▲ 1084 ▼ ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Prepared for 100k Concurrent Players, They’ve Gotten 700K (www.forbes.com) submitted 3 years ago by simple@lemm.ee to c/games@lemmy.world 257 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Hyperi0n@lemmy.film -11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Day 1 dlc. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) And? The key is that nothing in that DLC is needed to win the game. In fact, the only real game advantage at all is some camp supplies. The rest is art, character sheets (they're PDFs), and the soundtrack. It also allows Larian to throw a little extra at the early adopters who bought the game in early access. "Day 1 dlc" means nothing without context. Not all DLC is pay-to-win. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Innocent_Bystander@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago It's also not egregious where you get a piece of a game, then have to finish out with dlc. It's one thing if you get a full game, then some optional add-ons. But we can't trust the "AAA" game makers to do that. Too much greed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) And? The key is that nothing in that DLC is needed to win the game. In fact, the only real game advantage at all is some camp supplies. The rest is art, character sheets (they're PDFs), and the soundtrack. It also allows Larian to throw a little extra at the early adopters who bought the game in early access. "Day 1 dlc" means nothing without context. Not all DLC is pay-to-win. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Innocent_Bystander@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago It's also not egregious where you get a piece of a game, then have to finish out with dlc. It's one thing if you get a full game, then some optional add-ons. But we can't trust the "AAA" game makers to do that. Too much greed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Innocent_Bystander@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago It's also not egregious where you get a piece of a game, then have to finish out with dlc. It's one thing if you get a full game, then some optional add-ons. But we can't trust the "AAA" game makers to do that. Too much greed. permalink fedilink source parent