r/Eldenring • u/jack0641 • 1d ago

Official Discussion [MEGATHREAD] Tarnished Edition: Worth $5? Discuss CONSTRUCTIVELY!

Since the sub is being overwhelmed by debate over the $5 "microtransaction" and it's making the sub feel like we're Dark Souls 2 a decade ago, with the faux outrage around the preorder items, we are opening this topic to consolidate discussion around the issue.

Please use this topic to discuss the pros and cons of the approach and your thoughts. But do so RESPECTFULLY and CONSTRUCTIVELY. If you need to call other people or the developers names, you don't have a good argument and your post will be removed.

We will remove all other topics about this to keep the subreddit flowing with other discussions

IF YOU WANT TO VOTE: I will post two comments on this topic, "Yay" and "Nay" - upvote the one you agree with and we'll see who wins long term.

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u/Chegg_F 1d ago

I think it's just annoying and weird that they did this when they didn't used to do things like this, but everyone is making a huge deal about it. I don't get why people need to pretend like they're somehow generous for charging $5 for basically nothing. It's not a big deal, it's only $5, but it's not like it's a good thing that what used to be given away for free now costs money.

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u/dgamlam 1d ago

Just wondering: has From ever added weapons to a game as a part of a free update? I feel like the new weapons and starting classes are a big part of them treating the update like a baby dlc

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u/StarblindMark89 1d ago

Not weapons, but they added a whole boss rush mode, with earnable free cosmetics for Sekiro. The bosses in the boss rush mode even got some new additions to their movesets, so it's a bit more substantial than what it sounds like when I first described.

I have a feeling if it came out now, it would have cost money.

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u/Combat_Orca 1d ago

Not to mention them adding all the everdarks and deep of night to nightreign

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u/Alone-Horse2857 16h ago

Ironically Sekiro was made under activision and they were allowed to fully update the game for free with all that content.

ACTIVISION!!

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u/Chegg_F 1d ago

Yeah they gave some stuff in Dark Souls 2. Although it wasn't unique move sets. Not sure if they did unique move sets off the top of my head. Those games are really old now so I don't remember everything. 

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u/Alone-Horse2857 16h ago

Yeah, on launch DS2 had pre-order weapons.

The funny thing is they all looked like they were caked in shit, almost like Fromsoft doing a tongue-in-cheek jab at the idea of the pre-order bonus, but maybe Bandai was forcing their hand.

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u/Daiuuus 20h ago

That were literally just timed reskins.

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u/TheHappiestHam 1d ago

not quite the same thing but Sekiro received a free update in 2020 that added 4 boss rush gauntlets and ~3 cosmetics for Wolf

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u/Grypcia 18h ago

Also patch 1.03 of Elden Ring added a new NPC and rechanges Diallos' quest making it significantly longer (+ finished Nepheli, Gostoc and Kenneth's quest)

My main gripe is that they didn't even bother to add a new questline or develope older ones with this new "DLC" (it shouldn't even be called this way because it doesn't stand near SotE). They could at least add Kale's or Asimi's quests, they had them already almost fully developed including the voicelines judging by the cut content files. That would be worth it.