Prince of Persia DLC On The Way. Will Bring Closure To Your Game (Maybe)… In Exchange For Money
In a bit of news that should take take absolutely NO ONE by surprise, Ubisoft has announced that they will be releasing DLC for Prince of Persia. The DLC is being called the Epilogue DLC and appears to be an attempt to actually finish the game’s story, though personally I hold no hope. Minor spoiler here, the original ending to the game was mind blowingly awful and completely invalidates all of the player’s work. Ubisoft doesn’t care and sees quite the opportunity to sell you what may or may not be an actual ending.
From IGN’s interview,
The team decided to go on ahead full throttle with some cool ideas that the team had during and post-production and developed a unique DLC that would enhance the experience for Prince of Persia fans…..This is one of the most ambitious DLC projects from Ubisoft, and it adds to the understanding of PoP’s new world and characters.
That is just sad. The fact that they admit that making a proper ending to their game is one of their most ambitious DLC projects is ridiculous. In the interview they also promise that the DLC will further the “development” (Quotations added… because development is a strong word…) of the relationship between the Prince and Elika. The DLC also brings a new power for Elika, a new enemy called the shapeshifter that apparently is a shadowy figure that takes the shape of the characters that are already in the game, and a sprint “feature” that serves as an attack. It will also have achievements/trophies, as well as two unlockable skins. My favorite part of IGN’s interview? When asked if this DLC would complete the story or if there would still be room for more bonus (read:paid for) content, the answer was “Nothing has been announced yet”.
Via IGN
News Tags: DLC, Prince of Persia
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Will Ubisoft be one of the next studios to lose massive sales because of shoddy business decisions? One of the biggest gripes I have against a lot of modern games, ESPECIALLY on the 360 (you reading this Microsoft?) is that the developers figure, “Oh look, we can release the game in an unfinished state and patch it with DLC.” Wrong. What about that person like me who doesn’t play most games online? If I get a 360, there’s damn near no chance of me re-buying my Gold account, because I don’t give a damn. I just want to play games and stream my media from my PC to my TV. So what about me? You’re charging me $60 for an unfinished game, that in my eyes, will NEVER be finished. Do you think I’m gonna buy another game from you? If you answered “yes”, go find the nearest ledge with in excess of 80 feet of freefall and jump. I paid for the game, you owe it to me to let me finish it. If you force me to pay for *more* content just to see the ending, I won’t buy anything else from you.
So there you have it. The next reason why big game studios will fail – taking advantage of DLC and using it purely for profit, while robbing the gamer of his right to finish the game he’s already bought. DRM had its’ time, and we’re still fighting that battle… but I’ll be damned if I pay for DLC just to finish a game I already spent $60 on.