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papflesje on 05 March 2009
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S.T.A.G.E. said:
papflesje said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:
papflesje said:
@ stage: is that DLC free? If not, invalid point imho.

 

800 MS points. Not much. You're looking for reasons. It's still apart of the game and if it exists you have to accept it. Otherwise you're just being ignorant. The extra storyline in ME comes in the newer platinum hits versions of the game I believe.

 

Looking for reasons? :-/

A game costs enough as it is, and if one game offers a main storyline of 30 hours, and another gives you 6 hours and then asks some more money to extend it to 30 hours in total, then it's an invalid point.  Especially since the you were quoting was talking the game you buy in the store, not the addons.

We won't argue quality since that's obviously a personal choice, but if the basic game gives you 6 hours for a main storyline, then that's short, simple as that.

 

Mass Effect costs $29.99 with the extras in it right now. Costs enough as it is? Thats a great price. Main storyline is more than 6 hours. The devs said it was 20-30 hours depending on how you play it. 40 hrs for the whole game. Now actually including the DLC thats nearly 50 hours (Whole game + DLC).

http://n4g.com/xbox360/News-24799.aspx

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3157186

I said "If" when talking about the game's length since I haven't played the game, and am using your words and the ones you quoted. 

About the price: yeah, that's how much it costs now, not at launch.  Buying at launch= 60 euros + DLC.  To get 30 hours (as you said it) only after paying an additional amount = not exactly good imho.

now it's apparently 20 - 30 - 50 hours.

All in all, an RPG offering a basic storyline of 6 to 10 hours (the premise on which I asked the question) is lacking in that department.  That's not "looking for reasons", that's just incredibly short for an RPG, no matter whether DLC extends that life.  Now that it is apparently 20 to 30 hours for the basic storyline, then I have no more questions, since that's normal for an RPG (although still on the short side for me).