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Enough with the Game of the Year Editions

There was a time when buying a game was s simple thing. You went to the store, looked through the game selection for the console you had, and made your selection. This went unchanged until the end of the PS2/X-box/GameCube days. It was a typical case of it isn't broke, why fix it. Then, with the launch of the PS3 and X-box 360, console games moved closer to PC's; we received games that would require an occasional patch or two to make it run smoother, or prevent people from exploiting glitches that could allow them to cheat online. Sadly, all this was too much of a good thing, and like dark clouds on a summer's day, dlc came along and changed everything. My problems with dlc aside (I'll save that for another rant), something I did not expect came along with it. That something was the repackaged Game of the Year editions.

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ManBearPork5411d ago (Edited 5411d ago )

So this guy is just saying that he hates goty editions because he doesn't have the patience to wait for them?
Fallout 3 goty was great: 30 bucks instead 60 + 50 for dlc
Right now i'm waiting for some sort of complete edition of ME2 and AW because these games get spammed with dlc

I buy good online games day 1, with single player games i can even wait for a couple of years.

vickers5005411d ago (Edited 5411d ago )

Yeah, I just bought the GoTY Fallout 3 like 2 or 3 weeks ago. Amazing game, but I do not regret waiting 2 years for it.

Had I bought Fallout 3 when it released, I would have definitely been overwhelmed by all the other games coming out at the time, and Fallout 3 wouldn't have gotten a proper fully focused playthrough.

Online games you kind of have to play as soon as they are released, because they die after like a year, or get filled up with experts who make the game unbalanced for newcomers.

I'm glad I waited for Fallout 3 GoTY, I only paid 40 bucks for a new copy, and it provided me with about 100 hours of entertainment.

For that reason, I'm going to wait on purchasing New Vegas. I'll wait for the GoTY edition, since Fallout New Vegas is likely to have a lot of glitches at launch, and is likely to have a lot of dlc released for it.

JX10A5411d ago (Edited 5411d ago )

The FO3 GOTY content was awesome but that buggy mess of a game. The vanilla version was buggy when your saves became large. But with the extra content of goty, fo3 bugs went beyond ignorable (Acceptable it never were, and it's a shame the game magazines don't make a bigger deal out of it).

Shame on bethesda, and even worse for still not fixing it.

djfullshred5411d ago

I agree it was pretty bad - for me on the PS3. I personally think they pulled a fast one on PS3 owners by releasing DLC that is not even suitable for commercial sale, from a quality standpoint. I guess there is money & politics behind all that, because normally Sony doesn't allow broken games to be sold on the PSN.

A Cupcake for Gabe5411d ago

Well Dragon Age has about $70 or more worth of DLC, and it keeps coming. So getting the Ultimate Edition will be well worth it.

Lifendz5411d ago

I think it's pretty smart to do this. After a game is out for a few months and DLC starts to drop, people that don't have the game are probably looking at the used version so they can get the DLC and pay what they would've paid had they got the game brand new. GOTY edition allows the pubs/devs to get those people to maybe look at paying full price. Works for both sides imo.

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Reibooi5411d ago

Yeah I love GOTY editions of games. It's always nice to get the original game + most of the DLC for cheap then it would have been if you bought it day one.

Lets also not forget that there are places in the country and world in general that play games yet still don't have internet access and for those people the DLC is impossible to obtain if a GOTY edition never comes out.

Kurt Russell5411d ago

I bought Fallout 3 about 1 month before the mention of its GOTY counterpart... fortunatly its taken me months to get through it thoroughly, and I've bought the DLC's all seperate... I feel I jipped myself a bit on that one, but the game being so incredible stops me cutting my dick off.

Any other game with GOTY and the above circumstances I would probably be a a chick now... I consider myself fortunate, and shall be learning from my mistakes in future!

GOTY FTW TBH IRL

Weaksauce11385411d ago

Yea I don't get the article, the guy says enough of GOTY editions because he is passing up first releases of the games because he finds the value of the GOTY editions too tempting. I think they are a blessing to this budget gamer, he is just mad he doesn't have the expendable income to be an early adopter. Can't this same argument be said about console redesigns and price cuts and games reducing in price after a few months?

Sarcasm5411d ago

GOTY Editions are not a problem, the real culprit is DLC.

There's an unusual big push now for "Exclusive DLC" or "Day one DLC" now. It's nonsense. If they make DLC, just let all platforms have it. And if it's "Day one DLC" why not include it in the original game.

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OhReginald5411d ago

game of the year editions rock. This guy has to shut his trap. Batman AA goty and fallout goty, and littlebigplanet goty editions are great for people that never got a chance to play the games. And it comes with a crap load of extra features adding more re playability. And last but not least, its on the disc, not some bull crap DLC you have to download.

MonopolyRSV5411d ago

Fallout GOTY was a buggy mess. If I was Bethesda I would be ashamed and cry at my desk every day for that monstrosity.

On the other hand, Oblivion GOTY is impecable. Don't know how they could get one right and the other so wrong, especially since the engines are so closely related.

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Fallout 3 designer expects remaster to revise gunplay to make it closer to Fallout 4

Fallout 3 game designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the upcoming remaster should revise the game's gunplay to be more modern.

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neutralgamer199257d ago

Give us FO3 with all the dlc remastered like ESO. Load times faster, quality of life improvements, gun play improvements

I believe it shouldn't just be graphical they should make improvements where they can to make the game better. A simple face lift isn't what's needed

ZeekQuattro57d ago

Still my favorite one. I remember getting a digital copy of FO3 when I got FO4(XBO). It was nice to finally play a stable version of the game. Then when I got a Series S it was an even better expierence. Quick resume and FPS boost made it feel like a whole new game. Updated gunplay would be very welcome though. One of the few things FO4 did better.

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Fallout 3 Remaster is coming after Oblivion Remastered, but "it'll be a while" until we see it

The rumoured Fallout 3 Remaster is still in development, but it will be years until fans get to play it on new platforms.

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jznrpg65d ago

New Vegas and Morrowind should have been first!

Christopher65d ago

Fairly certain we all know that New Vegas isn't getting anything because it's not a Bethesda developed game.

OMGitzThatGuy65d ago

MS owns both devs, if they want it, a 3rd party will make it.

Christopher65d ago

***MS owns both devs, if they want it, a 3rd party will make it. ***

I think the issue is that it's not a Bethesda developed game, not that MS owns both. This is more about Todd.

RaidenBlack64d ago (Edited 64d ago )

Yep ... Todd doesn't like getting bettered within his own IP scope.
I still think of the Elder Scrolls spin-off Obsidian pitched similar to New Vegas, but Todd rejected.

RaidenBlack64d ago (Edited 64d ago )

Replayed NV more than FO3 ... so I appreciate the FO3 remaster more.
For NV, I'd much prefer a sequel or a spinoff from Obsidian.

FTLmaster65d ago

Got a soft spot for Fallout 3, so I'd be down to play this.

-Foxtrot65d ago

It's crazy New Vegas wasn't worked on first to launch alongside Fallout Season 2.

They could have added all the cut content they had planned but didn't have enough development time to add, possibly even expand on it a little more. For example, have the Vegas strip as one big hub over being chopped into smaller sections we have to keep loading into.

neutralgamer199265d ago

Would love a complete remake or sequel with enough resources

Abnor_Mal65d ago

The only Fallout game I’ve played, PS3 had to keep stopping every few minutes to save. Next thing I knew the credits were rolling and I never did any side quest. I never replayed the game because of all the bugs the game had.

Yui_Suzumiya65d ago (Edited 65d ago )

I've played Fallout 3 more than any game. I lost count many years ago of how many times I finished it. It was my first Platinum trophy. But yeah, it was buggy on PS3 at launch before it got properly patched.

anast65d ago

They are only remaking their games that have been streamlined.

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