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[mansoor1980]

So i have read the news about games like ELDEN RING and HFW getting DLCs this year (2023) even though the base games were released in 2022 , isnt it fair to assume that such games are................

-not complete releases as said content is still coming.
-hence they are not eligible for GOTY award in 2022 .
-they are eligible for goty award only when said episodic content is finally released for the base game , for example 2023
discuss

 

[The Cockatrice]

They are complete releases. Expanding a game does not make its base, incomplete.

 

[R6Rider]

 

[dDoc]

Both base games are massive, so in this case all is good in the realms.

 

[mansoor1980]

Both base games are massive, so in this case all is good in the realms.

but in other cases it could be an issue right ? esp if the DLC comes out an year later

 

[a multicultural team of v]

If the DLC doesn't come out, are the games incomplete? Because if they are incomplete if the DLC comes out, they must be incomplete if they don't come out too.

 

[adamsapple]

Post release expansions coming out a full calendar year later does not make the original release incomplete.

 

[Punished Miku]

When you start asking people to pay money, that's when you get judged. Release day. That's when the review score counts and you get graded.

You can patch a game later, you can get a community playing, you can monetize a little on-going support but none of this counts and is pretty much all secondary to the initial release impressions.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

So i have read the news about games like ELDEN RING and HFW getting DLCs this year (2023) even though the base games were released in 2022 , isnt it fair to assume that such games are................

-not complete releases as said content is still coming.
-hence they are not eligible for GOTY award in 2022 .
-they are eligible for goty award only when said episodic content is finally released for the base game , for example 2023
discuss

If this doesn't say "weekend is here" I don't know what does.

 

[rofif]

Not sure if I ever liked a game more when dlc released.
Ringed City surely is better than ds3 itself but when I played ds3 by itself, it was still amazing

 

[Fredrik]

Wouldn’t Elden Ring be GOTY every year if new DLC make the game eligible again?
(Or some other insanely popular 95+ game)

 

[Kilau]

Yes, when Return of the King Extended Edition came out they took all the Oscars back.

 

[Mozzarella]

Expansions are supposed to expand the game, its not supposed to complete the game, thats just dirty business.
Look at it through the lens of.
Dragon Age Inquistion - Tresspasser vs Witcher 3: Blood and Wine

One completes the game and provide the ending that was cut out.
The other expands the game and provide a new chapter, a stand alone story that does provide a conclusion but not to the base game. (And a lot of other stuff lol)


As for DLCs it can range from few additions to skins items or entire questlines, so definitely not up for this discussion, its bonus content for hardcore fans of a certain game.

 

[DenchDeckard]

OP.....In all due respect, this is an absolute NUTBALLS take.

 

[lh032]

eh i think base game is sufficient for goty and awards

 

[mansoor1980]

OP.....In all due respect, this is an absolute NUTBALLS take.

cant be worse than my "locked 30 fps is the best" take ?

 

[Dick Jones]

If you can play the DLC without the base game then the DLC only should be counted in the GOTY talk. Other than that, DLC tracks for Beat Saber in 2023 does not make Beat Saber eligible in 2023.

 

[Markio128]

The only way ER is incomplete is in that I haven’t completed it yet.

 

[Aenima]

In these both cases they are completed games that are getting expansions. I get more the feeling im buying an incomplete game when they have a season pass from day 1. Assassins Creed games always feel like I'm getting 70% of the game at launch, with the rest coming later. This is evident by incomplete side quests, like the Atlantis one in Odyssey that ends in a cliffhanger in the base game. In Valhalla was done better as the Odin gameplay section is very meaty and while dosent end in something definitive it also dosent end in any cliffhanger.