Downloadable Content, or DLC as it is affectionately known, tends to split gaming opinion like Marmite splits office debate. There are many in the camp that it is yet another way for games developers and publishers to make more money from us poor gamers and others that just can’t seem to get enough.
This is by no means a new phenomenon, additional content has been available for to those willing to pay for it for as long as I can remember. Back in the days of the old home computer systems and early PC gaming, this came in the form of expansion packs purchased at shops on tape or disk, which always seemed to cost as much as the game itself (probably due to all that packaging). Now with the current generation of PC’s and consoles being so easily connected to the internet, they take the form of DLC.
Replaying Skyrim after 13 years is a reminder of the progress made in western RPGs over the last decade, but also what's been lost.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
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I prefer this...Then I just get the GOTY at the end of the year...or get the game when the DLC gets bundled like KZ2/3 Fallout 3 etc
well, announcing a game will have dlc b4 release is all cool, except when they know exactly what theyre releasing, for example Ultimate MVC3, those costume packs, femme fatales, villians crap, why the f would they not just put that in the game, i guarantee anyone and would bet them $20 that theyre already going to be on the disc on make ppl pay for them at $3.99-4.99 each 'set' i understand promotion crap for retailers but still its bullshit, i remember when publishers/developers released new game content as a reason to keep playing their game, now its just a reason for them to make a few more bucks. -_-
makes me only gives a fuck less that i pirate any game thats multiplatform pc/ps3
Announcing DLC before game release pretty much kills my buying intention for that game...instead I patiently wait for a GOTY version at a discounted price.
There is no problem with announcing DLC before a game is released, because nowadays it's quite obvious DLC will come without the need for any announcements.
Heck, a bigger problem lies in the fact that some company now offer to sell you the DLC before the actual game is released (see "season pass")
I see no problem with games like Skyrim having dlc, especially if they will release content like the shivering isles for oblivion.