Sega Pleases, Enrages Alien Fans With Isolation's Pre-Order DLC [UPDATED]

^ This

The upside to all of this is that most pre-order DLC isn't that great, so while actually making bonus missions based on Alien is a great bit of fanservice, consider me less than optimistic about the actual quality of said missions. There are exceptions, naturally, but if that's the case then that stuff will probably be sold separately anyways.

I absolutely 100% hope that preorder DLC remains useless garbage. Think about if Gamestop wasn't the only one offering this. What if Best Buy, Amazon, Gamestop, Walmart, Target, and Kmart all had something different and worthwhile you wanted if you preordered from that particular store? Buying a game would be like a game of Russian Roulette. Even if they ended up selling it on PSN later it would undoubtedly cost money for each individual DLC.

The one positive for you is a huge negative for me.

I'm about the biggest Alien fan there is and this just makes me want to pass on the game entirely.

Say what you will, but the idea itself, whether any of it's done well or not, is really great. It's unfortunate Ian Holm isn't reprising his role though, I wonder if he just couldn't due to scheduling, or simply didn't want to. That being said, the content seems kind of light, and even if done well, not really worth a preorder (especially for someone that doesn't really preorder). Hopefully it'll be a timed exclusive for preorder.

I'll just re-watch the movie, after hearing that this game has people to shoot I lost interest. Would have much rather gotten the Alien/Outlast game I actually want.

I already live the Sterling's vision and it is beautiful world, man.

I have a ton of games preordered because of a Future Shop preorder 3 and save $20 off each game. Alien Isolation was not one of them due to it being an unknown quantity in so many respects just not worth the risk.

I don't pre order... anything

They'll just sell it a month later. About 4 years ago I just started playing games a year or so after release and became much happier.

^ This is dumb. Why are you preordering a game if you are then going to wait a week after it comes out to do homework? That seems like it defeats the purpose of a preorder. If you're going to wait a week you should just not preorder to begin with. Unless certain businesses are holding content ransom that you'd like to play with your $60 purchase.

@ntm said:

Lord of the Rings alumni don't come cheap, I imagine. Not cheap enough to make room for Sigourney Weaver, anyway.

@spraynardtatum: Gamers obviously want the pre-order content for Alien Isolation (maybe because it tickles their nostalgia or maybe they feel it's somehow making the game incomplete.). Their argument is that they don't want to pre-order because they do not want to blindly buy a game that may turn out to be a flop. This is a solution to that quandary.

When it comes to preorders the only rule I used to follow is buy it from the cheapest site or shop.

Although now that I have two kids, a wife and a mortgage money is tight so the rule has changed to buy it 6 months or later when it's nice and cheap.

Screw that. I will wait for a GOTY edition at some point if this game is any good.

I originally liked the concept of DLC but companies made me despise it, great job!

@spraynardtatum: Because of the pre-order DLC described in this article. Hence needing to pre-order.

I was only mildly interested in this game, despite all the buzz, and this has completely killed my interest in playing it, or really any new game. The very phrase "pre-order DLC" itself sounds like a punchline from a Penny Arcade strip from 10 years ago.

If I pay $60 for a new game on launch day it should come with everything, period, full stop, end of argument.

I see what you are saying, but it's bullshit. It's a solution to a problem that wouldn't need a solution if the problem wasn't implemented in the first place.

On one hand pre-order DLC is dumb, and so are all pre-order bonuses. On the other hand, people who steam and fume about pre-order DLC are also dumb and hyperbolic. If you were going to get the game day 1, who cares. If you aren't, who cares...you aren't missing out on the game just the bonus content that's awarded for preordering.

Stop being entitled and stop wondering why companies want to make money. If it makes you as disgusted as you say, don't buy the game, don't pirate the game, or even talk about it.

Now a days, these pre order bonuses you can later buy as DLC so no you don't have to pre order it to see it

Another installment of "Nobody Should Express Negative Emotions" after this!

People need to get over pre-ordering games. Just STOP IT.

How great would it be if they never released that content, then they could do it forever because Preorder DLC now means something and hey, take the risk on the actual product. No interest in this game....so I'm kinda rooting for them to not release the DLC at a later date. (Or just release it 2 years after the fact when no one would care about it.

@spraynardtatum: Not true. I just find that most people who complain on the internet still plan on doing what they are complaining about. Look at all the people who state, "I will not buy this game if x doesn't change" but they are still there day one. The pre-order complains have been around since the PS2/Xbox generation and won't be going away...even when we go all digital.

And again, these are bonus missions that have no bearing on the game, so missing out on them shouldn't be that big of a deal imo. Worst case scenario is that you preorder and sell the codes and make some money. I sold my Lego Marvel pre-order code for nearly $50. I sold my Transformers pre-order code for over $100.

I guess they couldn't get the authorization from Jonesy estate to use it's likeness in the game...

How about buying it after release when it is made available for everyone via download.

Yep.

No John Hurt? I suppose his character dies relatively early.

This is pretty poor form though, to make something which would appeal so directly to Alien fans pre-order DLC. They'll release it down the line for everyone else but that's just putting off the people who weren't committed.

I basically never buy games at launch; I'm currently playing The Witcher original and enjoying it as though it were a "new game".

I remembering preordering XCOM Enemy Unknown and getting some ingame clothes,an art book, and a Xcom badge to sow into my clothes (I have never used it but it was still neat).

I presume you are an Aliens fan if you buy the game, so some fan servicey dlc is fine (to me at least). Anyway, this game sounds like it plays well and reviews should hit a few days before release and you can decide to keep your preorder or cancel it when the time comes.

I would honestly like to see more interesting pre order bonuses for games like this one that can be stand alone. I understand that some people hate preprder dlcs but to chastise people who buy them goes a bit too far to me, let them spend their money as they wish.

Any half-decent DLC will go on sale individually. They aren't going to make content that only GameStop pre-orders will ever see. 'Exclusive' pre-order DLC is a trap made to catch rubes. I can't believe people still fall for it.

Pre-order DLC is never ok with me and that has nothing to do with it's quality, it's that it's tied to pre-orders.

As much as I love video games, I hate the video game industry.

I guess it is the Crew Expendable pack I mean that for more and less the Lone Survivor DLC. But you are right. In the long run the companies that will focus on Preorder content are the ones who will want to split it up into pieces across different retailers.

I don't really care, so long as the content is available to anyone who pre-orders, regardless of what store or outlet they do it from.

If you want to make sure the game is good first, but still get the content, then put down $5 to pre-order at Gamestop, check some reviews when the game comes out, and then cancel or complete the pre-order after the fact. Gamestop gets to hold your $5 ransom for a couple of days, but you get to potentially have your cake and eat it too.

I don't have any issue with pre-order DLC, as long as it doesn't impact the main game "in the box", so to speak. Do these two missions fill in important story details for the main plot of the game? If not, then fine.

Publishers are allowed to throw in extra stuff to try and get people to pre-order their games. There's nothing inherently gross about that, again, as long as they aren't clipping important content out of the actual, $60 experience you're paying for.

If you want to play it straight as the "smart consumer", then accept you won't get these extras, or play it even smarter and wait until a year from release, when they inevitably sell an "Ultimate" edition with any and all DLC anyway.

"Listen, I'd rather be eating something else but right now I'm thinkin' food."

Eh. I'll probably preorder. I mean, yeah this does suck I think it's a shitty practice. But also I don't care enough to get mad. And I like Alien a whole lot. Sorry.

People are willing to give the people who made Colonial Marines money AGAIN?

Same publisher, different developer.

I keep telling myself that you don't see pre-order movies with a deleted scene or a different font colour on the credits and then remember that I pre-ordered XCOM Declassified purely because they were dangling a massive discount and the entire XCOM back catalogue in front of me.

I'm only human. Of flesh and blood I'm made.

Wait, in that case what's to stop you from pre-ordering Destiny from amazon, getting your beta code email and then just cancelling your pre-order? Nothing?

The only reason i pre order games is if there is a discount, store credit or cash back and that is only if im 100% sure i want that game.

Nope. I don't buy into pre-order and Premium packs and other BS.

I'm pretty indifferent to pre-orders. If there's something cool, maybe I'll line one up. Most of the time, I don't end up buying the game right away anyways [which is fine, because pre-ordering is free on Amazon and the GameStop website; fuck giving them $5]. Like @PatrickKlepek mentioned, it's normal for pre-order DLC to be released later for purchase, so if down the line I feel like I missed out on something, I can just buy it.

Nothing. You got to be in the beta for free, essentially.

This exactly. You can substitute "video games" with any other creative pursuit and it almost always applies.

Will wait for the GiantBomb quick look/review before i make a choice, saved me in the past.

jeezy chreezy well I know what I'm doing tomorrow

All i know is when i saw the price on steam for pre orders, i was befuddled. I thought this was a kick-starter indie game? I guess not, but ill still wait until its in my $$$ wheelhouse of 15-20.

@destroyeron: Tell me, who are those people exactly?