TheCowboyPoet
Member
Nice! I platinumed Fallout 4 over Christmas, but I've been itching to dive back in. Sucks that the seasons pass is $40 on Canadian PSN, but it'll probably be worth it to buy that.
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Fallout 4 DLC: Automatron ($10), WW ($5), Far Harbor ($25), More; Season Pass -> $50
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Coffee Dog
Banned
If Bethesda had a better history of DLC this wouldn't be a problem. But as it is now, they're asking for $30 (soon $50) for what is most likely their standard practice of half of the DLC being okay and the other half being an overpriced waste of time.
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Except Point Lookout was $10 and a pretty good value.
Lord of Castamere
Member
It sounds like they're doing the same thing they did with Skyrim. Except I doubt any new locations get added with Automation. Idk. Dragonborn was good. Would rather have 1 big expansion vs the tiny ones F3 and NV had. Not that I'm gonna buy this. I'll wait for the GOTY this Fall/next spring, personally.
I'm willing to bet that the modders will release an animal trapping mod and a robot building mod within a week of the GECK's release.
Yeah, this weird love people have for Bethesda DLC has never really made sense to me. Every game they released had like one good DLC/expansion and the rest was bullshit, except for Morrowind since Bloodmoon and Tribunal were both great. Oblivion only had Shivering Isles, Fallout 3 only had Point Lookout (no, I don't consider Broken Steel to be any good) and Skyrim only had Dragonborn.
ashecitism
Member
They say this is their most succesful game ever. I take it this isn't copies sold? Because Skyrim reached over 20m in 2014.
Jimmyfenix
Member
surprised the beta is coming on consoles
signed up
signed up
Doug Heffernan
Member
I'm counting on it being more crafting and settlement filler. Why else would they be desperately trying to con people into buying the season pass now as if $30 is some type of deal? Shivering Isles was $20 and I bet Bar Harbor won't be any where near that quality.
xrnzaaas
Member
I don't think that the price increase for Dying Light SP was intentional. They probably figured out during production that they've got more than a standard DLC and less than a sequel. I'm currently playing The Following and it's money well spent... I'm close to 20 hours and I still haven't done a lot of things.
RavenSan
Off-Site Inflammatory Member
I don't understand the complaints - the story DLC is gonna be $25 plain.
The other two, while not my cup of tea, effectively are mine for $5. Plus, you add whatever other DLC they have planned (hopefully story), and it's effectively free.
So lets say it's more settlement bullshit. I paid base story DLC + $5 for what (seemingly appears) be a lot of content.
I understand the argument about never buying a season pass, but as far as what they're doing here, it hardly feels "scummy" or "low" to me.
The other two, while not my cup of tea, effectively are mine for $5. Plus, you add whatever other DLC they have planned (hopefully story), and it's effectively free.
So lets say it's more settlement bullshit. I paid base story DLC + $5 for what (seemingly appears) be a lot of content.
I understand the argument about never buying a season pass, but as far as what they're doing here, it hardly feels "scummy" or "low" to me.
MassiveNights
Banned
Hearts Of Stone looks like even more of a bargain.
I don't see what's wrong with this
DoubledOgre
Member
I won't let you trick me. I WON'T LET YOU TRICK ME.
not yet, anyway
Coffee Dog
Banned
Bethesda's hitting you with the upsell (a $25 expansion means I get all the DLC for $5!!! WHAT VALUE!) when the issue is the DLC costing $25 in the first place.
That's pretty sweet. Test things out and get it for free. Plenty of diehard fans that will put up with being guinea pigs for some early access and free content. Hell of a lot better than some of the shit other devs pull with paid beta access, making people pay for the pleasure of playing and testing their buggy games for them.
Doug Heffernan
Member
It's an amazing deal in comparison to the lazy phoned in DLC we've been seeing recently. I expected more from Bethesda, the company that gave us Shivering Isles and all those great story based DLCs for FO3.
Crafting and settlements has ruined this series. That shit should be free with mods, not part of the season pass.
ZombieSupaStar
Member
The two small ones seem like glorified mods but whatever. I'll bite at 30. Bethesda games dlc is usually worth it post horse armor.
I plan to play Fallout 4 when the GOTY edition is out, but here, only the Far Harbor one sounds interesting. The rest sounds like Hearthfire from Skyrim and I wasn't really a fan of that one.
Also, the settlement building and crafting doesn't sound interesting to me, it's not really something I want in my games. Seeing Bethesda further pushing the system through the DLC means there's a chance it'll be a major feature in their future games, and honestly, the idea doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.
Also, the settlement building and crafting doesn't sound interesting to me, it's not really something I want in my games. Seeing Bethesda further pushing the system through the DLC means there's a chance it'll be a major feature in their future games, and honestly, the idea doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.
Coffee Dog
Banned
Why would it be free when they can sell it all to people that would never pay money for it for the sweet price of $5? That's free revenue.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Sounds good. I really need to give this another shot and play it on its own terms rather than butting my head against it because it isn't New Vegas.
Story DLC for 25$ is absurdly expensive.
Is that an issue with the console versions? Loading on my PC was only a few seconds initially and then near instant for other loads, so it at least has the capability to be snappy.
ZombieSupaStar
Member
I'd pay 15 for a "we added stat checks and more than just kill everything for quest solutions" to the game.
Neuromancer
Member
Bright-Light
Member
There is a third option, which is to buy it at neither $30 or $50 and wait for the steam sale GOTY edition in the future (i have no idea how long games take to drop in price).
I played FO4 and really enjoyed it, but not willing to pay for this season pass at those prices.
Lanrutcon
Member
It takes ages (stupidly long, close to 2 minutes) on my PC, and the older the save gets the longer the loading times.
Lord of Castamere
Member
They did this for Dragonborn and Dawnguard too.
? You're like 3 months late...lol
ZombieSupaStar
Member
Sometimes I got weirdly long load times on pc. Try alt-tabbing out then back in. I swear it worked I have no idea why.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
It's Bethesda. No matter what they do there's a very vocal crowd who are always complaining.
Really not sure what to think about this but will most likely buy it anyway... I'm loving fallout 4. Will have a lot of fun with those but they (except story dlc) sound like mods. Shouldn't mod support be coming to consoles in january ? Guess I'm a bit out of date in regards of fallout 4 news.
Vincent Grayson
Member
Bethesda has consistently released some of the best DLC in the industry as far as value goes. I don't see any reason to assume the expansion won't be bigger than Shivering Isles (since they come right out and say it), and that was $30, IIRC.
Doug Heffernan
Member
"Hey, you know that part of our game that nobody likes? We're forcing everyone who bought the season pass to pay money for more of that crap!"
I would have rather saved $5 and just get that one lone pathetic story based DLC.
hobblygobbly
Member
Don't really trust this given their history with Skyrim. Also they won't announce what's in the rest of the season pass until after the price increase I bet.
I hope GECK comes out before or when the first DLC hits, otherwise I wouldn't be surprised if they're holding it back because Wasteland Workshop would be something created by the community with GECK...
I hope GECK comes out before or when the first DLC hits, otherwise I wouldn't be surprised if they're holding it back because Wasteland Workshop would be something created by the community with GECK...
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I think I'm gonna buy the season pass through GMG since they have a 20% off coupon currently.
Well, I originally planned to wait for a GOTY edition, but then I bought the game cheaply.
Then I thought I'll wait for the Season Pass to go on a discount, now it seems that the discount is right now. So I'll be sure to buy it this month.
Now all that remains is actually finding time to play the game. Probably some time in April or May, when I get finished with The Division.
Then I thought I'll wait for the Season Pass to go on a discount, now it seems that the discount is right now. So I'll be sure to buy it this month.
Now all that remains is actually finding time to play the game. Probably some time in April or May, when I get finished with The Division.
Jeronimo Jones
Member
I'm still making my way through FO4, and the season pass is something I was thinking of getting at some point at original price or less.
At $50? I'm leaning towards passing until it's cheaper since I'll probably need a break after finishing the story anyway.
At $50? I'm leaning towards passing until it's cheaper since I'll probably need a break after finishing the story anyway.
UnrealEck
Member
Season Pass is only £15.23 on Instant Gaming.
Coffee Dog
Banned
Ah yes, the consistency that brought us Anchorage and Dawnguard.
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
If you added the 5 DLC packs for Fallout 3 the total cost was 50$. I guess because they are making it more expensive outside of the season pass people are getting upset? If you do not want to get it at 30$ then don't! You just make yourself pay more if the content is something you find interesting.
For me personally, I think this stuff looks awesome and for the 24 bucks I paid for the season pass it is still cheaper than buying the first set of DLC (which I know I would do anyways, season pass or not!)
For me personally, I think this stuff looks awesome and for the 24 bucks I paid for the season pass it is still cheaper than buying the first set of DLC (which I know I would do anyways, season pass or not!)