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Best news following a video game release ever? I love how Lightbox actually takes into consideration and then actually puts into practice what their fans clamour for! Other companies take note...
This is quite the decision, considering that the game probably wont even sell that well in the first place (not hatin' just sayin')
Good on them. Does it have an Online Pass though? Cause that would negate all of this entirely in my book.
Great decision. Fragmentation is among the chief banes of an online community, especially one that will almost certainly not attract the large CoD/BF crowd.
@PrinceHeir
Companies sometimes aren't allowed to do stuff like that.
Microsoft, for example, has been averse to letting companies release free content before, particularly if Microsoft felt the content was worth "too much" to be given away for free. (Although Microsoft didn't apply that restriction to its first party products.)
And the cost to release DLC presumably has to be paid regardless, again unless you cut some kind of deal with the console that you are publishing on. So you might not just be eating the cost of the free DLC you just created, you might also be eating the cost of getting Microsoft or Sony to officially release that DLC.
Companies sometimes aren't allowed to do stuff like that.
Microsoft, for example, has been averse to letting companies release free content before, particularly if Microsoft felt the content was worth "too much" to be given away for free. (Although Microsoft didn't apply that restriction to its first party products.)
And the cost to release DLC presumably has to be paid regardless, again unless you cut some kind of deal with the console that you are publishing on. So you might not just be eating the cost of the free DLC you just created, you might also be eating the cost of getting Microsoft or Sony to officially release that DLC.
@Baines except MS won't let Sony undercut them. Portal 2 got free DLC released on 360, probably solely on that Sony was going to allow it.
Had Portal 2 been 360 exclusive (like L4D1&2) I'm sure MS would have strong armed Valve into selling the DLC.
Had Portal 2 been 360 exclusive (like L4D1&2) I'm sure MS would have strong armed Valve into selling the DLC.
This is great news!! Player fragmentation is what I disliked most about Warhawk. I think the snow level was the only one from the DLC maps I ever saw in ranked matches. I think I only ever played with the jetpacks and drop ships a handful of times. I'll probably go pick up Starhawk tomorrow. I doubt I'll put as much time online as with Warhawk but the horde/tower-defence mode would scratch a gaming-itch I'm having.
Wow I was gonna wait for things to get patched up and possibly buy used but Lightbox just earned my full 60 dollars.
Nice! I do love lightbox and all the support they provided for Warhawk (under Incognito) that made Warhawk such an absolute joy. Unfortunately I'm not enamored with the RTS elements of Starhawk and this won't be an immediate buy. I'm rather hoping they'll release the online only portion as a PSN download because I don't have any interest in the single player portion.
Alternatively developers could start making quality DLCs that people actually WANT to pay for, instead of shitting out bland rehashes of maps or characters and charging a premium for it.
Not that I want to rain on Lightboxes parade or anything, props to them, but charging for things like map packs is not inherently a bad idea. Give me 5 maps with a new game mode and new weapons or vehicles and such, and thats not something I would have problems dropping 10 bucks for.
Not that I want to rain on Lightboxes parade or anything, props to them, but charging for things like map packs is not inherently a bad idea. Give me 5 maps with a new game mode and new weapons or vehicles and such, and thats not something I would have problems dropping 10 bucks for.
Reason # 87 Why The PS3 Is The Better System - Sony actually allows free, huge DLC packs without forcing developers to charge for them, or fighting them every step of the way. Just ask Valve and Twisted Pixel.
given the miserable state of the game i think that it was suppose to be paid content, but at this point i doubt they would even dare to charge people for it. from what i saw and heard this is another Section 8 situation - 60$ title that was designed and made as 15$ downloadable game, except Starhawk has even less content than Section 8(4 hour singleplayer that's basically a bunch of skirmishes with bots, really?).
then again Killzone 3 had paid DLC despite the lack of on-disc content so you never know(and they even dared to sell people Killzone 2 maps on day one when KZ3 had only like 6-7 maps on disc).
then again Killzone 3 had paid DLC despite the lack of on-disc content so you never know(and they even dared to sell people Killzone 2 maps on day one when KZ3 had only like 6-7 maps on disc).
This is a really fun and unique game, and I've been loving it. You can really feel the weight of your actions shift your team to victory, and even if you're just playing it like a 3rd person rts (focusing on base building and tactics) is is just as much fun as combat. Free DLC to keep the community whole sounds awesome.
sofik88, finding the negative in just about fucking everything, even when there is none to be found.
Bomb diggity! I didn't play the beta, but still very interested in giving this one a spin, especially now more than ever.
@Karlo87,
given the fact that the game should be 20-30$ download title, yes. it sounds like "hey, our game sucks, but you're getting free shit so shut up".
this is just another sony title that should never be released as 60$ title. at this point it feels like sony's plan for their video games is make as little as possible to fit into "retail game" category and push it out of the door. Twisted Metal, Killzone 3, LittleBigPlanet 2, Starhawk, MotorStorm: Apocalypse, Move-exclusive games. non of those games had content, polish or budget of 60$ games. same thing is happening with Vita - who thought that Reality Fighters and Unit 13 should be released at retail?
i'm sorry, but MS put more effort and money into Halo Anniversary than Sony in games i've listed - and that was a port/remake.
Starhawk is yet another title where sony is cutting corners everywhere they can to save costs(similarly to Twisted Metal, LBP2 and Motorstorm 3).
given the fact that the game should be 20-30$ download title, yes. it sounds like "hey, our game sucks, but you're getting free shit so shut up".
this is just another sony title that should never be released as 60$ title. at this point it feels like sony's plan for their video games is make as little as possible to fit into "retail game" category and push it out of the door. Twisted Metal, Killzone 3, LittleBigPlanet 2, Starhawk, MotorStorm: Apocalypse, Move-exclusive games. non of those games had content, polish or budget of 60$ games. same thing is happening with Vita - who thought that Reality Fighters and Unit 13 should be released at retail?
i'm sorry, but MS put more effort and money into Halo Anniversary than Sony in games i've listed - and that was a port/remake.
Starhawk is yet another title where sony is cutting corners everywhere they can to save costs(similarly to Twisted Metal, LBP2 and Motorstorm 3).
Bah! I'm getting that feeling again that sofik does not care for Sony or any of their products.
That cannot be true can it?
That cannot be true can it?
sofik88: I see you do nothing, but troll and bash Sony and be a fanyboy.
How ironic that you call people on here who love to play games on a Sony product a fanboy even though there is no evidence of them being like one.
Even if they are, you are quick to point the finger and talk shit. How do I know this? By the 99% of your comment history. I think it's about time you grow up kid.
How ironic that you call people on here who love to play games on a Sony product a fanboy even though there is no evidence of them being like one.
Even if they are, you are quick to point the finger and talk shit. How do I know this? By the 99% of your comment history. I think it's about time you grow up kid.
Anti-jimmyx: I read through his posts and he does ntohing but troll PS users.
Just check out his history. He does nothing, but praise Microsoft.
Just check out his history. He does nothing, but praise Microsoft.
i dont think sofik is a sony hater, i think he is secretly in love with them thats why hes so hard up to point out their "flaws" because he wants them to be a better company. so he can enjoy their games with out them having terrible grfx and shitty AI with cut content and low quality.
I played SO much of this game during the beta, loved every second of the RTS elements. Preordered it the day after the beta released, because it is just that awesome to me. I can build things AND personally shoot people in the face with shotguns? SOLD.
I can say hand on heart LBP gave me a lot more gaming pleasure and time invested than Halo Anniversary.
I feel you're getting "opinion" and "fact" mixed up in your comments, sofik.
I feel you're getting "opinion" and "fact" mixed up in your comments, sofik.
I deleted the demo after 5 mins of playing it and I quite enjoyed Warhawk. Maybe once the price drops and I need a new online game but BF3 provides more than enough action. Still, very cool that they are giving out the DLC for people.
I bought Unit 13 full price, and I'm still super pleased with it.
Reality fighters was cheap from the get go, retail or not, it wa like £20 - half a retail game.
LBP1 and 2 are both well worth the entry price.
Sofik sounds like one of those dudes that plays the single player through as fast as possible and complains about how short it was without trying the construction mode in LBP's case, or the many various modes in something like Unit 13.
TL;DR STFU Sofik
Reality fighters was cheap from the get go, retail or not, it wa like £20 - half a retail game.
LBP1 and 2 are both well worth the entry price.
Sofik sounds like one of those dudes that plays the single player through as fast as possible and complains about how short it was without trying the construction mode in LBP's case, or the many various modes in something like Unit 13.
TL;DR STFU Sofik
Sheesh, this is the latest coverage of Starhawk from Dtoid since the private Beta. Well, if you guys want some knowledge, check out my blog. Hopefully whoever's reviewing this game SINCE IT'S OUT should read that and take 'em in consideration.
Also, praise to LBI for the free maps in the future; we'll be seeing 'premium content' in new vehicles and other Build and Battle pieces down the road.
Also, praise to LBI for the free maps in the future; we'll be seeing 'premium content' in new vehicles and other Build and Battle pieces down the road.
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