Bethesda: Skyrim DLC Will Feel More Like Expansion Packs : V

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:52 pm

http://kotaku.com/5885983/bethesda-skyrim-dlc-will-feel-more-like-expansion-packs

Bethesda as long as Todd Howard is in your employ, you will see no more money from me.

Not only is he a pathological liar, but as usual he makes your entire company look bad when his old promises get dug up.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:05 pm

Dawnguard felt like an Expansion Pack.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:38 am

Dawnguard felt like an Expansion Pack.

Hearthfire feels like one too. Oh wait.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:35 pm

Or he is a pathological wants to get the two exclusivity windows and move onto all DLC multiplatform fan.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:12 am

Or he is a pathological wants to get the two exclusivity windows and move onto all DLC multiplatform fan.

"The third DLC is having performance issues with the PS3, so we'll postpone it for two months". :tongue:

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:36 pm

You didn't include this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ne1fVhvL00 I am disappoint.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:11 pm

Just because a few things change in plans, Todd Howard is a liar?

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:06 pm

oh look, a hate thread, never seen one of those before.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:37 pm

You didn't include this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ne1fVhvL00 I am disappoint.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lw8bowDws8

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:12 pm

To be fair, depending on how far the house customization goes, how many houses we can have and what quests go with them, it could very well count as an expansion pack.

Not every expansion pack has to have some big, important quest/story at the center of it.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:36 am

To be fair, depending on how far the house customization goes, how many houses we can have and what quests go with them, it could very well count as an expansion pack.

Not every expansion pack has to have some big, important quest/story at the center of it.

This as well.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:06 am

Just because a few things change in plans, Todd Howard is a liar?

I would say so.

Obsidian said that Legion in New Vegas was going to have a lot of content and be on par with NCR in terms of it IIRC and they were, but Bethesda didn't extend the deadline and they were forced to cut it.
Obsidian didn't lie, they told the truth, New Vegas was gonna have more Legion content but their deadline was too short to fully design it all.
Bethesda on the other hand decides their own deadline, and Dawnguard does not seem like an expansion to me, more like a mini-expansion or a big DLC, but not an expansion.
And Hearthfire is basically like Frostcrag Spire.

So I'd say Toddy lied.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 12:05 pm

To be fair, depending on how far the house customization goes, how many houses we can have and what quests go with them, it could very well count as an expansion pack.

Not every expansion pack has to have some big, important quest/story at the center of it.

actually it kinda does, hence "expanding" the game. ie Si

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:54 pm

To be fair, depending on how far the house customization goes, how many houses we can have and what quests go with them, it could very well count as an expansion pack.

Not every expansion pack has to have some big, important quest/story at the center of it.

I hope Blizzard takes note.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 8:17 am

To be fair, depending on how far the house customization goes, how many houses we can have and what quests go with them, it could very well count as an expansion pack.

Not every expansion pack has to have some big, important quest/story at the center of it.

If you think there's going to be any quest involved with Hearthfire other than "?Build Your House" you're kidding yourself.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 3:05 pm

If you think there's going to be any quest involved with Hearthfire other than "?Build Your House" you're kidding yourself.

I bet you there are infinite "Walk your kid to School" quests.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:25 pm

I really don't mind small DLC's like Hearthfire as long as we also get big ones. Hearthfire probably didn't take that much effort to make.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:55 am

"In between those expansions, Howard is committed to releasing smaller pieces of content for the game.
"Because that gap is going to be bigger, we want to put litle things out for free in between. We've already done that for PC with http://kotaku.com/5883064/skyrims-official-high-resolution-texture-pack-makes-your-dovahkiin-sixier-than-ever/gallery/?tag=skyrim. We're trying to figure out what those things are.""

Hearthfire should fit that sentence.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:03 pm

"In between those expansions, Howard is committed to releasing smaller pieces of content for the game.
"Because that gap is going to be bigger, we want to put litle things out for free in between. We've already done that for PC with http://kotaku.com/5883064/skyrims-official-high-resolution-texture-pack-makes-your-dovahkiin-sixier-than-ever/gallery/?tag=skyrim. We're trying to figure out what those things are.""

Hearthfire should fit that sentence.

wut

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:53 pm

wut

Exactly. Bethesda is charging $5 for what Howard said would be free.

Howard states 2 different types of DLC: expansions and little free content updates.

So unless Hearthfire is considered an expansion ( in which case I laugh ), it's supposed to be one of those "little updates".

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:50 pm

Exactly. Bethesda is charging $5 for what Howard said would be free.

inb4 "It's only five bucks!".

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 11:07 am

I bet you there are infinite "Walk your kid to School" quests.

Or you have to kill a half dozen skeevers every other time you walk inside.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:16 am

You guys definitely wouldn't like the foot longs at Subways.

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 6:45 pm

"A second DLC has been released and isn't an expansion, therefore none of them will!"
Really, people. As Klawed said, isn't it likely they're just trying to get rid of the exclusivity with a smaller DLC? Were you really expecting a bunch of expansions?

» Wed Aug 29, 2012 10:14 am

Todd is evil for releasing a small DLC to quickly end the Xbox360 30-day exclusivity contract to focus on multiplatform DLC releases?