and if you support shit like this, you encourage the next stupid dlc.
like animation dlc, really?!
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Calisto Protocol's Season Pass Detailed: New Death Animations, Story DLC, New Areas and Game Mode(s)
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like animation dlc, really?!
FalsettoVibe
Member
Why is everyone focusing on the additional death animations? Looks like the DLC is beefier than just that?
thekillergreece
Member
It is difficult to tell whether this decision was from developers or the publisher, Krafton, itself.
Day one for me but undecided which version to get.
Day one for me but undecided which version to get.
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Mr Hyde
Member
Not supporting scummy practices like this. Death animations and game modes in a fucking season pass? It's like when Capcom sold the RE2 original soundtrack for the remake when it should be included in the game. Meanwhile you have games like GoW Ragnarok and Elden Ring that's a complete package from the get go with no mtx or content ripped from the game. I'll buy Callisto when there is a complete edition available or if it's on heavy discount. What a disappointment.
Revolutionary
Member
Not gonna lie, I also thought it was weird at first, but if they're brand new areas in these Season Pass modes (which sound like two variants of Horde Mode) then it would make sense that there are new animations because there would be new environmental assets. It's not like these animations are deliberately withheld from the main game.... at least, I hope not.
Edit: I was right
Edit: I was right
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thekillergreece
Member
Pretty much my thoughts too. I think those new death animations are exclusive to those modes. The so-called "undiscovered" areas are likely exclusive to Riot mode.
On the other side, I do worry if those new death animations are exclusive to outfits which could be utilized in main game.
Hugare
Member
Animations? Yeah. That's a new low.
Game Modes are also sketchy, but again, its not the first one to do it neither the last.
TLOU had Grounded mode originally sold as a DLC on the PS3
But what I'm saying is that season pass in singleplayer games is not always terrible, hence my examples
TheDarkPhantom
Gold Member
Been rooting for this game to succeed but animations locked behind a season pass is ridiculous and tarnishes the title pre-launch.
tommib
Gold Member
Yes, there’s also Hard mode behind the paywall. Hey, I have it pre-ordered on PSN since day one. It’s still a shit decision.
GHG
Member
The extra difficulty mode being locked behind a paywall is the primary issue here IMO. I'm pretty sure someone will just mod it in on PC anyway and they will end up looking foolish.
As for the animations, as scummy as it is I can live without them.
When they said AAAA little did we know it would be because they have found a way to surpass AAA studios when it comes to shitty DLC/season pass practices.
Gamer_By_Proxy
Member
Didn't Gears have animations behind MTXs? So to me this just means I'll get the game and maybe the story DLC.
ProgenitorCastle
Banned
Diseased Yak
Gold Member
Maybe the new death animations correspond to the new area in the DLC? It makes sense that if they're introducing new enemies in a new area that there would be new deaths.
However, if it's just new animations for the overall game that were ripped out and locked behind a wall.... yeah, that's shitty.
However, if it's just new animations for the overall game that were ripped out and locked behind a wall.... yeah, that's shitty.
splattered
Member
This is a whole new level of console war tinfoil. Don't be this guy.
So maybe this is considered console warring here but... is it just coincidence they worked with Sony on this game and then went so hard on this season pass stuff? Now that Sony is pivoting to focus largely on their own f2p/microtransaction/service games i hope this isn't a hint of things to come from Sony. "Yeah guys we will let you use our big state of the art mo-cap studios but we want you to go big with the season pass/dlc stuff and then give us a bigger cut" ... nah probably not.
mansoor1980
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SSfox
Member
Stop smoking.
DenchDeckard
Moderated wildly
What..the actual funk!
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
what and idiotic take... yeah lets hope one of the few teams making AAA Sci-fi horror bombs, sometimes the reactionary posts here are vomit inducing.
Like one poster said above, a lot of beloved games have done this, let's see if the content is good or you know... don't buy it.
Shadowstar39
Member
Outrage mob for clicks. People want attention and need to be outraged over some dumb shit.
The fact is no one even knows what this is.
We have had dumb dlc for almost 2 decades now.
You can blame Bethesda for starting that with horse armor.
Thing is its long done. Anything optional as long as not cut from the game is no big deal.
Don't understand why people shit on a new ip, for a game that looks like it will be amazing. We don't get enough single player games, let alone new ips. I could care less about some extra optional animation.
Crazy seeing people cancel order over this.
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
There's always Dead Space remake. I have my doubts this game will be good, crappy season pass or not.
CHEROKEEE
Member
I think its generally a dumb idea to announce detailed DLC Plans for SP Games ahead of their releasedate... Why not give the actual MAIN game its proper timeframe to shine and create some excitement before already announcing this Season Pass Shit ahead of time ?? I just dont get it - its like a Band announcing the songs they will play as an encore before the concert even startet...
Hendrick's
If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Unless the death animations are tied to the new SP content areas in which this would need more explanation.
The difficulty behind a paywall on the other hand.
balls of snow
Member
sainraja
Member
Yeah, charging for difficulty modes is a very odd decision.
Secret of Evolution
Banned
For real. Upon reading this I thought wtf is this game multiplayer?
how about, you know, we wait until the game is out and find out?
also, Dead Space is an AMAZING game, made by the same dude. I played DS once a year since it came out in 2008, not interested in the same game with a new coat of paint, I'll buy it for $10 next year.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Season Pass??
For a single player game?
For a single player game?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
New to gaming?Season Pass??
For a single player game?
KormaChameleon
Member
Wow. Way to kill my interest in the game. AAA gaming is an absolute joke.
CherryFalls
Banned
So much for a AAAA title.
More like AAAPAY amiright
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Interfectum
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Kacho
Gold Member
Because it's absurd.
FalsettoVibe
Member
So if any publisher announces additional post release, paid game content, it's absurd? I promise I am not trying to shill......just trying to understand the mentality.
How much content should be in the original package for it to be considered worth it alone?
Kacho
Gold Member
Locking additional animations and a difficulty level behind paid DLC is just absurd. If you don't understand that I can't help you.
R6Rider
Gold Member
Is it an actual difficulty level part of the pass or a different mode that is?
The way it reads, it seems like an entirely different mode that is more challenging and has permadeath as part of the mode. Either way, I'll be playing it on Normal so it doesn't affect me. I do think it's a dumb decision though.
The way it reads, it seems like an entirely different mode that is more challenging and has permadeath as part of the mode. Either way, I'll be playing it on Normal so it doesn't affect me. I do think it's a dumb decision though.
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Bavarian_Sloth
Member
Not very gallant...
Still, I'm really looking forward to the game. I'm just glad that single player games are on the rise again, especially sci-fi horror games.
And it looks like the game will have more than enough death animations even without the season pass. The developers seem to be downright obsessed with it
Still, I'm really looking forward to the game. I'm just glad that single player games are on the rise again, especially sci-fi horror games.
And it looks like the game will have more than enough death animations even without the season pass. The developers seem to be downright obsessed with it
Gojiira
Member
Neither did The Last of Us, it had a expansion and that was reasonably priced...
FalsettoVibe
Member
I understand your issue with the difficulty level behind DLC. Its just the complaints about the other stuff. Then again, maybe I don't have to understand.
Each individual will determine the worth of the game for themselves.
SLB1904
Banned
That's not really surprising. Loads of games do that. Just mean you get all the expansions, or it's called something else?Season Pass??
For a single player game?