Every day it is getting harder, and harder to play a game that has no form of additional content coming down the line. Many games in fact are shipping rather incomplete, or have game content being held back so that developers can milk a game. That's both a harsh, but valid comment. At the same time can you blame a developer for engaging in this practice? I'm on the fence with the practice; seeing both the pros, and cons to DLC. Let's look at it from the publisher's perspective for a second. Activision has sold over 18 million map packs since the launch of Call of Duty "Black Ops". The price for each map pack? $15 U.S. which estimates to around $270 million (gross). Granted not every publisher is Activision, but that may just be the point. Who wants to leave that kind of change on the table? Is Namco/Bandai hurting themselves and Dark Souls by not having DLC?
"Dark Souls: Archthrones is like playing a brand new FromSoftware game, and that speaks volumes about just how much good modding can do," says Hanzala from eXputer.
Parrying has been creeping into more games, with almost every high-profile title of the last few years featuring it in some way. Why?
i understand the authors frustration i'm not the best at parrying in games. not that i can't complete a game that requires it but it is a definite harder thing for me than other kinds of techniques in games. which might be the main reason it's so heavily added in games nowadays. want to make your game challenging without having to do a lot of work? just add a parry boss. (what i mean by parry boss is a boss you have to beat by parrying such that their attacks will kill you otherwise)
I always think it's fine as long as such games also have the roll/dodge panic button. But I understand the will to parry, it seems so cinematic in a fight when you pull it off.
TheGamer writes, "Some weapons resist the test of time."
I'd totally pay for Dark Souls DLC but it's a lot harder to make DLC for SP games than it is to work on a couple of maps for a MP title. I appreciate that they aren't holding DLC/content for ransom money and I respect that all their effort goes toward the core game.
Demon's Souls was just fine, even better than fine, without the inclusion of DLC. Bring on Dark Souls!
No. From Software is doing it the right way. Making complete games
Anyone else get a popup from their virus protection upon clicking the link?
Didn't read the article because it came as a web attack on my computer.
I'd suggest to those that did read it to do a quick virus scan
I respect them for not adding any of this DLC crap. Why are we paying to unlock something that is already on the disc? Don't we pay enough for this titles already?