I was pretty stoked for this game. I had the GameStop Exclusive $99 edition preordered. Why have I changed my mind?
1). Pre-order only Goro. It's rediculous that unless you preorder the game, access to this character is blocked. I was willing to accept this, until these other factors came into play.
2). Overpriced DLC Kombat Pack. Thirty bucks for four characters and some skins.
3). Kombat Pack characters are already on the disc and playable in certain challenge towers. Capcom soured me on this unforgivable practice with Street Fighter x Tekken. I barely buy any Capcom games new and can't remember the last one I did buy.
4). Easy mode DLC. The final straw and one of the worst examples of a developer screwing the consumer over. You can now buy easy mode fatalities. A five pack for 99 cents or a 30 pack for five bucks.
What greedy, ignorant, arrogant practices. Taking advantage of less-skilled gamers who want to see the fatalities by charging them extra for it. I guess I'm close to adding WB games to my no-buy list of other greedy developers and I'm seriously considering passing up Arkham Knight. There are plenty of other developers out there trying to make an honest buck without raking their fans over the coals. What a shame that greed wins the day.
Hah!
I'm starting to see & consider some of these threads of yours as those by the:
"half-empty" DooD
Why?
Hrm...
"Why I Hate...",
"I don't like/I'm not getting..."
"This sucks, because...",
"Why I'm not getting...", etc, etc, etc
Seriously - you seem like a smart & knowledgeable poster & I like your writing style, but:
How about some topics about the gaming-related things that you like, love, can't get enough of, can't wait for, etc?
Our hobbie's not *that* dreary now; is it?!
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. The big storms & tornadoes that ripped through Missouri and Illinois caused thousands of dollars in damage to my home that
*SURPRISE!* aren't covered by my home owners insurance. So I have been busy working on all of that. Hail the size of softballs do a significant amount of damage to gutters, windows and vinyl siding.
As for our hobby, unfortunately to me it has become pretty dreary. Any excitement I have for games is bittersweet because I know that the game they release will be a half-complete game with planned DLC that is in many cases already complete and on the disc. Everyone has their own views and feelings on the subject and technically if they don't advertise the locked content as being there in the first place, they don't owe it to you. I get that. But in many instances, games are becoming shorter and contain less content because it's planned to charge you the extra for DLC.
So you have one side of the argument that says games have stayed at $60 since 2005. On the other side, these games are becoming shorter & shorter, having less unlockable items, etc. They have less content than a retail game released in 2005. Of course, every game doesn't fall into this, but many games today do. I've practically swore off Ubisoft, EA, Activision, Capcom and now WB Games because of these shady practices. For me, this sucks the fun right out of gaming.
I used to be a pretty big Call of Duty fan. But now, Activision has turned it into an annual money-printing machine. Guaranteed, it's going to cost you $100 a year minimum to continue playing as they churn out sequels and season passes left & right.