See, this is why I don’t buy games right when they come out – because I’ll be kicking my own ass six months later when the version that’s actually complete is issued. You have to hand it to Capcom, though: they don’t fuck around like those amateurs at Bethesda. Sure, there’s a Game of the Year edition of FO3, but it’s really just the game with all of the DLC in one convenient package at a bargain price. RE5 Gold has all of the game’s launch content and DLC, but it also has an entire new prequel scenario with fan favorites Chris, Jill, and Wesker romping around in (Sweet Buddha Are We Back in) the Spenser Mansion. And the evil genius part? Reports are mixed, but it sounds like you can’t get the new scenario as DLC; you have to buy the entire package, RE Fanboy, and pay full price for all the download content you already would have bought if you hadn’t read this post.
In a beautiful and perfect world, this would come back to bite sales of the DLC (which will be on the disc that everyone’s buying in March anyway) in the ass. There will probably be a few hardcore fans who buy the DLC to have it as soon as possible, then nab the disc for the new story. I’ll probably get the big enchilada version when it comes out, but only because it’s a pretty good deal for someone who hasn’t actually spent anything on RE5 yet.
Between this sort of shit and making people pay on day 1 for “DLC” that’s already on the disc, Capcom is getting close to the edge of my tolerance for being soaked. I like Resident Evil, it massages the nostalgia centers of my gamer lobe, but they’re taking too much advantage of that with all this soaking. I’ve already been voting with my dollars, and now I’m looking askance at pretty much everything they put out.
[h/t Destructoid]
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