Reactions: Dragon Age will have DLC on day 1

I’ll just quote GameSpot here because I can’t really word this any better.

BioWare today announced that Dragon Age: Origins will get its first downloadable expansion on day one. Called the Warden’s Keep, the DLC will add a dungeon-based quest to the game along with six new abilities, a variety of items, and a base where players can trade with merchants. It will feature a supernatural storyline set in an ancient–and possibly haunted–fortress once used as a redoubt by the Grey Wardens, the ancient order at the center of Origins’ main storyline. (A magic suit of Grey Warden armor will be one of the items in the add-on.)

The Warden’s Keep will be available for MSP 560 ($7) on Xbox Live Marketplace and $7 on the PC on November 3. It will cost the same price on the PlayStation Store when the PlayStation 3 version of Dragon Age goes on sale later in November. It is not included with the regular or Collector’s Edition of Dragon Age: Origins, although it is included in the Deluxe Digital Edition offered by online retailers.

Day one DLC seems rather tasteless to me, but there’s really no sense in fighting it anymore; there’s always enough idiots out there to make it financially viable. Hope they don’t do this with Mass Effect 2.

Luckily though, there will also be some free DLC, at least for folks who buy Dragon Age: Origins new. “The Stone Prisoner” add-on unlocks an additional party member and all the side quests that go along with party member story arcs, so that’s pretty cool. It’s also the sort of thing that’s clearly a part of the core game experience that was cut out so they can make $15 off of used buyers who want the whole story. I’d go off on a rant here about how once something is paid for once a company has no right to make money off of subsequent sellings and re-sellings (I’m looking at you NYS for taxing my used car purchase), but considering the people trading in these games aren’t really profiting, but rather GameStop with their “bargain” used prices, I don’t really care. The last piece of DLC is armor. Cool?

Author: Cody