Wyrdness said:
Your point is based on an assumption and presented as an objective that's the problem it never really had anything to stand on to begin with the changes in Emerald for start were mostly tweaks which is why the whole third version argument hinges on whether someone bought the initial versions you may not have an issue with a remix but it's clear it's a key point in people preferring DLC secondly if these tweaks and changes were DLC going by the very link you posted it would have been less content added to play than the DLC for Sw/Sh which costs less as you're essentially playing the base game again with tweaks. You also neglect to factor in Emerald came 2 years after the base games the DLC arrives 7 months after the game's release with the first area and 11 months with the second area, we get two areas, new features, continuation with the story and such we're getting comparable content in 11 months for less as well. |
Ok first, I want to tell you something: it's really confusing that you don't answer any of my arguments or questions and you just throw more questions at me. It's quite difficult to have a conversation like this. I asked you If you thought the content added in Emerald was 2 hours long, because you explicitly said something along those lines and it's a plain lie. You didn't answer. I asked you if you thought that the DLC will fix the technical errors and flaws Sword and Shield have just as Emerald and Platinum fixed/improved what could be better from R/S and D/P, because it's been two months since the games launched and they are still at version 1.0 and in the Direct they didn't mention any measures on those fronts. You didn't answer. I would like you to adress these questions, please.
My point is... my point, I guess. I'm not trying to present you an objective truth. I told you my opinion. You are trying to debunk it. I think I'm right. You think I'm not. Maybe if you say something new and answer my arguments with something that very clearly beats them, I will change my opinion. But that hasn't happend yet.
The changes on Emerald were very numerous and with different variations of importance. I think giving each Pokémon an animation, creating the Battle Frontier and all the changes made to the main adventure from both story and gameplay perspectives are not "tweaks". And those are just the major changes. Most of the list I gave you might be "minor" changes, but together they create something far bigger. I think that's more than what we will get with the Expansion Pack. Basically because the expansion pack is essentially a post game and Emerald is more than just a new post game. I rather play a new better game with more content that continue the same game for another X hours (don't worry, this time I won't put an actual number. I see you don't like that...).
Sword and Shield will not change their "core game", if that makes any sense. If you decide to start a new save file after the DLC, you'll play the exact same game you played before with the exact same flaws, errors and absences it had before. Only that now you have a post game. For everyone who found Sword and Shield lacking in many aspects (and there is a lot of people like that), the DLC won't do them any good. It will give them more of something flawed. To me, that's enough... opinion based evidence? I don't know how to call it at this point in order to not trigger you. Whathever: it's enough for me to believe the Expansion Pack will, in no way or form be close to a third version in terms of content, improvements and changes. Even if it costs half the price, I think you are still getting less than half of what you could potentially get.
As for the development time... it's not relevant to my point. You say we're getting more or less the same in less time. I'm saying you we are getting less and worse content. In less time. Also I repeat: we're getting a post game. In a third version, we get that and a (very) improved base game. No matter how much time they spend on the DLC: the base game will remain the same. That's something that wouldn't happen with a third version.
It's late here in Spain. Have a good night.
