Mr. Luchador
Member
I wonder if they changed their plans slightly after the game was available for $5 on Steam for a while.
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Evolve Downloadable Content Plans Revealed
- Thread starter jelmerjt
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Reading it again, yeah, you're right. My bad!
Dash Kappei
Not actually that important
So the beta is open to everyone as long as I have Gold, in EU too right? Can't wait to try the game with some gaffers. How long will it last?
brandonh83
Banned
Players who buy Regular Edition this players this Edition that Edition players who buy Edition just buy buy this Monster Edition that this and that blah blah fuck all of this crap. When I have to read a convoluted press release to know what's up and what I'm getting (maybe) and what I'm not getting (maybe) it's simply a deathblow toward any chance of me buying this that edition thing buy that.
Nope,it's three monsters.
The Goliath, the Kraken and the Wraith.
3 monsters and I think 12 hunters at release
I'll take some premium Mexican tequila over your Moscow vodka any day thank you very much.
Yeah, it's just gobbledygook at this point.
Long as people buy their overpriced shit the first week they won't give a damn.
Aint shit premium about Patron but the marketing lol.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
I'm sorry Xtortionist and Papercuts ya'll my dudes and I love ya'll
but no
but no
MyNameIsRye
Member
That's an extraordinarily light amount of content I feel, especially for such a multiplayer-centric game.
PIMPBYBLUD
Member
F this boring ass game.
I don't think that content would be ready at release date... Where did you read it would?
brandonh83
Banned
What gets me is that when they say "buy this edition and get (insert name of DLC here)." I mean, what the hell does it mean to me? I don't know what the "Leviathan Super Pack Double" is, therefore why on earth would I care whether or not I'm getting it in whatever version I decide on? It's like, oh man, better pre-order that version and get the Season Pass (because a lot of these AAA games are treated like they're theme parks where your $60 is merely to gain access to the park but not all the attractions) with a bunch of content on it that I have no way of knowing how good it will be, or if it's going to be worth it, or how long I'll be actually waiting for it.
There are just so many variables to these things and they expect you to be excited for all of it, when in reality, people just want to buy the game and not have to do research a truckload of bullshit.
In their defense...12 maps and we've only seen 4?
I've already cancelled my pre-order so I am not saying it is okay and full of content.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Wait, I haven't been following that closely (not a big MP FPS fan), but isn't this the game that pulled in all of those 'Best of Show' awards & shit from the various trade shows in 2014?
Sounds like Titanfall all over again.
Sounds like Titanfall all over again.
I'm sure that effected a small percentage of their total player population, not enough to sway their strategies moving forward.
To take part of that deal, you would have had to have been online during a small, thirty minute window, and trade across regions.
The Xtortionist
Member
This is kinda my issue aswell, i dont get why companies announce DLC so early. It really gives me the feeling of buying a game where they remove a part just to sell it to me again. Now ,im no developer but didnt Bioware do this with ME3 aswell and say that dlcs are worked on after the game has gone gold? Yet the dlc was in the game but you just had to have a code to unlock it.
I dont buy dlc's anymore
PS. Pardon my english, quite tired.
GuitarAtomik
Member
Not sure what any of that has to do with the DLC pricing lol.
People tend to get rid of/trade in games they're done with if they don't know there will be support for it down the line. Knowing ahead of time that DLC is coming theoretically makes them hold on to the game longer as long as they're interested in DLC.
Everything I've seen about the game so far makes playing as the monster unappealing. This does not help.
TheSlySoul
Member
Developer: "So people are not buying our unfinished games"
Publisher: "Give them free pre-order DLC"
Developer: "Couldn't we just make sure to push release back to finish the game?"
Publisher: "No, I need my money NOW!"
Publisher: "Give them free pre-order DLC"
Developer: "Couldn't we just make sure to push release back to finish the game?"
Publisher: "No, I need my money NOW!"
TheVoidDragon
Member
This is a game that i was considering getting at some point but i don't think i will now. The alpha gameplay was fairly uninteresting and felt a bit repetitive although i still liked the idea, but the DLC being so expensive normally, the season pass containing very little content, the game itself also having very little content, the DLC seeming like content that was just removed from the game and one of the pre-order bonuses being the ability to skip some of the game are all things that make me not want to get it.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Couldn't have said it better myself
I had fun playing as the Goliath in the Big Alpha.
Then I noticed how buggy quite a few of the abilities are and how broken the third person camera with it's bad angle can make aiming your abilities.
Sometimes hitting that one long cooldown ability was the difference between you winning the round or dieing and the game went "oh you were aiming at those guys? nah you will not jump 1 m in front of you cause the camera put the target on this ledge" or my favorite "you want to aim at those guys? let me just put your huge ass model in front of your target cursor so you can't see where your jump goes".
The worst thing about all of this is that if the game was F2P or cheap I WOULD play it because I could get my friends to play it. But like this? Who is ever gonna play this with me? And random pubbies suck ASS in this game, it completely falls apart in random.
Conkerkid11
Member
Day "whenever the GOTY version releases" purchase
I'm not exactly opposed to announcing DLC plans before release, or even a successful beta test... But the whole, "if you don't pre-order, you miss out on something massive" thing is screwed up. It's not just a skin. It's an entire monster, that should be coming with the full game, but will need to be purchased if you get it after launch.
What the hell
I'm not exactly opposed to announcing DLC plans before release, or even a successful beta test... But the whole, "if you don't pre-order, you miss out on something massive" thing is screwed up. It's not just a skin. It's an entire monster, that should be coming with the full game, but will need to be purchased if you get it after launch.
What the hell
TheJollyCorner
Member
Mostly that this is a full priced 'MP only' game that received a lot of early praise, yet the pre-order/DLC tactics to 'bulk' the overall value seem to be working against any built-up praise. Keep in mind, this is based solely at this point on reactions in this particular thread.
So I'm just wondering, for those following the game closely, if you can still be excited despite the ridiculous BS explained in the OP.
Reactions seem overwhelmingly negative, so the connection to Titanfall would be a heavily awarded (pre-release) game that could potentially land with a thud instead of becoming some kind of an instant classic.
I briefly watched some streams of the alpha & I thought it looked fun (maybe even tolerable for those like me who suck as MP FPS games), but I had no idea it would be a $60 game prior to this thread. :/
I can't be excited because the fun I hoped I could have with my friends in the game is now impossible because there is no way to sell this game to anyone anymore.
It is too overpriced, too DLC infested and the entire concept of the game is just not worth the price of admission.
Hypemaster
Member
My interest in this game now went to 0.
GuitarAtomik
Member
I don't remember Titanfall's DLC tactics working against it's built up praise. Also, you can play this game single player with bots.
As to your second point: Definitely dampens mine. Mostly because if I end up liking the game's beta, I'll be facing some pretty hefty prices for DLC that I'll want. Also, I can tell being so aggressive about the pricing is going to turn off a lot of people which is going to hurt the player base which this game is going to live or die on. I also don't like missing out on significant content just because I didn't commit to a game before reviews were out.
Audible Phonetics
Member
I really hate this DLC bs. Why release a game with so much content missing then charge the price of buying the game twice to get it?
OnionPowder
Member
After playing this game multiple times I can safely say that I do not want. What a disappointment. I was hyped for Turtle Rocks next game for years after they captivated me with L4D.
Regret Upon Approval
Member
Thursday War
Banned
pc monster race lol
how clever
how clever
Dictator93
Member
Couldnt they just release the game with all this stuff for free? Like normal games used to do?
Sigh...
Sigh...
The base game is already expensive for what it is, this DLC plan is really disgusting.
Yep.
Last gen's course surely went into the current gen no problem.
Even on unproven IPs.
Thankfully im not interested in this game. Or any paid dlcs on games this gen.
TheJollyCorner
Member
Agreed.
It just sends a confusing message all around & could especially turn away gamers (like myself) that have a distant, albeit curious, interest, yet might feel like they need to get a bunch of DLC on top of full price to get the complete worth from the game.
All the 'best of show' awards in the industry can't make up for the feeling of getting hustled.
It would be a shame if the final product & Turtle Rock's hard work is damaged by 2k's greedy antics.
Lord of Castamere
Member
The game already had a 3+ month delay.