's just the same as going to the cinema, but you know what, at least going to the cinema gets you out of the house. I really hate starting to get into something, then BAM it's over. I appreciate developers are doing this pre-order DLC stuff to try and get more money in their pockets, but i just hate the whole thing.
Wow, I was pretty sure I couldn't be more AGAINST what bioware has done with the new dragon age....but amazingly here we are.
For fucks sake, a game I'm actually looking forward to and they fuck me over? no way will I be able to preorder that soon. Fuck you EA. Another sign that the games industry is just becoming greedier and greedier every god damn year.
DLC is the plague of gaming in my opinion.
DLC is the plague of gaming in my opinion.
What I was thinking, really. After all, we haven't heard that Dragon Age 2 has gone gold, so to speak, so I can't myself imagine why this content shouldn't be included in the game right off the bat.RobCoxxy said:
Sorry EA, you've lost me on this one. Won't be touching this "bonus content" unless it somehow materialises for free somewhere down the line.
In other news, I hear people who pre-order Mass Effect 3 will be treated to the "Normandy" bonus DLC. This DLC will gave players access to the state of the art ship "The Normandy", offering them additional missions, a place to keep their space hamsters and the ability to quickly travel across the galaxy. The DLC will also be available on XBL for 800 MS Points. Players without the DLC can still travel around by waiting for the next shuttle at the Illium spaceport.
I really don't understand the bitching about this. Instead of focussing on treating the consumer as a thief and evil by default (I'm looking at you Ubisoft), EA is actually rewarding honest buyers for their purchase.
Instead of using the stick, which is popular these days, EA is using the carrot; extra content. Yet everyone is making a fuss out of it. What gives? I understand that it's odd to see an announcement for DLC before the game is released, but hell it's a friendlier thing to do than the alternative.
Instead of using the stick, which is popular these days, EA is using the carrot; extra content. Yet everyone is making a fuss out of it. What gives? I understand that it's odd to see an announcement for DLC before the game is released, but hell it's a friendlier thing to do than the alternative.
