Zachary Amaranth said:
I know right. No point in tolerating their stupidity. Also you're giving EA money to continue being their usual selves.
Poll: Mass Effect 3 DLC - UPDATE!
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I know right. No point in tolerating their stupidity. Also you're giving EA money to continue being their usual selves.
I really don't get it. Buy figurines, get extra stuff. It's your standard buy one get one free deal you see in stores every day. Buy a figurine, and you get some in-game content as a bonus. You're not paying for the DLC, you're paying for the figurine. What's so bad? Oh, wait, I forgot. It's ELECTRONIC ARTS, so it's automatically EVIL.
Pretty sure that if I wanted dolls, I'd buy thm instead of the game. You know, how the game is what I'm there for and all.Comic Sans said:
Then don't buy them. Pretty simple. The DLC is there as a bonus for fans of the game who might buy them as an incentive. It's called marketing. Unless the content offered is crazy important to the game and is never made available for purchase outside the figurines, you have nothing to complain about. Some people will like the figurines and will buy them, you are clearly not in that demographic and can calmly go about your life.ResonanceSD said:
I'm guessing that most of what you're paying for is the figures, and that the dlc will be available separately.
Also, I think their marketing is probably biting them in the ass here. In their rush to sell the figures and the dlc they're promising 'extra content', 'characters', 'the full experience'! In building it up so much they've pissed everyone off by making them feel they're missing out, when really I'm betting the dlc only really amounts to a extra bit of armour or a shiny pistol.
Also, I think their marketing is probably biting them in the ass here. In their rush to sell the figures and the dlc they're promising 'extra content', 'characters', 'the full experience'! In building it up so much they've pissed everyone off by making them feel they're missing out, when really I'm betting the dlc only really amounts to a extra bit of armour or a shiny pistol.
This has got to be the dumbest idea I've heard in a long, long time. I just know that EA is behind this. Only they can think that gamers will like something like this. As if Origin wasn't enough. Now they're making us look stupid for buying their game for full price. I just know the DLC is what should have been in the game from the start. All DLC that's announced before the game is released is cut out from the game. Another reason why Mass Effect 3 will be the most pirated game of 2012 for PC. Fuckin' idiots.
Sounds like the DLC is going to be for multiplayer, in which case I couldn't care less, as I won't be touching the multiplayer.
And I also don't see this as being "in order to get the DLC you have to buy the figure". It's "buy a cool figure, and we'll throw in some DLC with it."
It's gonna be minor DLC, and not something we're gonna care about not having.
And I also don't see this as being "in order to get the DLC you have to buy the figure". It's "buy a cool figure, and we'll throw in some DLC with it."
It's gonna be minor DLC, and not something we're gonna care about not having.
ResonanceSD said:
Cosmetics aren't essential to combat or stat systems but a game that gives you more options in the box price is qualiatively superior to one that limits them to sell after the fact. Garrus running around in broken armor for all of Mass Effect 2 so they could sell you his fixed look was kind of dumb.
Also Horse Armor was patched so it buffs horse hp because of the outcry, I believe.
"sounds neat but all this whining its making me not want to be part of this community"
I can't quote it directly because PC's being rubbish, but I totally agree with this post. If you don't like the idea, don't buy it. Simple. I don't think I've ever seen a topic on this site where people don't immediately start ripping into the subject at hand.
But hey, a high post count must make you cool right?
Personally, I'll buy the figures if I'm interested in them. I'm pretty sure they'll make them individual downloads eventually if I'm really that bothered about them. Plus most (most being the keyword here) DLC is thought up and made after game release, making it a good idea. What I dislike is the fact that we were originally told ME2 DLC would be totally free, then they started charging for it.
Still, they've only been doing this since EA bought them out. Just saying.
I can't quote it directly because PC's being rubbish, but I totally agree with this post. If you don't like the idea, don't buy it. Simple. I don't think I've ever seen a topic on this site where people don't immediately start ripping into the subject at hand.
But hey, a high post count must make you cool right?
Personally, I'll buy the figures if I'm interested in them. I'm pretty sure they'll make them individual downloads eventually if I'm really that bothered about them. Plus most (most being the keyword here) DLC is thought up and made after game release, making it a good idea. What I dislike is the fact that we were originally told ME2 DLC would be totally free, then they started charging for it.
Still, they've only been doing this since EA bought them out. Just saying.
Come on Bioware! I thought you created the multiplayer so that could be the place to dump the DLC.
To be fair, it sounds like Bioware put this forward as a fun idea to have with their figures as a little treat for the players, and marketing have tried to push it way too far.
Actually it's your badges. Just like in Pokemon.Steampunk Viking said:
And yes, your second point is the entire reason this thread exists. To discern exactly who is interested in this idea. So far it's one person.
So people who like figurines can get DLC that has nothing to do with the story? Whats the problem here?
It´s evil apparently.EcksTeaSea said:
Preordered Sheppard anyways. Might get Legion and Tali later on. I liked them.
In a nutshell, I think it's that a LOT more people care about the DLC than the ugly figurines, and many of them don't like the idea that holding that DLC back for buyers of said ugly figurines results in others being supplied with an "incomplete" game (which, incidentally, they've already paid full price for).EcksTeaSea said:
I know Mass Effect is promoted as a story-driven game, and that's certainly one of the biggest reasons I play the game, but it's not just a story game. Huge chunks of the game are spent in combat, so holding back weapons and armour (especially if they're non-cosmetic) can affect the game without affecting the plot.
Is the DLC something crucial for the story? Stuff like "Stolen Memories" was in a sense, non essential.AD-Stu said:
I've made the point elsewhere that you could also argue Lair of the Shadow Broker and Arrival were non-essential, but that's beside the point.Sabertooth said:
We don't actually know what the DLC linked to these figurines will be. It's almost certainly safe to assume that it won't affect the main story, but that's beside the point too.
The point is that while the game is story driven, it's not all story. Combat is a huge part of the game as well, so if it's weapons and armour that are being held back combat will be affected and I think it's perfectly valid for people to feel they're being held to ransom for the full experience, even if it doesn't affect the plot.