You guys haven't actually pointed out the other problems, either. Being an Australian, I had to wait half a week - with ostensibly wasted money sitting in Microsoft Points that I will otherwise not use - before they worked out how to have the Australian release working with the DLC period. I just couldn't download it at all.. And yup, it was GFWL at fault.
Crappy, crappy, crappy ending aside (I'm not talking about the DLC here, or even the highlight package - just F3 in general, what with the radiat-o-tron room) - people should be able to play their content however and in whatever fashion they want, IMO, and it's ridiculous that they went through GFWL in the first place. It's GFWL's first DLC - and it shows, bigtime. Not to say that the DLC is worth the buy in the first place - it turns an interesting game into a vanilla FPS with about as much depth as a spoon dropping will impact the grand canyon. I liked the setup to get there - but the way it completely revamped the interface, and generally took no note of what you did with your character to that point (I found the first section with my big weapons / melee play account, which I'd made largely just to play with GFWL given my first wasn't.. well, somewhat ingratiating. I had one fucking weapon that fit my playstyle, and it was essentially worthless. I had to sneak up behind people with the trench knife.. but more importantly, you then get people following you around who completely ruin sneaking, too!)
I'd not recommend it to anyone else. I'll probably get the second DLC, but not the third (as I have spare points). Which kinda just makes it worse that I had to really work to get it going.
Crappy, crappy, crappy ending aside (I'm not talking about the DLC here, or even the highlight package - just F3 in general, what with the radiat-o-tron room) - people should be able to play their content however and in whatever fashion they want, IMO, and it's ridiculous that they went through GFWL in the first place. It's GFWL's first DLC - and it shows, bigtime. Not to say that the DLC is worth the buy in the first place - it turns an interesting game into a vanilla FPS with about as much depth as a spoon dropping will impact the grand canyon. I liked the setup to get there - but the way it completely revamped the interface, and generally took no note of what you did with your character to that point (I found the first section with my big weapons / melee play account, which I'd made largely just to play with GFWL given my first wasn't.. well, somewhat ingratiating. I had one fucking weapon that fit my playstyle, and it was essentially worthless. I had to sneak up behind people with the trench knife.. but more importantly, you then get people following you around who completely ruin sneaking, too!)
I'd not recommend it to anyone else. I'll probably get the second DLC, but not the third (as I have spare points). Which kinda just makes it worse that I had to really work to get it going.
