Originally Posted by Concarne
I understand what you mean, but I am going to have to disagree. I think DLC is one of the most toxic money grabs by almost every publisher (not always developer push) these days. Think of horse armor for Skyrim. Most of the DLC that is put forth are things that should have just been in the base game, or just a blatant money grab or incentive to buy from certain retailers. It adds nothing to the game.

The notorious Horse Armor was Oblivion: I mention that not out of pedantry (well not too much) but rather that, at the time, they seemed to have learnt from that rather gnarly PR disaster and released a proper add-on in the shape of Shivering Isles, and stopped mucking about with such silliness for a good long while.

But it seems it's come back with a vengeance with the Creation Club, which seems a determined effort to combine the infamy of Horse Armor with that of the paid mods fiasco of a couple of years back. Indeed they actually have something with pretty much the same name and it's at that point where I'm not even sure whether or not it's satire.

Obviously I have no problem with paying for actual content, but the idea of paying a substantial chunk of the original cost of the game for one piece of armour that could probably be knocked together in an afternoon doesn't sit well with me.


J'aime le fromage.