Comment on Life Is Strange: Double Exposure's Cat DLC Is, In Fact, The Worst
grayhaze@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoDLC existed in some form long before digital-only releases existed. We just used to call them expansions, and people used to buy them in droves.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That is objectively a false statement.
Phantom Liberty is an expansion. Shadow of the Erdtree is an expansion. Knights of the Nine and the Shivering Isles are expansions. Echoes of the Eye is an expansion. Bad Company: Vietnam is an expansion. All of these amount to a third, to a half of the total game content. We used to buy them, and will continue buying them, because they add absolutely insane value to what you already really liked.
“Exclusive cat content” that can only be obtained through a 30$ upgrade, and includes 3 new costumes, and whatever the hell cat content is, is dlc. This adds nothing of value for us, but lines the pockets of the studio shareholders quite substantially.
Just because the large players in the industry are complicit, it doesn’t change history, and certainly it doesn’t change the vocabulary.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Factorio Space age is 4 expansions in one package. We definitely still buy proper expansions.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I really cant wait to get Space Age. All the new content looks really dope
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Each new planet is basically an overhaul mod. They did a great job incorporating the best parts of Space Exploration, Krastorio, Seablock, and a couple mods that either they made up entirely, or I didn’t know the names of.
grayhaze@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I take it you were never aware of The Sims and its “stuff” expansions?
skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Just because EA claims something is an expansion on the box, does not make it true.
grayhaze@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That was my point.