Here’s a question: what does DLC have to offer you before you take out your credit card?
We bring this up mostly because “Batman: Arkham City” has “Harley Quinn’s Revenge” coming up, and…we can’t say we’re hugely enthused.
Part of this was the fact that the Catwoman content was a bit boring and unnecessary, not to mention awkwardly shoe-horned in. You didn’t need to play it, so that was a pretty compelling reason to not play it in the first place. Similarly, it’s hard to see what Harley’s Revenge is going to add to an already compelling game. So you can play as Harley Quinn…so what?
So, we throw it to you: what does it take for you to pay for content? New characters? New maps? More plot?
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DLC, as it is, is dumb. We get “challenge maps”, where you can beat up 5 different enemies to rank on an arbitrary scoreboard. We get “extra story”, which is either Catwoman content (read: Boring) or story content they cut out and charged extra for (Javik in Mass Effect 3).
Good DLC would be something like Mass Effect’s extra story DLC’s – Lair of the Shadow Broker, etc. Or, for a shooter like Halo, extra multiplayer maps. But for a game like Arkham City, with no multiplayer, god no. It’s unneccessary and dumb, ESPECIALLY for upwards of $5 per DLC. I mean crap, you can buy whole games on Steam or for older consoles for $5, why would people spend it on a single room in Arkham Asylum/City? Yeesh.
I guess I’d buy DLC content for a game liks Super Mario Bros. where a couple new levels or worlds would be released from time to time.
For the Harley DLC you don’t play as Harley. You play as Batman and Robin. That’s what I’ve been seeing everywhere, perhaps I am incorrect. And it’s basically an epilogue to the main storyline and (I won’t post spoilers) but from a story stand point it would be nice to tie up some rather huge loose ends. Also I figured there’d be a re-release with all the DLC for this game so I waited. And now my patience has paid off. Otherwise I’d completely pass on the DLC.
Yup, you play as both members of the dynamic duo.
I never buy DLC for plot reasons. I usually will pony up for new multiplayer maps, although I resisted the urge for both BF3 and MW3 so maybe I’m just over it.
Oh and I buy new leaders/maps for Civilization V. So there’s that.
I typically go by just what the DLC is. If I get two hours of additional play time for single-player I usually am willing to pony up 5 bucks.
With the exception of the whole Jarvik fiasco, I think Bioware does a decent job with DLC. The best is Bethesda though.
A blowjob would cinch it.
Good DLC:
- Raam’s Shadow – Gears of War 3
- Shadow Broker’s Lair – Mass Effect 2
- Undead Nightmare – Red Dead Redemption
- The Pitt, Broken Steel – Fallout 3
- Shivering Isles – Oblivion
Bad DLC:
WHEN YOU CUT IT OUT FROM THE MAIN GAME AND SELL IT BACK TO ME
- the Command Pack – Gears of War 3
- the prothean – Mass Effect 3
- fucking Horse Armor etc… – Dragon Age
Bad DLC happens when the publisher has very obviously put its dick through the bottom of the popcorn. Like most day 1 DLC.
If they allocate half the achievements to the DLC just to make you buy completion, I don’t buy it out of spite because fuck them.
sorry, i won’t buy dlcs anymore, explanation: [criticthinking.hubpages.com]