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DLC WTF
DLC WTF
It’s been talked about for ages, but usually in minor asides and amongst groups
of individuals. The DLC debate - is all downloadable content really worth it?
By Andrew Duncan
T
he majority of games
that come out these days
- specifically AAA titles
- have a host of DLC usually
available within a few months
(sometimes a few minutes)
of a game going on sale.
Multiplayer skins, extra levels,
new players, some vehicles...
It varies from title to title what
will be released. One thing you
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can be sure of - the bigger in
megabytes it is to download,
the more it will cost you.
I’ll use Saints Row IV as an
example. Months after release,
it received an extra three story
missions, then a few months
later three more. These were
not requirements to enjoy the
main game, but they extended
the play time by bringing me
back to it even after I had
finished. I stopped playing GTA
V to go back to Saints Row IV,
even playing for a while past
the storyline as there were also
new side missions included.
The second one was The Saints
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