Dawnguard priced at 1600MP : V

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:25 pm

I just read a little while ago that Dawnguard is releasing at a price of 1600MP. To those of you that don't know, MP stands for Microsoft Points which is the currency system used on the Xbox Live Marketplace to purchase games and DLC. 1600 points is the equivalent of $20.

So $20 is more than what most DLC's cost. I personally don't really know a whole lot about Dawnguard and honestly just learned about it a few weeks ago. So I'm not sure exactly what you get, how long it is, what it all entails, and all that. I kind of know what it's about but that's pretty much it. For all I know $20 is a great price.

This leads me to my question. What do you think of the price?

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:50 pm

I just read a little while ago that Dawnguard is releasing at a price of 1600MP. To those of you that don't know, MP stands for Microsoft Points which is the currency system used on the Xbox Live Marketplace to purchase games and DLC. 1600 points is the equivalent of $20.

So $20 is more than what most DLC's cost. I personally don't really know a whole lot about Dawnguard and honestly just learned about it a few weeks ago. So I'm not sure exactly what you get, how long it is, what it all entails, and all that. I kind of know what it's about but that's pretty much it. For all I know $20 is a great price.

This leads me to my question. What do you think of the price?

Considering that skyrim dlc's are supposedly "Longer and bigger" then the oblivions first dlc's im happy with the price. (I belive its more like "shivering islands" instead of "horse armor" content wise)

Edit: From what i gathered about Dawnguard i would easily pay $40 (Gotta have a higher sum then the guy below me)

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:53 pm

I would pay $30.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:58 pm

Same. This DLC looks impressive compared to MW2's overpriced map packs.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:00 pm

people have already said the DLC is about 20 hours. 40 hours if you play off everything Dawnguard has available

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:55 pm

people have already said the DLC is about 20 hours. 40 hours if you play off everything Dawnguard has available

Generaly 20 hours "if you take your time, read the conversations and look at the scenery" is 2-4 hours if you just play it fast xD.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:55 pm

Generaly 20 hours "if you take your time, read the conversations and look at the scenery" is 2-4 hours if you just play it fast xD.

that's seriously speed run time.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:00 pm

people have already said the DLC is about 20 hours. 40 hours if you play off everything Dawnguard has available

Oh wow. So basically the main questline is 20 hours, but the enitre thing such as all the side quests, miscellaneous quests, etc all add up to 40 hours? I did not know this.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:01 pm

Generaly 20 hours "if you take your time, read the conversations and look at the scenery" is 2-4 hours if you just play it fast xD.

That would be possible only with a main quest speedrun.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:15 pm

that's seriously speed run time.

Not realy, Skyrim (without dawnguard) was speed runned by the developers in ~2 hours.

http://www.bethblog.com/2011/10/13/jeff-vs-sam-ii-the-skyrim-speedrun/

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:43 pm

people have already said the DLC is about 20 hours. 40 hours if you play off everything Dawnguard has available

Oh damn this is going to take me forever. Right now I'm playing a mod that supposedly only has 2 hours of gameplay in it, and it's been a solid 7+ spread out over a few days. I like to walk :dance:

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 5:33 pm

1600 is about what I expect for DLC that's not a costume pack.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:50 pm

1600 is about what I expect for DLC that's not a costume pack.

Or Horse Armor.... :dry:

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:42 pm

I would pay $30.

Nice!

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:32 am

I don't care how many hours of play are in this expansion. All im intetested in are the character change features and the new dragon and mount.
The actual story is just a bonus.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:46 pm

I got it for free but I would gladly have paid the $20 for it after having been in the beta.

But this is also coming from someone who bought horse armor.

» Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:38 am

I was wondering, how did you become a beta tester for this game? I'm not interested in becoming one but I am wondering how it all came about.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 6:25 pm

Open beta. You applied on the forum. I applied before I made an account, so I didn't get in. But, as a former PC gamer and active forum user, and having seen the wonderful people in the Dawnguard speculation thread, I decided to stay.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:33 pm

Open beta. You applied on the forum. I applied before I made an account, so I didn't get in. But, as a former PC gamer and active forum user, and having seen the wonderful people in the Dawnguard speculation thread, I decided to stay.

How did they chose who joins the testers? I'm guessing a whole lot of people applied.

Oh and how did they get the game out to them? Did they give them a special code to download it that only the testers got?

I think going the route of beta testing was a phenomenal idea. Hopefully it paid off and we see a lot less bugs and glitches than usual.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:53 am

A very small percentage got in, but I'm unsure of how people were selected. Could have been random. Could have been hand selected. Either way, it was nice of them to do it.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:04 pm

We dont really know. Though alot of new people who joined the forum got it.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 9:24 pm

A very small percentage got in, but I'm unsure of how people were selected. Could have been random. Could have been hand selected. Either way, it was nice of them to do it.

I agree. It was also a great idea. I don't think they've done any beta testing before. But with a game like The Elder Scrolls, you really need it. Some of the bugs and glitches that came with Skyrim were just ridiculous. The developers don't have time to make the game then go back and find all the bugs. That's why so many games are going the route of beta testing.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 10:48 am

They wont do it with a major game but I heard they will do it with future DLCs.

» Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:15 am

They wont do it with a major game but I heard they will do it with future DLCs.

Hmm, they probably don't want the testers leaking out all the hot info on the big games. Especially when game sites will pay for that kind of info. So i can understand their thinking on that.

» Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:37 pm

I mean they may but I highly doubt they would ask random people to test their brand new TES game.