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DLC WTF
Christmas. This makes sense to
not include it in the base game,
as a summer game would get
blasted for having some holiday
cheer. However, those two were
not the only DLC released. A
ton of costumes and weapons
were also released in tiny
packs, each costing a couple
of quid. If you really wanted
The President to be dressed in
leather chaps and a ten-gallon
hat, you had the option to pay
for the Western pack. Given the
amount of choice in the game,
these packs really didn’t add
anything, so were basically The
Elder Scrolls: Oblivion’s horse
armour at a more reasonable
price. One was even a swipe
Issue 60 • October 2014
at GTA V, calling it GAT V and
releasing it on the same day
as GTA V. It gave players two
sets of clothes, based on series
favourite character Johnny Gat
and two weapons, and was
available on PC the same day.
Unlike the actual GTA V which
still has no firm release date
for PC. This is DLC done right.
There are games that aren’t
as generous with their DLC.
Assassin’s Creed II literally had
the characters tell you some
sections were missing, until you
purchased the Sequence 12 &
13 DLC’s. Assassin’s Creed III
was more reasonable, with the
Tyranny of King Washington
DLC being a part of an imagined
sequence and being separate
from the main game. However I
still haven’t played an Assassin’s
Creed title since II, solely due
to it trying to force me to pay
extra for the main storyline.
It’s like paying £9.99 for a
hardback book and having to
pay another £1.80 for a missing
middle chapter - that book
publisher would be bankrupt
before it sold another title.
With titles that have annual
updates, such as Assassin’s
Creed and Call of Duty, the DLC
needs to be worth the price
being asked - especially since
the game itself is always on the
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