Season Passes

[Belamorte]

Do people buy these? I am curious. I buy a game, play through it and that is it. The small bit of DLC(season pass stuff). I can not bring myself to play through the entire game again.


For example, just recently, the FO4 season pass is there - the game was fine but I am not going back and now the Deux Ex season pass - I will play through the game but that is it - and even worse is the way Hitman has been done. I know this has been a thing for a while, but, for me, I rarely play through a game more than once. Do people play games more than once/twice max? I am genuinely curious as all these DLC's come out months after???...

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[FLYLine27*]

Nope. Never have, never will. IMO its for suckers and not worth the price.

 

[Butchered]

Kind of depends. I will never buy them before the content is released. If I read good things about the released content, I'll pick it up.

 

[Diamondillium]

Depends, for the most part no. However if it's for a game franchise that I know I'll play the DLCs and it has a proven track record for doing good DLCs, I'll do it.

For example, if the new Mass Effect game has a season pass, I'll grab it in a heartbeat because every Mass Effect story-based DLC is excellent and I play all of them.

As for the second sub-question about beating a game multiple times: Similar to above, not normally, but I will for my favorite games. To use Mass Effect as an example again, I've probably played that trilogy at least 3-5 times in total, and have played through portions of it at least 10 times.

 

[SniperHF]

I am genuinely curious as all these DLC's come out months after???...

This is basically why I never get them. Most DLCs in the types of games I play are post-game content like an extra quest area or something. But by the time they come out I've already finished the game and moved on.

So usually what ends up happening is I get the DLC and play them much later when they are cheaper than even the season pass price.

MP games with community split and such are a different matter but I generally avoid MP games with these things anyway.

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

I've bought 2. Black Ops 3 & Witcher 3.

There are some good value ones, but most are a ripoff.

 

[aleshemsky83]

I would say there isn't much point

A lot of the time you don't even save money getting the season pass you can just buy the individual dlc for the same price

 

[Frankie Spankie]

The only season passes I have ever bought are for Bioshock Infinite and for Witcher 3. I bought both because I loved both games so much I wanted to support the developers. The Bioshock Infinite DLC was OK, thought the Rapture DLC could have been better and the wave one was so pointless I didn't even play it. Witcher 3 expansion packs were phenomenal and I'm really glad I bought those.

I haven't bought any others. I see it as a great way for me to show the developers some extra support. Unfortunately with the way things are and how many games there are out there, no games really hold my interest enough for me to want to go back when DLC is released months after I already beat it. Maybe I'll buy the DLC packs a couple years later if I just bought the game and am just starting it, but if the game just came out, I likely won't ever buy the season passes unless the game blew me away.

 

[SpookyTsuki]

Yes I buy some. Only. For the games I put 200-300 hours in. Since you save money by doing it

 

[chicagoskycam]

Well Season Passes have progressed and I won't be buying many of them. They used to include all DLC content but some of them are actually just for a season now... Evolve, Forza... they can screw off.

I will be getting GOW4 edition because it's specific about what you're getting. It was nice that Halo 5 had no cost for DLC, everything is free with a ton of content.

The other problem with Season passes is are you even playing the game six months later. Just wait and pass on the pass. Remember when DLC just cost early and everyone else got it free eventually.

 

[Warden of the North]

I bought the FO4 season pass, which is kinda nice because I havent sued any of the DLC yet. So once the final piece is released next week I'll get all the DLC at once and a lot more game.

 

[vdB]

Nope. Never have, never will. IMO its for suckers and not worth the price.

Agreed. For the suckers.

 

[Leafs at Knight]

Bought Destiny season pass, and that will be the last one that I ever buy.

 

[Oscar Acosta]

Feel a bit ripped off by the Fallout 4 one, say 6 DLC packs and then 4 are basically settlement building tools. Felt like a bait and switch.
Not doing it again.

 

[RandV]

I'm not even going to buy the vast majority of DLC, let alone pre-order it.

 

[Vikke]

I would for the Witcher 3. Not a lot of others, though.

 

[PeteWorrell]

No.I just wait for the Ultimate Edition/ Director's Cut/Whatever.

 

[Smoke]

The last season pass I bought was for Destiny, and while it wasn't great I still got my money out of it with the amount of time put in.

I would probably pull the trigger on a Borderlands season pass. You can say a lot of bad things about Gearbox but they certainly understand the proper practices involved with DLC.

 

[Say Hey Kid]

I buy the regular version of the game, not extra content or deluxe versions. NBA2K16 is my favorite game and 2017 looks even better, but I'm only pre-ordering the regular version to get the Dream Team, but I'm not paying extra for bells and whistles that I don't need. I've never watched the extras on dvds either, but that's real man stuff too advanced for HF posters.

 

[Morozov]

For single player games I don't because I'll have finished it and moved on before it comes out. I sell my single player games as soon as I'm done with them.

I do regret missing out on the Witcher stuff, that's the only time I've cared.

I do like getting season pass for COD because I know I'll still be playing it and will want all the map packs.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

I have, and I won't anymore outside of the extremely rare exception.

Part of that is because of the type of gamer I am (once a game is put back on my shelf it generally stays there...haven't touched Fallout 4 since any of the DLC I paid for was implemented), and part of that is because it's so rarely worth the money.

 

[Fire Everyone]

The only ones I've gotten are for the Souls games, but that's because their content is always good and I play through those games at least 4 or 5 times each.

 

[542365]

Never bought one. If Borderlands 3 comes with a season pass I'll probably buy it because I will play through the game and the DLC a dozen times each anyway, so I'll definitely get my money's worth out of it. I almost never buy DLC in general.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

I purchased two season passes so far: Borderlands 2 and Witcher 3.

Borderlands 2 was a bit of a waste because I play solo and the single player campaign was more than long enough that I wasn't looking for more after it (really enjoyed the game though!).

Witcher 3 was outstanding however, amazing value and everyone who enjoyed the main game should get it.

 

[Commander Clueless]

The Witcher 3 is the only case I can think of off hand where it looks like it was worth it....because the words "paid DLC" seem to translate to "expansion pack" in Polish.

For me, Battlefield 3's "premium" was probably worth it, but I played the metric **** out of that game.


The vast majority of the time, you're better off cherry picking which DLC you want.