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DLC, The Great Exploiter of Gaming Unlockables

Dan Curtis of Manatank writes: Once upon a time, in the land of gaming, everything was peaceful. The term fanboy had yet to be coined, casual gaming vs hardcore gaming was but a glint in the eye of Nintendo executive, and Crash Bandicoot was still around and hadn't been shoved into the gaming cupboard that time forgot. It is, not however, these items listed that we should occupy ourselves with - instead, the item we should be focusing on is downloadable or exclusive pre-order Content and examine just how this content comes at the expense of the humble gaming unlockable.

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Yeah I started this gen on the wii and kept hearing Ps3/360 will get dlc for certain games. fifa/smackdown vs raw and those multiplats on the wii cod waw. and at first i thought dlc was something that it was back in the day on pc like exspansion packs then I got an xbox and found out it just your unlockables you get on the wii but at a price that ws a crushing blow but the worst thing about this gen is now the hardest game mode is a unlock completing the game to finally play it on a setting that chelleges you is bullshit

zero_cool4678d ago

Batman needs some of his batastic collection of vehicles in the batman arkham city game like these below...

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Batman Arkham City in 2024 – How Well Does It Hold Up?

GB: "With this feature, we take a look back at the incredible Batman: Arkham City with the aim of analyzing it from the perspective of a 2024 release."

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Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare Used To Be A Gold Standard For DLC

Undead are the peace makers.

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anast222d ago

"Used To Be A Gold Standard"

And every access game journo helped lower this standard.

isarai222d ago

Seriously, like even to the point of criticizing a game for being complete out the box and not dropping microtransactions on a storefront every month. Outlets were really out here mad that Hogwarts Legacy was finished and didn't need any battle pass, or "seasons" of DLC. So brainwashed they don't even know how to handle a game with an actual ending.

anast222d ago

For sure, and don't forget how "BG3 shouldn't be a new standard".

Cacabunga222d ago

RDR online is also a great deal

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porkChop222d ago

The first time I felt like a game got DLC right was Borderlands 1. $10 for hours of content.

isarai222d ago

I paid $5 for Sleeping dogs DLC that added an entire campaign, new fighting styles and weapons, and basically turned the whole City into a zombie survival thing. Then another $5 for a full kickass tournament parading game of death which added an island, and lots of new fighting styles

Soy222d ago

Fallout 3, Mass Effect 2 & 3, Borderlands 1 & 2, GTA IV - those are my gold standards of DLC.

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Something they couldn’t even give us in GTAV or RDR2

I honestly thought we’d get some Alien type of DLC for one of them at least

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Spider-Man 2 Metacritic review score means Marvel still hasn’t beaten DC

Reviews are finally out for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and the game's Metacritic review score means Marvel still hasn't toppled DC.

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Lame flame bait for clicks. As the owners of N4G, the expectation is that you'd have much higher standards with delivering quality content. The general consensus is that you're a trash site, who is only going to keep pumping out more trash for clicks. That's not right, do better.
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CrashMania223d ago (Edited 223d ago )

The Arkham games are largely excellent, a shame they are being followed up by that god awful looking suicide squad game.

RaidenBlack223d ago

All 4 Arkham games are just amazing...
With the Gotham Knights turning out sub par, hope the Suicide Squad fails as well... So that both Rocksteady and WB Montreal goes back to creating good single player DC games ...
A batman beyond game maybe?

anal_vegan_moans222d ago

Having the game fail would make it harder for them to get funding for their next game, please don't wish this on them. They already delayed the game a whole year after backlash, so we still have to wait and see how it will turn out.

GhostScholar222d ago

I think asylum and origins were great. City was good. Knight was horrible.

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Ezio2048223d ago

You can't expect a game to match 96-94 meta apple for apple. Different era and different gen. No need to diminish either game's achievement. Arkham City and Spiderman 2 are both amazing sequels that improved upon their already incredible first parts.

Tacoboto223d ago

To back that up, there are major websites that adjusted their review scales.

IGN used to have a 100 point system; now it's a 10 point system. I remember GameSpot back in 2004 was razed for giving Halo 2 a 9.4 when IGN gave it like a 9.7 or 9.8

darthv72223d ago

Arkham Asylum was great, but when City came out... wow what a total overhaul that was. Nothing has had that type of night/day difference in scope and scale since.

SM2 is looking to be a great game in itself. Definitely an upgrade over the previous entries. Just from the opening battle with sandman, it gives me god of war 2 vibes with how that one opened with the battle with colossus of rhodes. That is still one of my favorite sequels of all time.

Zeke68223d ago

Thanks for the spoiler how the game starts loser...

darthv72222d ago

Zeke... you've had plenty of time to play god of war 2.

GaboonViper223d ago

And right on cue, here comes the downplaying of Insomniacs masterpiece, not gonna work, this game is gonna be beast in success.

BehindTheRows223d ago

From the same folks who gave it a 10/10 no less.

Aloymetal223d ago

'' here comes the downplaying of Insomniacs masterpiece''
You know that train is never late.

isarai223d ago

Oh look, another trash article from Videogamer

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