• Kofu@lemmy.ml
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    Gaming these days is weird. Buy a game but still be locked out of content because of what, you are too poor to pay for the meaty bits.

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      Well, this is expansion, we had paid expansions in the early 2000s, probably earlier.

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        Yeah gaming these days, paying for star craft brood wars just to get extra units.

        To not even mention recent examples like Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency or Diablo: Hellfire, Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Baldur’s Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal, the list of offenders goes on.

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        Blizzard was making expansions in the late 90s and they were amazing. Back when blizzard was the best of the best not the worst of the worst.

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        We did and they were awesome. I guess I’m just saying there are two versions here and one of them is better than the other and I find it weird thats all. At least the expansion was all inclusive and not a form of baiting you into missing out on paid features. Things have changed obviously since 2000 but, take the level 60 upgrade. Paid and free are at an obvious disadvantage. The ranking system shouldn’t be something you pay for to be uncapped.

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      I’ve been a console gamer for a while now, last pc games I played were the red alert/ Warcraft TFT (with a splash of wings of liberty) so I don’t really get to mess around with mods

      DLC that comes out years after original release is fine for me, if I’m getting hours of additional content. That stuff doesn’t happen for free.

      Obviously if they hide all the game-breaking fixes behind a DLC paywall it’s ridiculous, but cyberpunk seems to have been pretty dedicated to fixing their game that was fairly broken at launch.

      I’ve never played it yet, but it’s been creeping up my list. Didn’t really have much interest until watching edgerunners on Netflix (which I’ve become lowkey really into, how many times can you rewatch something before it’s weird?). While I know they’re not the same, the atmosphere and universe seem awesome, and the Devs seem committed to salvaging their reputation

      I’m generally a patient gamer, but I caved for RE4make and am super hyped for Armored core 6. Don’t have a PS5 yet so I’ll have to wait for Deadspace, but once I beat RE4make at least a second time I’ll probably try Cyberpunk

      At this point I’m not sure if it’s PS5 time, or worth waiting until Christmas 2024 for a ps5 pro for Deadspace and a smoother gaming experience on the dual system games I have