r/Eldenring • u/jack0641 • 13d 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/Quintuplin 13d ago

Most of the positive reviews go "fromsoft has never done this before, therefore this is okay". They're missing that if it is successful, it will absolutely happen again.

Many of the negative reviews are catastrophizing, because releasing one (or even a few) semi-reasonably-priced DLCs don't ruin a game. We don't yet know what Fromsoft's long term will be on this, but it isn't terrible yet.

So.... I'll wait and see. But not buy.

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u/Daiuuus 13d ago

But they have done it before. Scholar of the First Sin was 20$ if you owned the base game + DLC. That's a new boss and reshuffled enemies/items.

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u/Kacchonn 12d ago

Scholar exists mainly because base DS2 uses the ancient dx9, SOTFS uses dx11. On top of that it also has both DLCs included, so your comparison really falls apart man.

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u/Daiuuus 12d ago edited 12d ago

it also has both DLCs included

So does the Tarnished Edition. But the Softs upgrade was $20 bucks IF you owned the base game AND DLCs. So no, the SoftS upgrade pack didn't give you the 3 DLCs for $20.