Zello Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Are they? Games these days don't do nothing really exciting with their DLC's they either give you a couple new items and probably some lame missions if you're lucky. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
nath22 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Are they? Games these days don't do nothing really exciting with their DLC's they either give you a couple new items and probably some lame missions if you're lucky. Almost never. I can think of probably three games that have released worthwhile DLC ever (single player) Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067002972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurotrash Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 DLC is a practical way of distributing additional content (add-ons). I don't see anything wrong with it. Paid add-ons in general though... not worth it, and it's one thing to have the content in the game already so that people who don't own it can play multiplayer with those who don't, and another to cut content from the game but leave it in only to re-sell later. Expansions were much better IMO. Though it seems that every publisher is making it's own definition for "expansion". Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067003052 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyspanner Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Well... buying a golden paintjob for your in-game AK-47 isn't worth it, but an expansion like Episodes of Liberty City is. Zello 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067003065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurotrash Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Well... buying a golden paintjob for your in-game AK-47 isn't worth it, but an expansion like Episodes of Liberty City is. That's debatable *cough* Plus Episodes From Liberty City is it's own game. Edited February 22, 2015 by Eurotrash Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067003165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyspanner Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Well... buying a golden paintjob for your in-game AK-47 isn't worth it, but an expansion like Episodes of Liberty City is. That's debatable *cough* Plus Episodes From Liberty City is it's own game. Everything is debatable. Plus, both of the episodes were released as DLC before they were sold as a standalone game... Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067007464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiConTr0v3rSYx Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Undead Nightmare and Blood Dragon(if you consider that DLC) were great! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067007697 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tali vas Normandy Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 (edited) Around at this time there are barely any DLC's that are worth getting tbh. I only buy DLC's now when they are on sale if I do want to buy something. Edited February 22, 2015 by Tali vas Normandy Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067008010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiniat Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Dark Souls 2 DLCs are quite good imo. Outside of that, yeah there isnt much good DLCs currently. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067008119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osho Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I haven't bought any AAA games except GTA V and IV in the past fours years or so. I usually play them first at my friends house, have a look at it, and decide to buy only if I like it. None has impressed me so far. So, I guess, I won't be able to tell properly how I feel about the same. But, reading through the reviews about the additional content released as DLCs, particularly from AAA ones, I feel you're pretty much right about this. I remember when old games used to offer expansions not only offering additional hours worth of content but also fixing the base game with further improvements based on players feedback. Basically the DLCs used to be like a separate game of its own increasing the replay-ability significantly. Good times! Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067009005 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertighost Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I loved GTA IV + EFLC on one disc, my local game store made a major error in their catalogue and I got it for next to nothing Don't know of any other DLC I've ever purchased, though I got TLOU remastered on PS4 and didn't mind the free DLC on that. Free DLC is good. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067009255 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMcSame Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Well it depends on the DLC really. Something like EFLC or the DLC for Fallout and TES? Sure Something like the map packs on CoD? meh Something like the skins in Evolve? GTFO Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067009628 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 It is hard to say when you simplify it like that. Just off the bat I have to say the best DLC I have ever bought were all the DLC for Fallout 3 and New Vegas, and I guess Skyrim as well. As for multiplayer DLC the Vietnam DLC for Bad Company 2 easily wins. The problem is, 5 or so years ago most DLC packs would actually be free. They might not have managed to get it in the game in time and many ubisoft shooters actually would give out free map packs. Now it is developed with DLC in mind before the main game is even anywhere near finished. There are games like Destiny where they are already working on the 2nd title before the first is even released. So what that tells us is they don't give two flying f*cks about feedback and are making it regardless of what we think. It all depends though really. Because though buying pointless DLC in one game seems dumb to me, buying it in another might seem right. If I REALLY love the game and I feel it is a benefit to me I don't mind what it is. If it is Battlefield, I usually buy all the DLC off the bat because I want the new weapons, not so much the new maps. So I would be happy to pay smaller prices for smaller items. But if the game sucks it makes it totally redundant. Aside from the overpriced small item pack DLC's the second worst are DLC's like GTAIV had. The problem was they did not add to the existing game universe. I know it needed to have separate storyline settings, but the issue was if I wanted to use weapons from TLAD and vehicles from TBOGT in multiplayer, I couldn't. They were all exclusive to their own version. Now that is a major f*ckup. That was the beauty of the fallout DLC. You could take the last DLC's weapons and equipment into the next, having more of the DLC actually meant something to you, and you were better because of it. I can't stand story DLC now. I refuse any of it unless it is open world. Why would I want to spend money just to play an extra 2 hours of storyline that is not repeatable. I am not exactly going to delete my save and start over a lot, so it essentially becomes "pay £10 and rent a movie". So f*ck that. And usually that comes far after I have been done with the game, it never comes when it is still fresh. Yet other DLC seems to come too often and too soon. DLC should extend the life of the base game, not tack on 2 pointless hours and be redundant. Ciarán, RedDagger and Coin 3 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067009728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coin Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 The question is too broad to answer. There's been plenty of DLC that I've bought and felt it was worth it, some that wasn't and others that I purposefully avoided because you could see from a mile away they were going to be a sh*t deal. I do agree with Daz's sentiment though. The DLCs that end up being worth it (usually) in my books are the ones that extent the life of the base game, or at least aren't compartmentalized. A few years ago I would have thrown FPS map packs in with the above, but for the most part I find their pricing excessive and I don't like the model commonly used. With the latter, it often causes division among the players. I could just about live with the price if, for example, anyone in your party could play on the DLC maps so long as one person has them (when playing together). Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067009834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurotrash Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Undead Nightmare and Blood Dragon(if you consider that DLC) were great! They aren't. Neither is Saints Row Gat Out of Hell. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067010024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Billy Russo Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I used to buy just the Single Packs, but I'm really loving the Season Pass trend lately, it's happening more often as well. Aside from sh*t like Evolve where they still leave a ton of things away from the Season Pass, I think it's worth it. I'm planning on buying the Battlefield Hardline Premium if I really enjoy it, you get all the map packs, and if it's anything like BF4 you get battlepacks and stuff as well. Not bad at all. I would have bought BF4's maps too if it wasn't too late in to it. The Upcoming Map Packs for COD will be the only thing keeping Advanced Warfare alive for me, I play it occasionally but I'm already bored with it, at least the Zombies and Maps give it a new lease of life, and I only have to buy the season pass and that's it. I'd be willing to throw money at GTA if we got a good Story DLC, I'm just waiting for something that will make me hungry to play it again. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067010149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iiConTr0v3rSYx Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Undead Nightmare and Blood Dragon(if you consider that DLC) were great! They aren't. Neither is Saints Row Gat Out of Hell. Then I got nothing. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067010351 Share on other sites More sharing options...
feckyerlife Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 only DLC is i have bought were - GTA 4 TBOGT & TLAD and the 3 Dlcs that came out for Skyrim. other then that i havent bought any. but i did like those 5 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067011308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanBurnsRed Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I think DLC like GTA IV's Episodes From Liberty City and Skyrim's Dawnguard, Dragonborn, and Hearthfire DLC is DLC done right. Not pre-order, platform, or retailer exclusive missions and weapons and all that trash. I think DLC should actually add on to the game, not complete it or do little to nothing for it in terms of you know, actual content. feckyerlife 1 Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067012040 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tycek Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 I don't have problems with buying DLCs for the games I love and would like to spend more time with it, but only if they are worth the price. TLaD, TBoGT, all add-ons for FO:NV were the best add-ons imo, all adding a lot of hours to the game itself and often being longer than another iteration of CoD. I didn't buy any of the SR or Missing Link for Deus Ex for example, because I think the price is simply too high for two hours of new gameplay. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067012264 Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecoldkilla1467 Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 i think gta eflc rdr undead nightmare and la noire dlc cases are the only one that worth it Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067012394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dildo Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Are they? you're asking a poor question. you can't judge all DLC's at the same time. some are way better than others. some are totally worth it and some are a total rip off. it just depends on the game itself. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067012404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Is this The Guy? Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Skyrim Dawnguard Dragonborn Hearthfire Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067012517 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Scratch Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 One of the best DLCs I've ever played. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067012955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlitoDorito Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 It depends, the last of us, GTA IV and red dead redemption type DLC is worth it. DLC for 2.99 giving you new hats for your character, no. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067014762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiangHuBBB Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 evolve and its 120$ dlc on release day is worth it for sure kappa Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067015206 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Scratch Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 DLC for 2.99 giving you new hats for your character, no. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067015257 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuareg Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Depends. I don't have a problem with paying for additional content when it's a game i enjoy. Obviously you can't realistically expect them to release extra content and make it free, or to add the DLC content into the game and still keep it at the same price. I'm talking mostly single player content (GTAIV, RDR, Alien: Isolation). But that's where i draw the line. I don't like paying extra even if i play the game frequently. I played plenty of CoD, but i never once bought a map pack. I'm even iffy about buying preimium for BF just because the content it grants is a hit or miss becaue most of it is essentialy being made after i paid for it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067015622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Jensen Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Mostly not. But I enjoyed most of Bioware's story DLC's immensely. Especially for Mass Effect 2. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067015694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memes Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Paying money for making a gun look fancy and having no influence on the game whatsoever? Of course it's worth it. Link to comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/768483-are-dlcs-worth-it/#findComment-1067015706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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