Downloadable Content (DLC) is something of a conundrum I feel. I only own a handful of DLC since a lot of games I have are so long that DLC would be beat a dead horse. However you don't want to make the main plot really short and then have to get DLC to see what happens. Yes this will make money for the companies, and there are people who will buy packages as well. Yet it does make the game look bad. To me its as if they released the game unfinished and the DLC is some lame excuse to make up for it.
DLC should be like its ancestor, the expansion pack. It adds to the story by providing a mini sequel and placing add-ons without having to do a completely new things. Example: Diablo II
. AMAZING! Plain and simple. Keeping with my list, I think of them Fallout 3
has some very good DLC for it. I only have Broken Steel which opens up an extension to the main plot, plus open up your character to level 30. The other DLC/add-ons for Fallout 3
allow you to battle in other places and open up an entirely new story that wraps around the main plot. Like the famous Anchorage battle, on searching out the aliens. I love those ideas. Really new and exciting.
Another look is at Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
. I stopped Fallout 3 for now and decided to work on the DLC The Da Vinci Disappearance since I recognized I have many games that will take a lot of man hours to get through and that I had some that won't take much time at all. The Da Vinci Disappearance is a quickie.
Just to go over Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, the AC series is graphically beautifully, the plot is rich, and the experience sucks you in completely. I never played the first Assassins Creed
, but I did play Assassin's Creed II
. ACII was a lengthy story. However I feel AC:B was a lot shorter. The story just seemed to be over by the time it started. Plus there was not a lot of development with the overall arc of the main character, which is and will be spanning multiple titles. So when I started to play the Da Vinci Disappearance add-on I felt this may have been better as a side quest arc in the game, It has no real advancement to the main plot, nor does it bring a lot in terms of new abilities and all. I just feel it could have been added in the game with its initial release and all would be have been fine. I guess Ubisoft needed to make some extra Florins.
DLC should be like its ancestor, the expansion pack. It adds to the story by providing a mini sequel and placing add-ons without having to do a completely new things. Example: Diablo II
. AMAZING! Plain and simple. Keeping with my list, I think of them Fallout 3 has some very good DLC for it. I only have Broken Steel which opens up an extension to the main plot, plus open up your character to level 30. The other DLC/add-ons for Fallout 3 allow you to battle in other places and open up an entirely new story that wraps around the main plot. Like the famous Anchorage battle, on searching out the aliens. I love those ideas. Really new and exciting.Another look is at Assassins Creed: Brotherhood
. I stopped Fallout 3 for now and decided to work on the DLC The Da Vinci Disappearance since I recognized I have many games that will take a lot of man hours to get through and that I had some that won't take much time at all. The Da Vinci Disappearance is a quickie.Just to go over Assassins Creed: Brotherhood, the AC series is graphically beautifully, the plot is rich, and the experience sucks you in completely. I never played the first Assassins Creed
, but I did play Assassin's Creed II. ACII was a lengthy story. However I feel AC:B was a lot shorter. The story just seemed to be over by the time it started. Plus there was not a lot of development with the overall arc of the main character, which is and will be spanning multiple titles. So when I started to play the Da Vinci Disappearance add-on I felt this may have been better as a side quest arc in the game, It has no real advancement to the main plot, nor does it bring a lot in terms of new abilities and all. I just feel it could have been added in the game with its initial release and all would be have been fine. I guess Ubisoft needed to make some extra Florins.
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