# Gamers and DLC

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-and-dlc/829730>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 17, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-and-dlc/829730 "2019-02-17T19:03:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![carnalito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@carnalito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnalito)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-and-dlc/829730/21 "2019-02-23T20:40:34Z")

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I generally stay away from DLCs but these days, it’s hard.

I so wish people would stop playing “free to play” games, which would probably decrease the DLC mindset, which would bring back the good ol’ days with:

**You pay for a complete, great game** ,

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-and-dlc/829730/22 "2019-02-23T20:58:29Z")

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When I bought the sims 4 with the pets expansion I figured out why EA got rid of its console season passes …… its so they could sell you individual expansion packs for 49- 39.99 for things like parenthood go to work ect and 9-19.99 for “stuff”  
ehhh these days theres almost no difference between a dlc and the old expansion packs I mean take the newer ps4 Spiderman DLC for example … its pretty much sold like a expansion would be in the old days only difference is they didn’t wait 6 months or more after the base game came out with "20 more missions in that place you couldn’t get to before that we unlocked with a trivial excuse to go there " (borderlands1 DLC for a modern example)

Most of the time when I know theres gonna be a ton of dlc or add on missions I just wait for the "ultimate " or complete edition ………

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2019, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-and-dlc/829730/23 "2019-02-24T17:58:44Z")

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If I buy a “Ultimate” or “Game of the Year” edition of a game, I’ll do the DLCs whenever it’s level-appropriate.

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**Author:** ![Swampwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Swampwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swampwolf)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-and-dlc/829730/24 "2019-02-25T21:46:05Z")

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To me, it depends on the game. Elder Scrolls games usually I play them…whenever. Some games it’s good to level a little more before going to endgame. Others, like Borderlands 2, I am glad I finished the main story before doing \* Tiny Tina’s Bunkers and Badasses,\* because spoilers.

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**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2019, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gamers-and-dlc/829730/25 "2019-02-26T05:30:34Z")

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> [@Swampwolf](#):
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> Others, like Borderlands 2, I am glad I finished the main story before doing \* Tiny Tina’s Bunkers and Badasses,\* because spoilers.

Actually, that’s a good point. I played the Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution DLC in Borderlands 1, and it referenced some stuff from the Secret Armory of General Knoxx DLC which I hadn’t played yet. That was a bit awkward.

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