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DLC: Is It Really Worth It?

Albatross Revue writes:-

There was a time when if you bought a game and played it to completion, if you wanted more game you could do only one thing; wait, and hope a sequel or possibly an expansion pack was released. Everything was fine with this until the internet came along and offered up new opportunities for developers to offer additional game content via downloadable content (DLC.) Oh, and make money. Lots of money. About $875 million a year a year in fact. A figure that is growing annually.

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DrPepper4394d ago

Depends you got DLC like "Undead Nightmare" for "Red Dead Redemption" which adds hours of new content to your game. But then you got crap like costume packs for "Street Fighter X Tekken" which is merely cosmetic and adds nothing to the game at all. Also i know people are gonna bring up that characters for Street Fighter are worth it. LISTEN gamer zombies having disc locked content is "NOT" i repeat "NOT" DLC. that is content you bought with your game disc that is locked and greedy companies are making you pay a premium to use them, so instead of paying 60$ for a game you're paying 80$. I don't understand why these dumb-asses continually support a company that is (well to be blunt) raping you up the ass.

SavageKuma4394d ago

Or the crap of different gun colors in Gears of War 3, I just say add things like that with the map packs that cost money or expansions because by itself they seem blah!

DrPepper4394d ago

exactly and those skins for the guns were on-disc on top of that just another example of these companies being greedy. but it wont end as long as these gamer zombies keep buying the shit.

decrypt4393d ago

I think console gamers should demand for mods on games, just like their PC brethern.

Once mods are in place, people can create their own maps etc. If the developers are good enough and can create something that people really like, then that may be sold as DLC.

However for this to happen console gamers would need to take a stand.

mochachino4393d ago (Edited 4393d ago )

Yes, if it ADDS to the game like GTA Liberty City Stories.

No, if it COMPLETES the game like Street Fighter costumes/character, AC memories, any map pack within the first 4 months of release, weapons, skins, characters, etc.

Note: it also depends on when it's released.

Regent_of_the_Mask4393d ago

Liberty City Stories isn't worth money at all. I got it through game sharing and it was just as shitty as GTA4 was. It COULD'VE been on the disc for the beginning but obviously that had to gimp the game and had no problems doing it because they milked people with DLC that would've already have been in the game to begin with.

MrBeatdown4393d ago

You have got to be kidding me.

Episodes from Liberty City could have been on the disc from the beginning? Funny stuff. It took Rockstar a year to develop Lost and Damned and another seven months or so for Gay Tony.

I guess if you wanted to wait an extra two years, yeah it probably could have been on disc.

theeg4393d ago

expansion packs are infinately better

dlc is almost always crap

Dumb Lasminute Cashin

SKUD4393d ago

DLC that isn't free is overpriced. FACT.

DeadSpaced4393d ago

Well, the picture looks nice.

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Virtuos Working On A Multiplatform UE5 Remake, Rumored To Be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Virtuos is currently working on a multiplatform Unreal Engine 5 remake, which is rumored to be The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

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BlackIceJoe9d ago

If this is true, I hope it leads to Morrowind getting remade next.

-Foxtrot8d ago

I thought they’d go for Morrowind first to be honest but this is a welcoming surprise to tide us over before ES6

TheColbertinator8d ago

Well said. Exactly my thoughts too.

Tedakin8d ago

Unreal Engine isn't efficient for open world games, so I question the reliability of this story.

isarai8d ago

Yeah, 1st thing that came to my mind too, although i CAN see it being likely for ease if use, but it's not going to run very well if so

Tacoboto8d ago (Edited 8d ago )

I'd wonder if it would just be exploiting Unreal for graphics but the underlying engine/logic is still the original framework.

Like how we had the graphical remakes of Halo Anniversary, Tomb Raider I-III, and Demon's Souls.

Could also end up a disaster like the GTA Trilogy

mkis0078d ago

I have heard that too but even if it's modified isnt arkham knight UE?

Fragslayer7d ago

"remake will run both an Unreal Engine 5 project and the old Oblivion project. For instance, new graphics are rendered in the Unreal Engine 5 project, but most of the gameplay and physics are still done on the original Oblivion engine"

So with this logic it'll run just fine using UE5 tool sets on top of Gamebryo's engine or maybe even Creation Engine, who knows.

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kaos898d ago

Hopefully modders can fix the aged combart in this game if this is true. Enemies leveling up with you broke and defeated the whole purpose of leveling up.

Fragslayer7d ago

Yeah it could use some tuning for sure hence the need for a Remake not a Remaster. I'm surprised it's even a conversation within them group which makes me skeptical it's Oblivion. I wouldn't say they shouldn't level up at all though maybe just a leave them a couple levels behind to appease the masses.

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Mass Effect 3's Ending for Javik Misses the Forest for the Trees

Based on one narratively fitting ending in Mass Effect 3, Prothean squadmate Javik is highly unlikely to return in the next Mass Effect game.

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anast55d ago

He was one of my least favorite characters. I wish they would have done the Proths different.

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Ranking Every Elder Scrolls Game From Worst to Best

Created by Bethesda Softworks, The Elder Scrolls is hailed as one of the most groundbreaking RPG franchises.

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babadivad92d ago

If they have Skyrim number one, list has lost all credibility.