Most pathetic DLC

Maximilian

I just saw this and thought: wow. They released horse armour. For six euro. And people will buy it.

Yes, yes I know nobody is forced to buy it etc. etc. but idiots who buy this crap just feed publishers' greed. I despair when I see stuff like this.

Pick your favorite (pathetic) DLC. What ballsy arse dressed up as something worth buying irks you most? Go on - make me get sick on myself. Again.

Zero-Cool

Assassins Creed 2 chapters 12 & 13. Love this game so much and the DLC was okay but the cheek to leave story missions out of a game and then charge people to play them later? PATHETIC UBI!!!!!

johnny_ultimate

I think the "time-saver" DLC is the most obnoxious - 'unlock' codes or whatever. How anyone can buy this without feeling shafted is a mystery. If it's launch day DLC, there's no reason why it shouldn't have been an option on the disc. Paying to unlock content you've already paid for? Oh dear.

Plus, there's this, but I like to think it's designed solely to trick idiots out of half a grand.

johnmcdnl

horse armour in Oblivion :rolleyes:

EDIT just notice your post was also about horse armour too :pac: tried the link but I could access the page ??

I'm assuming war hammer just copied oblivion as a quick way to rob a few quid from customers with more money than sense

Spunge

eve online, 70 dolllar monocle !

pablomakaveli

A lot of DLC these days just seems tacked on and pointless. I prefer the Fallout style DLC where you get a good chunk of extras that will give you a few hours entertainment.

Charging for skins or an extra gun is a bit much though. Stuff you'd normally would have had as unlockable content in games years ago is usually sold as DLC nowadays.

Redlion

The Sinclair Solutions Test Pack for Bioshock 2 was probably the most pathetic, just for the fact it was already stored on the retail disk. People had to pay 400 ms points just to unlock it. Very poor on 2K's part.

Zero-Cool

Ya but FO dlc was a bit doo doo. Now Borderlands DLC on the otherhand, fantastic!

pablomakaveli

johnmcdnl wrote: »

horse armour in Oblivion :rolleyes:

EDIT just notice your post was also about horse armour too :pac: tried the link but I could access the page ??

I'm assuming war hammer just copied oblivion as a quick way to rob a few quid from customers with more money than sense

It's an ultramarine skin for the space marines. Which is just a few character models.

Helix

i have never bought DLC and i never will

ever

the people who DO buy it are absolute morons who are runing it for everyone else. if nobody bought it, it wouldnt exist and maybe devs would spend a bit more time looking for things to put into the games, rather than things to take out

Redlion

Helix wrote: »

i have never bought DLC and i never will

ever

the people who DO buy it are absolute morons who are runing it for everyone else. if nobody bought it, it wouldnt exist and maybe devs would spend a bit more time looking for things to put into the games, rather than things to take out

Of course it would. Sure that's what expansion packs have been for years before console DLC came along.

Some DLC isn't worth the money or the time. However, some DLC is, examples being Undead Nightmare or the All Fronts Collection for GOW 2 (only released in it's entirety though)

Skerries

i buy the games and feel that they are taking the píss so i "acquire" any decent dlc

Helix

Redlion wrote: »

Of course it would. Sure that's what expansion packs have been for years before console DLC came along.

expansion packs actually offered a lot more though. developers had a lot more to lose since they were physical releases which cost them money, so the tendency there is to make sure youre releasing something people will buy

with modern dlc its a case of release a load of pointless crap and see how much of it sells

theres no value to any of it. everyone who has ever bought a costume for a video game character, for example, deserves to lose their thumbs so they can never play games again

imo

Redlion

Helix wrote: »

expansion packs actually offered a lot more though. developers had a lot more to lose since they were physical releases which cost them money, so the tendency there is to make sure youre releasing something people will buy

with modern dlc its a case of release a load of pointless crap and see how much of it sells

theres no value to any of it. everyone who has ever bought a costume for a video game character, for example, deserves to lose their thumbs so they can never play games again

imo

Like I said, some DLC is pretty worthless, I'm not disagreeing with you on that. However, some DLC is worth the money, such as Undead Nightmare, which has given me at least 7 hours of extra gameplay for only €9, and it was never going to be released in the final game as it stood. So, not ALL DLC is bad. You got to pick and choose.

Retr0gamer

Multiplayer map packs. Maybe it's just coming from a PC gaming background but paying for a a few multiplayer maps is ridiculous when they used to be free or made by the community. 20 euros for the CoD ones is just ridiculous.

calex71

Didn't they refund or do something regards the horse armour, I remember there being a stink kicked up at the time, so much has the term been used it even has it's own Urban Dictionary entry

gooch2k9

Thought the ACII ones were terrible, bad enough they were cut from the original storyline, they were far too short.

RDR:Undead Nightmare was an example of good DLC. Something that takes a few hours more is nearly always good.

Harps

Red Dead, Mass Effect 2 and Fallout are the only games I've ever bought any dlc for, felt all three were well worth it.

Horse armour at the time seemed pathetic but most games have pointless costumes or whatever that cost a few euro now. Can't say I get annoyed at it either, fair play to the devs for taking advantage of idiots. Dlc made up of just features which have been taken out of the game on the other hand is extremely annoying. I wont pay for it but its frustrating missing out on the extra content

Trevor451

You would have to be an idiot to spend €15 on the call of duty map packs :rolleyes:

Each call of duty game has on average 3 map packs.

€60 (for the base game) + 15X3 = €105 :eek:

jill_valentine

pablomakaveli wrote: »

It's an ultramarine skin for the space marines. Which is just a few character models.

I agree for the most part, but the thing is, the real life (sort of) Warhammer types take all the paint schemes and insignia stuff so seriously that it must have felt like an obvious decision to the devs. Players tend to have a kind of team loyalty to one chapter or another, so somebody who stumps up for an Ultramarines gimmick is unlikely to turn around and do the same for the Dark Angels one. A Space Marines player is even less likely to turn around and pay for an Eldar one, and so on.

F**king hell though, those prices are absolutely ridiculous.

Twilightning

Avatar items for the Xbox 360. You're one of the biggest twonks imaginable if you've ever spent real money on virtual clothes for your avatar.

Kirby

Honest to goodness I couldn't agree more. Mii's were a bit of fun fluff where you messed around for 3 minutes so that your family could each have a Wii Bowling character.

Microsoft completely missed the point of this fact with "Avatars". I mean who in their right mind would spend a tenner dressing up something so utterly pointless? It doesn't even feature in any of the games you play.

Totally crazy. Boggles the mind.

ShadowHearth

For me its mw2 map pack where old maps from cod 4 were copy/pasted.

After 4 cod flexibility and dedicated servers, that dlc looked like a total rip off.

What happened to good old times where with most big titles you would get map editor too... Only blizzard has this now with sc2.

Dubhthamlacht

worst DLC - the extra multiplayers maps in Bioshock 2 and level cap update- was that the Sinclair solutions tester ? Not only was it a rip off, but due to the multiplayer matchmaking unless every other player in the lobby had the extra maps, you could not play them. In the 6 months I played multiplayer in Bioshock 2, I never got to play the extra maps. complete bollix.

not all DLC is bad - case being the brilliant Minerva's Den in Bioshock 2 and Lair of the Shadow Broker in ME2.

Dave_The_Sheep

jill_valentine wrote: »

I agree for the most part, but the thing is, the real life (sort of) Warhammer types take all the paint schemes and insignia stuff so seriously that it must have felt like an obvious decision to the devs. Players tend to have a kind of team loyalty to one chapter or another, so somebody who stumps up for an Ultramarines gimmick is unlikely to turn around and do the same for the Dark Angels one. A Space Marines player is even less likely to turn around and pay for an Eldar one, and so on.

F**king hell though, those prices are absolutely ridiculous.

I can see your reasoning alright, but I don't really buy it for those prices (I also wouldn't touch that DLC either). As you say, they're horrendous prices.

Wargear for Last Stand or the campaign at least has a purpose, but those model packs (of which there are a few) are purely cosmetic. You could come up with a reasonable (to the untrained eye, at least -ie. mine) approximation using the Army Painter that comes with the game.

Kiith

I actually don't have a problem with cosmetic dlc. If you want to buy it, go right ahead. It won't give you any advantage or extra content. It's purely your choice.

Map packs, story unlocks, dlc that's already on the disc at release...they are another matter.

hooradiation

Helix wrote: »

i have never bought DLC and i never will

ever

the people who DO buy it are absolute morons who are runing it for everyone else. if nobody bought it, it wouldnt exist and maybe devs would spend a bit more time looking for things to put into the games, rather than things to take out

So if i buy DLC I'm "ruining it for everyone else"?

good.

Helix

hooradiation wrote: »

So if i buy DLC I'm "ruining it for everyone else"?

good.

everyone else including yourself

see that money you're paying for garbage? wouldnt be happening if people like you werent dumb enough to fork over their hard earned money for it

if people dont buy it devs dont sell it

DLC done properly? burnout paradise's free stuff

super_furry

Maybe not the worst but the biggest let down was the Witch Hunt DLC from Dragonage. This was supposed to solve the mystery of where one of the games biggest characters ended up. It last 50 minutes, used two tiny recycled enviroments and was such a lazy cash in that it turned me off the sequel. Still haven't bothered to play that.

VinLieger

Helix wrote: »

everyone else including yourself

see that money you're paying for garbage? wouldnt be happening if people like you werent dumb enough to fork over their hard earned money for it

if people dont buy it devs dont sell it

DLC done properly? burnout paradise's free stuff

What a well reasoned argument....

But NO

DLC is here to stay, so its well past time you stopped whinging about it

hooradiation

Helix wrote: »

everyone else including yourself

see that money you're paying for garbage? wouldnt be happening if people like you werent dumb enough to fork over their hard earned money for it

if people dont buy it devs dont sell it

DLC done properly? burnout paradise's free stuff

Because I've decided that something like Lair of the Shadow broker is worth my money I'm 'dumb'? Grow the fuck up.
Try to understand that people who buy things you don't like and enjoy them are perfectly fucking entitled to do so without having people like you getting indignant that they have the audacity to have fun and spend their money in a way you don't approve of.
I know this might be a total mindfuck of a revelation for you, but this is how shit actually works.
Take a deep breath, it's a wonderful world of your shitty opinion being irrelevant that you've just stepped into.


And you're right on one thing - if people don't buy it it won't be made. But seeing as I've enjoyed all the DLC I've bought I want to encourage developers to make more DLC I'm more than willing to throw down a few quid every now and again for more game content and to show them that there is a market for it.
If that also happens to upset people like you - bonus.

Dermighty

there are some really bad ones but for me it has to be call of duty black ops. The DLc packs are 13 euro each for 4 multiplayer maps (want!) and a new zombie level (do not want!).

I think that 3 euro per map is a bit much especially seeing as all the dlc combined is more expensive than the game itself...

taytothief

hooradiation wrote: »

Because I've decided that something like Lair of the Shadow broker is worth my money I'm 'dumb'? Grow the fuck up.
Try to understand that people who buy things you don't like and enjoy them are perfectly fucking entitled to do so without having people like you getting indignant that they have the audacity to have fun and spend their money in a way you don't approve of.
I know this might be a total mindfuck of a revelation for you, but this is how shit actually works.
Take a deep breath, it's a wonderful world of your shitty opinion being irrelevant that you've just stepped into.


And you're right on one thing - if people don't buy it it won't be made. But seeing as I've enjoyed all the DLC I've bought I want to encourage developers to make more DLC I'm more than willing to throw down a few quid every now and again for more game content and to show them that there is a market for it.
If that also happens to upset people like you - bonus.

FFS. Wtf kind of reasoning is that?
Why don't we introduce it to every fcuking thing. Why not buy a movie with the option to dl an extra bit on the end. Would you buy that? No, that would be fcuking retarded. How about a book. Dl a book on kindle, have the option to dl an extra bit to add on... would you buy that?
If it keeps going like this you won't be able to play any games without being asked to dl something every 5 mins for some bs that should be there in the first place.

Fanny Cradock

I don't know if it qualifies as the "worst" dlc but I'm going to vote for the purchasable hats in TF2.

If people want to waste 0.79 cents that's fine. I don't get it but it's a negligible amount of money. However, back when Valve initially implemented their micro-payments shop (and actually up until fairly recently) some of the specials were priced at €18. That's €18 for a hat comprised of photons. Fortunately they have realise the error of their ways and you can pick up a hat for a mere €10. That's €10 for a hat comprised of photons.

I guess one selling point is that you can't loose it.

Fanny Cradock

taytothief wrote: »

FFS. Wtf kind of reasoning is that?
Why don't we introduce it to every fcuking thing. Why not buy a movie with the option to dl an extra bit on the end.

They already do something similar with music and film

Chairman Meow

sheehy83 wrote: »

Ya but FO dlc was a bit doo doo. Now Borderlands DLC on the otherhand, fantastic!

wat?? Broken steel was amazing. The only really crap one was mothership zeta. The others were enjoyable - awesome

worst dlc has to be unlock codes. Youre paying for **** already on the disc. The PC edition of alice: madness returns was hilarious, all you had to do to unlock the dlc weapons and dresses was edit a line in a text files that basically said 'special edition: no' and change it to 'special edition: yes'. Hey presto, free DLC

Mr E

hooradiation wrote: »

Because I've decided that something like Lair of the Shadow broker is worth my money I'm 'dumb'? Grow the fuck up.

You come across as a tantruming 12 year old. Please try and make your point without swearing your head off. Its not clever. The next childish outburst like that will have consequences.

Retr0gamer

hooradiation given a warning for being a naughty boy. Keep it civil guys.

hooradiation

I apologise for nothing.

taytothief wrote: »

FFS. Wtf kind of reasoning is that?
Why don't we introduce it to every fcuking thing. Why not buy a movie with the option to dl an extra bit on the end. Would you buy that? No, that would be fcuking retarded. How about a book. Dl a book on kindle, have the option to dl an extra bit to add on... would you buy that?
If it keeps going like this you won't be able to play any games without being asked to dl something every 5 mins for some bs that should be there in the first place.

This is a well reasoned and utterly plausible vision of the future.
DLC is the devil! hallelujah i have seen the light!

*ahem*

If the best reason you have for not buying DLC is a shoddy slippery slope fallacy then i can't really say I find it compelling or relevant. Now if you'll excuse me there is some borderlands DLC I missed and the teaser for borderlands 2 has put me in the mood for more.
Good thing DLC exists or I'd have to do without or just replay the vanilla game again.

SirLemonhead

Why didn't the Helix get a warning for basically calling him dumb?

Retr0gamer

SirLemonhead wrote: »

Why didn't the Helix get a warning for basically calling him dumb?

Because he wasn't nasty about it and if hooradiation had read his first post properly they would have seen that helix didn't have a problem with expansion pack type DLC anyway thus avoiding any nastiness.

Zero-Cool

It comes down to the difference between right and wrong:

Right DLC = A game has been out 6-12 months or more and the devs say 'hey, lets keep this alive and give the fans some extra levels, etc. free or otherwise.

Wrong DLC = A game is made with locked levels, items, etc. and the devs/whoever decide they will call this 'DLC' and charge people to unlock them. Then they have 'DLC' that they give to different stores to reward players for preordering.

ShadowHearth

All these dlcs just make me wait for goty editions. Pick up game with full dlcs for pennies. I bet I am not the only one.

I would be on the old school side too. I loved expansion packs. Remember buying expansion packs like diablo 2 lod or Warcraft 3 TFT etc. You could see effort putted in to it.

Dlc was a great idea, but greedy bastards made it horrible idea.

Love love love witchers developers. Drm bull**** droped after 2 months to make it better for paying customer. They know pirate will pirate no matter what. Any ather dlcs are free. I love that they call them "patches", not dlc too.

Azza

Street Fighter 4 alturnate costume DLC. These where already on disc at the time of release and most of the costumes (14/25) where already created for the arcade version (which where unlocked in the arcade version by playing the game and tying them into a registration card). So it wasn't like they could wheel out that old chesnut of saying it was developed after the "core" game.

What really annnoyed me is they released them in packs of 5 seperately over several months before releasing an all in one pack which was slightly cheaper.

Cots1

What really grinds my gears is the Tiger Woods dlc on the day of release about 200 euros worth of courses and time saver packs makes me sick, probably wouldn't happen if their was some sort of competition, which is why i think they don't do the same with Fifa

hooradiation

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Because he wasn't nasty about it and if hooradiation had read his first post properly they would have seen that helix didn't have a problem with expansion pack type DLC anyway thus avoiding any nastiness.

Ahahah, this is priceless.

James Howlett

Helix wrote: »

i have never bought DLC and i never will

ever

the people who DO buy it are absolute morons who are runing it for everyone else. if nobody bought it, it wouldnt exist and maybe devs would spend a bit more time looking for things to put into the games, rather than things to take out

I buy DLC and I'm not a moron, sorry to burst your bubble.

ShadowHearth

James Howlett wrote: »

I buy DLC and I'm not a moron, sorry to burst your bubble.

i love your avators costume, how much was that, and how much gameplay time it bought you... :rolleyes:

Magill

Honestly... there is some DLC i hate, DLC thats already on the disc is a pain in the arse and I simply wont buy it, if someone else wants to buy it, fine, their money to do with whatever the fook they want.

Something like the CoD maps (I understand is anoying for the PC guys, since we used to get these things for free.. but you know what... thats life, deal with it.. since most PC users **** were they eat anyway) which i probably get a good 20-30 hours worth of gametime out of... although its overpriced for the amount of work required to make them... are still worth the money for me, A COD PLAYER.... they might not be worth it for you guys but for me... they are, get over it.. if you can't, well... like you brand me and anyone else that buys them, you are an IDIOT.

The cosmetic DLC is again something I don't do, simply because I dont see the point. They're meant to be unique, rare items but they just end up becoming common and thus lose most of their value (Im talking mainly about MMO's and hats(?) here). If someone else wants to spend their money on it... who am I to judge them... I just went out and bought a fvcking sandwich from subway for £7 and then paid £1.40 for a bottle of water... you see where im going with this guys ?

I understand why people don't like the way DLC is going... but some of you need a slap.

James Howlett

ShadowHearth wrote: »

i love your avators costume, how much was that, and how much gameplay time it bought you... :rolleyes:

probably 200 points, the arse end of whatever I had left in my account at the time which was probably two years ago now. It's the only Avatar stuff I've bought but I don't think it a waste. Would I have thrown a 2euro coin at it which is its real world equivalent? Yeah no problem. Any more than that? No. It's cheap and doesn't harm anyone, why are people getting so angry?

Now a question for you; what is the relevance of gameplay time? It was never advertised as providing any gameplay benefit nor did I believe it would.

Retr0gamer

hooradiation wrote: »

Ahahah, this is priceless.

Dems the breaks. Read the charter and peoples posts before attacking them next time. Thanks.