Dragon Age: Inquisition won't have DLC characters because of on-disc controversy

I never understood how people accept "DLCs" as a norm. Essentially without the fancy words... it is just an unfinished full-priced product, which cost MORE if you want the finished version. That... OR: It is a fraudulently planned and blatantly withheld sinister experience-destroying updates/storyline/skins/mod/patch/bundle of basically more game data which costs more than equal parts of the final product.

Basically unless you keep on paying extra you never get to enjoy 100% of what the title is supposed to be giving you despite you paid FAIR and full priced price for it.

Why don't they just release sequels like in the old days? Oh right.... because people keeps buying DLC as a sign of support for their own daylight wallet robbery scam:). Well good for the big fishes. I guess it's time for the common preys to be fried this time around of the generation..

So if they're already on the disc, why exactly would they not add them in right away? Because it would take them another week or two to finish them and they get more out of it by selling it as day one dlc?

And people are still complaining because now everything would be in the game and they wouldn't have to pay extra for stuff that was developed before the game was released.

And most importantly: why does gamespot keep showing me this extremely weird ad where kids get their faces painted? Are you trying to weird me out?

ok im going to call BS , people that bought digital DONT HAVE SAID DISC, so how would this even effect them? Can code not be added to a game? mmos do it all the time (ignoring that theyre difference TYPES of games but GAMES all the same).....this sounds like an attempt to NOT put alot of work into good interesting characters....

While some arguments against DLC are valid I think most people live in a life of privilege where dlc is common place. I personally don't have an issue with legitimate DLC, but then again I was raised in the 80's where if I bought Mario Brothers and beat it that was all my game was going to offer me. Today I can buy a game, beat it, and know that down the road dlc may come along that will further my game play rather than just shelving it (hoping for something new to come along).

I don't remember seeing any "Tallis" in the code for DA:2 on disk prior to the news of the DLC with her in it, yet she was a DLC character. I'm calling BS on this one.

Sooo... great.

Another case of us not getting something cool because a few whiners might complain.

Sounds legit.

I know this article is old, but I'll post this anyway.

"Because of how deeply enmeshed in the system companion characters are, we can't just add them on the fly; part of them has to be shipped on the disc,"

This likely meant that the characters were created during the game's development, but left out.

In other words, that's probably why the DLC characters usually felt like they belonged in the games' stories from the beginning.

I see no reason for not being able to add companion characters after release, aside from them not fitting as well with the story.

However, if that is why, then they shouldn't act like they're adding more companion characters, and they should just not cut the characters from the game in the first place.

Bethesda usually adds companions after their games' releases, and the modders of their games usually add heaps of companions, some of which have reactions to quests, well-written backgrounds and voiced dialogue.

Alas.

What else is there to expect when you are under one of the worst video game publishers?

"Well, since most gamers who frequent forums are reactionary victim-players, we decided that it wouldn't be worth suffering through their incessant conspiracy theories and death threats."

Thank you, modern gamers.

It's kind of funny that this situation now is relevant to Destiny and their expansion pack content that has been found on disc.

I am so hype for DA:I, I am commenting on a 6 month old story :)

This is all PR, just like every other DA:I article/quote, but whatever. Good job I guess.

Thanks video game fans for bitching about another innocuous practice that means we will get less extended content for games we purchase. Like all the bitching about day one patches. Because we'd rather developers stop supporting their games after they've gone gold. Seriously, gamers love shooting themselves in the foot.

I don't care if part of the DLC is on the original game disc. What difference does it make? DLC means they continue supporting the game for a few years after release, I get more content if I want it, and if I don't ... I don't buy it. I know there are DLC haters out there, but no one is forcing them to buy it.

**Spoiler Alert**

Good for them. I can still remember Javik the Prothean for ME 3 on day one. Gosh I almost smashed my game disc upon hearing the news. I played the entire game without that character. Turns out I did miss a lot of lore in game without that character and ended up purchasing the DLC for an extra 10 bucks anyway. However, I vowed to myself never to buy any DLC characters for any games and so far haven't bought anything along those lines. Good for Bioware they finally heard out the fans. Make DLC storyline expansions if you want, but ensure all the characters are present in the original game.

Goood!

"INSTEAD....We will just do DLC quest instead.....Which is TOTALLY not on the disc....Nope. Totally not on the disc at all.....not in the slightest.... *looks around*"

Even a reasonable, clear explanation still cant get through people's ignorant attitudes...bitching about on disc DLC is like bitching about having to pay for a trailer because your car already came with a hook on the bumper.

well this does make sense. Bioware is going to be designing for the new xbox and PS, why keep DLC going on on a game with tons of different formats. I suspect the true next gen game they make will have a different policy.

This is the only game that I'm gonna preorder this year. Yes I just said that. Everything about this game is on the right track so far. Haters still gonna hate. They only show how obnoxious they are.

Having no DLCs is actually a good thing.

This translates to "We've seen how much fan backlash Capcom received from on disc DLC so we decided not to do it". But rest assured that they would of done it again if Capcom wouldn't of fucked up.

EA has their mits all up in Bioware's business and they decide how they will monetize their game(s). I've heard Dragon Age Inquisition will sport multiplayer..that's going to be a "fun endeavour" won't it?

wow

ur not complete morons then Bioware

bravo

Heh. The gist of this article reads like, "Even though it would be tooooooooootally cool if we put DLC companions on the derp derp, we're not going to. Not that there is anything wrong with that! Because it would be totally cool if we did. But we're not. But we could. And we might. Later on. So. Don't get used to it, kids."

Good, it's a step in the right direction anyway. We can cross that one off the list.

We just have:

- No tacked-on multiplayer or "Inquisition readiness" meter

- No microtransactions

- No mandatory internet connection requirement

left on the list unless there's something else I missed. Hopefully EA have realised that BioWare can't make games as good as Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect if they only have 1.5 years and half their regular team to do it in. Dragon Age II had a lot of missed potential and could have been a lot better if not for that.

Sounds like you are learning from your stupidity, but will it hold water? Time will tell.

then again EA cut the complete storyline in half, make another half into 4 DLC with the label "extras" . . . . hopefully not

At least they are learning from their mistakes, I hope.

Fair enough.

Moving on, then...

Don't worry, EA will find a new and original way to screw the customers with shady DLC for this game.