Papacheeks
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What is? I was quoting Jason Schrier who reported the info on DLC?
Nintendo announces Zelda: Breath of the Wild season pass, $20, contents detailed
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What is? I was quoting Jason Schrier who reported the info on DLC?
martino
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i would have prefered the standalone dlc approach like rdr, uncharted 4 etc...(or MM)
decoyplatypus
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I'm not crazy about Nintendo locking hard mode behind DLC, but an extra dungeon seems like a fair deal--particularly if it's the only economical way for Nintendo to supplement the game's dungeon count.
I know this argument will go in circles as it always does but if they can sell 50 characters for 60 dollars then 6+ for just one is too much imo. To get the full roster you had to spend a minimum extra 35 bucks for 7 extra characters vs the 50 you got for your base purchase. The value is way off there. I hate that. Especially as I think the roster is bloated in the first place.
JimJamJones
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With people having said the game can be challenging at times, I wonder how hard this hard mode will be.
darkside31337
Tomodachi wa Mahou
This is really egregious with how much is behind this pass honestly, but folks are already paying 360 dollars to play the premium version day one so what's another 20 I guess. Interesting to see them get into this when other pubs seem to be going in the other direction and not even doing a season pass
I need to play DLC games more it seems.....
Eh, I don't feel like we have enough info to judge the price yet. "New story" and "new dungeon" are far too vague. Could be two hours worth of content or twenty hours.
LordOcidax
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Most like...
People that are not going to buy the game: This is insane, oh God. Expensive.
People that already have the game preordered: Excellent, Day 1. More Zelda, great. Nintendo DLC are awesome, look at MK8 DLC, totally worth it.
People that are not going to buy the game: This is insane, oh God. Expensive.
People that already have the game preordered: Excellent, Day 1. More Zelda, great. Nintendo DLC are awesome, look at MK8 DLC, totally worth it.
I was saying that Nintendo forcing you to buy everything in the season pass or nothing at all is worse than I thought since I was thinking of just buying what I wanted from it rather than everything. The way Nintendo is handling this is pretty anti-consumer.
If the video gaming industry was a museum, DLC for a mainline Zelda game would be like walking into the Smithsonian, taking Picasso's "Mona Lisa" and slapping a few generic stickers on it.
It is a total greed-driven disgrace and further proof that games cannot be considered pure art just yet.
It is a total greed-driven disgrace and further proof that games cannot be considered pure art just yet.
balladofwindfishes
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The holiday MK8 Wii U bundles came with all the MK8 DLC.
I was just mentioning what they've been doing until now. Still thanks for the clarification.
RurouniZel
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True in most cases. I have Zelda pre-ordered but am still a little iffy on this. I need more info first.
Dark Cloud
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People making it seem like the new story and dungeon will be a few hours thing and keep saying it's expensive.
We don't know how much content is there, but I trust Nintendo that it will be meaty.
A new story and dungeon takes time to create so of course it won't be coming until a while later.
We don't know how much content is there, but I trust Nintendo that it will be meaty.
A new story and dungeon takes time to create so of course it won't be coming until a while later.
Goose_Se7en
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Kinda bummed, as someone who pre-ordered the SE of BotW that the expansion pass isn't included, but for $20 what do I have to lose? I'll get it day one. Happy to see Nintendo properly doing things that their competitors have been doing for years now. Welcome to the present Nintendo.
I'm curious as to see what the new original story is about and new dungeon. If it's an entirely new campaign, then I'm all ears.
The wait-and-see approach is entirely acceptible. The 1st DLC does not seem worth it (and the bonuses for pre-ordering). The 2nd one still gives me hope.
I have the game and a witch pre-ordered and I think this season pass is bullshit. Not only are they locking away stuff that should be in the game from the start (hard mode), they're also forcing you to buy shit you don't want (DLC pack 1) just to milk more money out of you if you want the new dungeon and story.
What? 100 holes in a golf game is fucking pathetic and you know it.
Especially when 54 of those holes were 9 hole gimmick mini courses and the good courses were all left for dlc, which like a fucking sucker I bought because I was so disappointed in the base game. With the dlc the game becomes what I expected it to be and is excellent.
I think there's already an hard mode in the game. This New Hard Mode is maybe more things than we think.
There's already plenty in the game, if you wander around.
The rest of the people outside your artificially defined categories without any base: Let's see what exactly is in the second pack before deciding. .
Hispanic! At the Disco
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I guess that helped me decide to not get a BotW amiibo!
shanafan
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I guess the opinion is that the extra developmental time should be at no cost.
Papacheeks
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Or people understand teh extra story content as it's a known practice with success stories like Witcher 3, Last of us, and soon Uncharted 4.
What is perplexing is locking a hard difficulty behind a 20$ paywall that can't be purchased separately, and having amiibo's that lock specific DLC that's not in season pass.
So it's disjointed.
Why does everyone expect this game to be an instant hit? Some of the design decisions seem very questionable. It is not just hiding parts of the game behind DLC when it should have been about the full experience.
Just take a look at the map, if it is true what they say about the map being huge than it is fair to assume that most of it will be barren and consists of dynamically generated content. So there goes the detailed world design we have come to expect.
In any case, hopefully it will be good but I certainly hope that reviewers will be fair and not biased.
Just take a look at the map, if it is true what they say about the map being huge than it is fair to assume that most of it will be barren and consists of dynamically generated content. So there goes the detailed world design we have come to expect.
In any case, hopefully it will be good but I certainly hope that reviewers will be fair and not biased.
Linkstrikesback
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Hey Nintendo.
You can stop taking all the bad industry trends on board, thanks.
Excuse you. Not all Nintendo dlc is awesome. Yes, hyrule warriors, nsmbu and Mario kart had great value dlc.
There are also examples of them having terrible price: content ratio docs IMO, like pikmin 3, both 3ds fire emblems, nsmb2, for a start.
On papers to me this looks like it belongs in the second basket.
And I've had it preordered for ages, thanks.
You can stop taking all the bad industry trends on board, thanks.
Excuse you. Not all Nintendo dlc is awesome. Yes, hyrule warriors, nsmbu and Mario kart had great value dlc.
There are also examples of them having terrible price: content ratio docs IMO, like pikmin 3, both 3ds fire emblems, nsmb2, for a start.
On papers to me this looks like it belongs in the second basket.
And I've had it preordered for ages, thanks.
TalentAlwaysWins
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I can't breathe. $20 for stuff that should already be in the game? Hard mode? This company
well, you all asked for it.
we all helped DLC to become a successful venture, so you reap what you sow, internet msg board gamers.
personally i hate the idea of DLC in any game. always have. such content should be in the product you buy in the store/online. but now its the norm (its been for a while). it's done.
we all helped DLC to become a successful venture, so you reap what you sow, internet msg board gamers.
personally i hate the idea of DLC in any game. always have. such content should be in the product you buy in the store/online. but now its the norm (its been for a while). it's done.
Bamboo 竹
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If I remember correctly something like this happened with the TP HD amiibos which one unlocked a new trial for Wolf Link and another a "new difficulty mode" where Link received double damage per hit, which if you used with Hero Mode on it would make the damage x4. TBH those were cheap additions considering the price of the amiibos.
I hope this "New Hard Mode" isn't just Hero Mode on disguise and something different that makes the price worth it.
I hope this "New Hard Mode" isn't just Hero Mode on disguise and something different that makes the price worth it.
I have the game and the Switch preordered so it doesn't work all the time, sorry. (but I see your point)
You have to include option C : "People who just can't accept/like DLC for different reasons".
Unfortunately, people thinking like that are a minority now it seems.
By that argument, MKX DLC isn't as fairly priced as SFV or GGXrd DLC compared to what you get in the base roster. The DLC characters are made with a smaller team on a completely separate budget, so comparing the value to what you get in the base roster is a bit unfair.
They've announced it now to try stop people from trading in the game once they've completed it by end of march/april so to try and limit the amount of copies available second hand so that people are driven towards new copies.
Papacheeks
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People who are saying that ignore. People who are having actual conversation are arguing about the difficulty update being behind a paywall, and the fact you can't buy the story dlc separate along with amiibo dlc not being in season pass as well if there is some that's significant.
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