Well I got DA: Origins this weekend and started playing it on the PC Beautiful game when maxed out, I am really digging the story I don't know how they did it but they made a fantasy game fresh. 
 
But then I got to camp for the first time and a frown hit my face for the first time since I clicked New Game. Dude standing in camp starts talking about a really cool quest about getting his castle back and it sounded great then I saw (Download New Content) What in the Fuck is that, I understand that the DLC has been done for months since the game got delayed and that is ok no problem but here I am soaked up in the world and this crap hits me in the face, I don't know why it bothered me, stuff like billboards and signs don't bother me at all but for some reason this coming up in conversation with an NPC in a fantasy game irked me and really pulled me out of the otherwise fantastic game experience I was having, I know it seems nit-picky but it just really rubbed me the wrong way.
 
What do you guys think: Characters selling DLC good idea or just odd and out of place?

It was kind of weird, but not really offensive. Although that type of thing could get really old really fast if there was more than one of those situations in the game.

I liked it alot, I just had a problem with the dude coming to your camp.

At least here you get the feeling the DLC is actually part of the world.

" @Lowbrow: Wait this happens again with other NPC's?  *sad face* "

I was definitely a bit surprised by it, but I have to admit its a helluva way to get me to buy some DLC.  I'm not gonna buy it because I tend to get bored of these games about once per playthrough.  When you come back everythings new again.  Maybe I'll buy it on my second run.

I don't like it, but considering how massive and fantastic of a game they've created I think it's forgiveable to say at the least.
I mean there's so much content, sidequests etc even without DLC so the game is already worth more then its price as it is.

It was a good way to sell it. Don't know why everyone is freaking out.

"It was a good way to sell it. Don't know why everyone is freaking out. "

I enjoyed the Penny-arcade comic about this very issue. It's pretty silly. "It's your family's problem! You by the DLC, then get back to me."
 
They should have just left that NPC out of the game. It's not like people who want more content aren't going to know about DLC.

wait so thats what that guy does. i had already bought the dlc before then. its kinda dirty.

Didn't bother me at all, thought it was a goodway to setup the DLC rather than just randomly finding a new area on the map. Maybe the Quest icon above his head was pushing it abit...

I can see why EA would encourage this sort of experimental DLC push as, after all, Bioware doesn't have the best track record when it comes to DLC and a push like this would more likely give the questionable consumer that extra 9 yards needed to buy it. 

I didn't mind it. It's a prety clever way non-clunky way to work it into the game, though perhaps he should be in a city somewhere rather than at your camp.

I loathed it.  It makes me hate EA and Bioware something fierce.  I'll probably get over it, though.

I thought it was pretty clever. I much prefer it over Fallout 3's radio station method. It doesn't feel as disjointed.

it felt like virtual prostitution... lol 
 
Mainly because i just want to see the dlc when i am going to buy it, and not having an npc constantly reminding me of what he has to offer me.

" it felt like virtual prostitution... lol"

" @Jeust said:

" it felt like virtual prostitution... lol"

Actually think about it that is EXACTLY what it was its sitting there lures you in with a quest icon then tells explains why you want to do this and says "Like what you see? Well for only $9.95 you can have all this" "

" Well I got DA: Origins this weekend and started playing it on the PC Beautiful game when maxed out, I am really digging the story I don't know how they did it but they made a fantasy game fresh.   But then I got to camp for the first time and a frown hit my face for the first time since I clicked New Game. Dude standing in camp starts talking about a really cool quest about getting his castle back and it sounded great then I saw (Download New Content) What in the Fuck is that, I understand that the DLC has been done for months since the game got delayed and that is ok no problem but here I am soaked up in the world and this crap hits me in the face, I don't know why it bothered me, stuff like billboards and signs don't bother me at all but for some reason this coming up in conversation with an NPC in a fantasy game irked me and really pulled me out of the otherwise fantastic game experience I was having, I know it seems nit-picky but it just really rubbed me the wrong way.  What do you guys think: Characters selling DLC good idea or just odd and out of place? "

Agreed. Dragon Age does such a fantastic job of getting you immersed in the world and the characters it makes this sneaky type of ad seem even more over-the-top obnoxious. 
 
The only thing we can do is to not buy this content as if you do, get ready to see this in just about every EA game made. I can just imagine Dead Space 2 only being able to buy some weapons with real money or something. Outrageous.

Characters selling DLC good idea or just odd and out of place? "