DLC approaches
Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:57 pm
I KNOW there are gamers that don't really like DLC. I suppose that is to some extent as some examples of DLC are nothing more than dumb crap to be bought by people with more money than common sense.
I would never buy DLC for a wargame, if it was just cutsey graphics packages that's for sure. I am not sure how they even manage to sell DLC for some game out there in mainstream gaming. I suppose wargaming is used to mods being something a person doodled up for a free download.
But I want to make my voice heard on the subject of the DLCs here at Slitherine, most notably the Panzer Corps campaigns.
I have greatly enjoyed them arriving. I will admit here right in the open, I hardly play my stupid darned game (but that is a me thing and has nothing to do with the game itself). But I have enjoyed getting the DLC packages. Frankly I WANT to eventually just binge the hell out of my Panzer Corps. But in recent times I have been experiencing some very weird life issues, and currently my purchases are more about investing in a desire than anything else.
I think it is a great idea to generate a great wargame, and make it accessible to expansions and DLC options. Hey, I have NEVER bregrudged the makers of my wargames from making a good return on investment. I genuinely applaud the success of Panzer Corps. As I see it, every time Panzer Corps gets a new DLC or a new expansion for Battle Academy is released, you are merely proving me correct
Wargaming needs good solid games, that are easy to get into, fun for both the hard core and the novice, and simple to play on any damned device the electronics industry is able to invent for us. I have been saying this line of comment for quite some time, and in the early years I was often drowned out by the sticks in the mud in this hobby that defiantly insisted a wargame could only be 'good' if played on a PC and looked like something out of the 70s board game scene.
It is my time now to laugh and say I told you so
I DO want to play my crazy too damned complicated monster board game looking games like War in the East.
But, I am sure I will end up playing the fun ones more.
I would never buy DLC for a wargame, if it was just cutsey graphics packages that's for sure. I am not sure how they even manage to sell DLC for some game out there in mainstream gaming. I suppose wargaming is used to mods being something a person doodled up for a free download.
But I want to make my voice heard on the subject of the DLCs here at Slitherine, most notably the Panzer Corps campaigns.
I have greatly enjoyed them arriving. I will admit here right in the open, I hardly play my stupid darned game (but that is a me thing and has nothing to do with the game itself). But I have enjoyed getting the DLC packages. Frankly I WANT to eventually just binge the hell out of my Panzer Corps. But in recent times I have been experiencing some very weird life issues, and currently my purchases are more about investing in a desire than anything else.
I think it is a great idea to generate a great wargame, and make it accessible to expansions and DLC options. Hey, I have NEVER bregrudged the makers of my wargames from making a good return on investment. I genuinely applaud the success of Panzer Corps. As I see it, every time Panzer Corps gets a new DLC or a new expansion for Battle Academy is released, you are merely proving me correct
Wargaming needs good solid games, that are easy to get into, fun for both the hard core and the novice, and simple to play on any damned device the electronics industry is able to invent for us. I have been saying this line of comment for quite some time, and in the early years I was often drowned out by the sticks in the mud in this hobby that defiantly insisted a wargame could only be 'good' if played on a PC and looked like something out of the 70s board game scene.
It is my time now to laugh and say I told you so
I DO want to play my crazy too damned complicated monster board game looking games like War in the East.
But, I am sure I will end up playing the fun ones more.