Finally got around to playing Stellaris. It’s an older game but I work my way through my Steam unplayed list slowly at my age.
Great game, so much to learn, so complex yet elegant. Really enjoyed it, got 40 hours gameplay for my first time out over the last few weeks.
I noted some tech unlocked items I didn’t have access to, options that were referenced but never appeared. Did some digging and discovered that almost every system in the game, from research and military through diplomacy and government, has a DLC which contains the full range of options.
Bit annoying when they’re effectively selling me what is really a patch for the game. Then to add to that, for a ten year old game the DLC is still full price. There’s some places selling it at a discount but mostly mostly its mad pricing. The full edition is £180!
If this was happening with a product more serious than a game, I’d be more than mildly infuriated.
How has Skyrim managed to include all the DLC in the last three editions and these people are still trying to milk every drop from a ten year old game just because it had a decent release?
Bonkers.
A bunch of vehicles are doing that and it’s so dumb. Even EV motorcycle manufacturer Zero has been doing it with stuff like heated grips.
You build it into the vehicle…but the customer can’t use it unless they pay monthly for the hardware that is already there…?
The worst of it all for the motorcycle space was a vest that is an airbag and has a subscription. So if you don’t pay your monthly subscription and crash, your airbag wouldn’t deploy. Utterly evil.