Worms? Oh, this brings back memories! One of them is throwing banana bombs. Sadly, I didn't throw enough to remember what they actually do. Unlike Holy Hand Grenades, which are forever etched in my memory.
Banana is a great word to use in a sentence, by the way. ;)
@slyely: Exactly! What developers seem to forget is that the one valuable thing they're selling is the actual base game! The product that took months or years to make. All the extra content they release afterwards as DLC is just there to (supposedly) improve the quality of that base game. But instead, we often get DLC that barely impacts our enjoyment of the game and yet costs as much as 20% of the base game.
One example that impacts me is Gratuitous Space Battles. I got the game from the Humble Bundle, but only the game and none of the DLC. On Steam, the game is €20 and the combined cost of the DLC is... €32! For a total cost of €52 if you buy the game and all the DLC individually. Is it worth it? Certainly not. Granted, the Galactic Conquest DLC is worth it, but the rest are not, and overall, this is a really poor marketing strategy, especially for an indie developer. What Cliff Harris (the developer) should have done is release all the DLC as an expansion for €15 and a complete pack (game + expansion) for €30. Then we would be getting pretty good value for our money. As it is, I'm getting the impression that the man is just trying to milk the game's fans for as much money as possible.
You can definitely add me to the list of gamers who are annoyed by the present state of DLC. The first time I really noticed this new trend was with Civilization V, which ditched worthwhile expansions for bits and pieces of content. The result being that I lost interest in the game and probably won't buy it until it's been out for a few years, with all the content in a bundle at a significantly reduced price. And that's if I bother with it at all.
Another example is the Total War series, which added small DLC from Empire onward, thus reducing my desire to play those games. I recently bought Empire and Napoleon in a pack at a good price, but I regret doing it, as I don't want to support developers who do this.
And yesterday I saw a Cities in Motion complete pack at a low price and was tempted to get it. Now, transport management is one of my favorite genres, and I've been itching to play something similar to Traffic Giant for years, so this really was a tempting offer. Still, I was hesitant, as the developers of the game had decided to release extra content in 6 small pieces of DLC rather than proper expansions. So I decided to check their website to see if this was really a complete bundle... And it isn't. They plan to release even more bits and pieces of overpriced content. Needless to say, I didn't buy the game and now I doubt I ever will.
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