Dawnguard June 26 10-20 hours : V - Skyrim

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:03 am

A DLC with 20 hours should have taken like 3 months. SI took about the same time and look how much content it had.

SI had a larger price. That, and SI was a more pre-planned project, while Dawnguard was conceived from the writers' ideas and gamejam material coming together in a more sporadic way.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:02 pm

July 26 for me *whistles* looked fun atleast.

Same here, bit annoying.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:26 am

Perhaps 10-20 hours if you just do the main Dawnguard quest from start to finish.

However, clearly there are features of the DLC that significantly impact your experience in the rest of the game world. So it's going to enhance the gameplay for the complete playthrough.

In my case, I've played well over 500 hours and still have not touched the Dark Brotherhood, Imperial Legion or Bard's College questlines and have not finished the Thieves' Guild or College of Winterhold.

Obviously. Who isn't going on a rampage as a vampire lord in the vanilla world?

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:54 am

Same here, bit annoying.

whats annoying about it? Its less than a month away

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:36 pm

Well, what most people dont see is that they can make it as short a DLC as they want, or as long as they want. Just because something is doesnt mean it must be.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:20 am

They said Skyrim was 300 hours.. My Skyrim was like 130 hours and i did like everything.. Its 300 hours to read every book very slowly and if you haven't figured out about the warp system and that you can run in the game..

To me it is worth 10 dollars at that.. Probably less.. What I see from other developers is them giving out this size DLC for free..

You rush too much I guess. I'm almost at 700 hours now and still discovering new things.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:31 am

Sounds like it's gonna be a great DLC. Just worrying what is gonna be broken in it.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:07 pm

Obviously. Who isn't going on a rampage as a vampire lord in the vanilla world?

And I'm excited to see what kind of new quest content modders will come up with that incorporates the new factions and abilities.

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:58 pm

so that means july the 26th for PC and PS3? :biggrin:

In fact, Microsoft (has yet again) made a deal with Bethesda to have it released thirty days earlier (I'm just glad it's not fully exclusive) than PS3 (not sure about PC though). So be expecting it in July.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:00 am

Gstaff said beta emails this week. He lied. Dun dun duuuuun.

D:

It takes activision 12 months to copy and paste.

This

Yeah, the beta starts next week and if all goes well, June 26th is the release date for Xbox.

Thank god

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:33 pm

They said Skyrim was 300 hours.. My Skyrim was like 130 hours and i did like everything.. Its 300 hours to read every book very slowly and if you haven't figured out about the warp system and that you can run in the game..

To me it is worth 10 dollars at that.. Probably less.. What I see from other developers is them giving out this size DLC for free..

Who exactly released 10-20 hours of DLC for free? Are you forgetting Bethesda has already released free content. GTFO

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:27 pm

Does anyone ever ask if you use the ring of hircine you still get the werewolf skills? because i wanna switch over to vampire lord but also level up my werewolf ablities with the ring of hircine

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:57 am

This is going to be a good dlc ^_^

can't wait

» Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:37 pm

10-20 hours is decent but that seems small for TES game

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:03 pm

Does anyone ever ask if you use the ring of hircine you still get the werewolf skills? because i wanna switch over to vampire lord but also level up my werewolf ablities with the ring of hircine

You can't be both. That was clearly stated. You can take it for granted that it includes the ring of hircine.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:21 am

Hm, on second thought, maybe it isn't so good. They estimated the main quest to be 25-30 hours, and that only takes 10 if you only do the main quest

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:16 am

In fact, Microsoft (has yet again) made a deal with Bethesda to have it released thirty days earlier (I'm just glad it's not fully exclusive) than PS3 (not sure about PC though). So be expecting it in July.

You know, considering alot of PC gamers run Skyrim on Windows, and Microsoft makes Windows, it's a bit odd that Windows users aren't included in that timed release. Then again Skyrim runs on Steam and not Game For Windows Live, so that may be the issue.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:56 am

10-20 hours is decent but that seems small for TES game

What did you expect? Many single player games are about that long

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 12:47 am

Hi there 4Skyrim!

20 hours is not huge? Are you crazy?

Some $60 singleplayer games that come out today are not even 20 hours.

No, it is not huge, though it's priced as if it is. Skyrim is hundreds of hours worth of gameplay. Dawnguard costs 1/3 of the original price tag and we do not get 1/3 of Skyrim's gameplay hours, not even close. And let us consder most of the tech, i. e., the engine, is already in place and thus the developments costs were severely cut. Still, we are beeing charged for 1/3 of the original price tag. There was a moment in that G4TV interview when Todd's self-consciousness about the steep price was quite evident. He obviously felt the need to imply future DLC packs will be cheaper.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:47 am

You know, considering alot of PC gamers run Skyrim on Windows, and Microsoft makes Windows, it's a bit odd that Windows users aren't included in that timed release. Then again Skyrim runs on Steam and not Game For Windows Live, so that may be the issue.

I've thought about that too, but you're probably right on the steam vs windows live.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:17 am

Hi there 4Skyrim!

No, it is not huge, though it's priced as if it is. Skyrim is hundreds of hours worth of gameplay. Dawnguard costs 1/3 of the original price tag and we do not get 1/3 of its gameplay hours, not even close. Andlet us consder most of the tech, i. e., is already in place and thus the developments costs were severely cut. Still, we are beeing chargedfor 1/3 of the original price tag. There was a moment in hat G4TV interview when Todd's selfconciousness about the steep price was quite evident. He felt the need to state future DLC packs will be cheaper.

To be honest, I'd rather pay Bethesda to continue to update the game with patches, expansions, etc. than have it released and just go dead. These patches that update the game and add new content are free, so that's made up for whenever dlc or expansions are released... I would assume atleast. Either way, I have no issue paying for quality content.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:57 am

Does anyone ever ask if you use the ring of hircine you still get the werewolf skills? because i wanna switch over to vampire lord but also level up my werewolf ablities with the ring of hircine

It depends what system you playing it for because I know if u play 360 once you get rid of your werewolf power you can't be a werewolf nomore so there would be no reason for you to level up that perk tree

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:52 am

$20 USD so 14.75? Euro

Tell this Betheseda or the entire entertaiment industrie. They don't care about this, if a dlc costs 20$, usually it costs in europe 20€. It is also so, with other things like laptops, Smartphones and so one.

They like to soack us.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 2:56 am

Hi there Tesclo!

To be honest, I'd rather pay Bethesda to continue to update the game with patches, expansions, etc. than have it released and just go dead. These patches that update the game and add new content are free, so that's made up for whenever dlc or expansions are released... I would assume atleast. Either way, I have no issue paying for quality content.

Sure. But what is the rationale behind the price tag, consideing the original costs 60$? You get no new landmass, aside from the barren over-iluminated purplish land, you get 10 to 20 hours worth of gameplay, and you charge 33% of the original price, while most of the tech development costs have already been covered? This is not reasonable.

» Fri Jun 15, 2012 1:05 am

A DLC with 20 hours should have taken like 3 months. SI took about the same time and look how much content it had.

This is very true but there appears to be a good range of new things like enemies, weapons and abilities in Dawnguard.