Following swiftly in the footsteps of Destiny: The Taken King's Legendary Edition which simply includes download codes for the title's add-ons and a standard Destiny disc, Dragon Age: Inquisition's Game of the Year package will throw a code into the box that'll be responsible for adding in all of the stuff that wasn't available in the base release.
Unsurprising given that the new edition launches in just a couple of weeks, but it's perhaps still a little disappointing for those who expected to get everything on the disc. What's more, those taking their first dive into the breach should know that they'll also have to grab all of the title's available patches - so be prepared for a relatively hefty download session before you can play.
How do you feel about complete editions of games dropping a few download codes into the box? Would you rather have it all slapped on the disc, or are you apathetic? Tell us if you're outraged in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com, via dualshockers.com]
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I don't think this is a huge issue, but it would be nice to just have everything on the disc, which seems like the 'proper' way to do it. This feels a bit cheap.
I think it's rubbish. I suspect they've done this to combat second hand sales. But it means if you put the disc in a different consoles twenty plus years from now, you're missing half the game. Or if you have no Internet to begin with, you're missing half the game. I'm sure the Publisher couldn't care less about that but it's a real shame for super fans who will want to keep replaying.
What an epic fail. Honestly.
Shadow of Mordor GOTY for example came with all the DLC on the disc with zero voucher codes.
epic fail - truely
Games take away way too much space on the consoles nowadays anyway - such things make it even worse
If I buy a Goty I want the full game with every dlc and maybe some nice extras/Fan stuff on the disc itself - nothing less is acceptable, at least for me
It's a good deal I suppose as the DLC is priced ridiculously. However it all should have been on disc. This is just lazy.
This is a clear attempt to thwart the trade in market as well save a few bucks in production.
So I buy a pre-owned copy of Destiny:TTK or Inqusition:GOTY and lo and behold I end up with ONLY the main game as the codes have already been used. It will be interesting to see if the trade in prices reflect this. My guess is they won't initially but after people returning to stores too kick off the retailers will have to at least warn people when they buy pre-owned copies of these games. Any who works in Game or Gamestop care to comment? Oh and if you do choose to comment and you do work in the aforementioned stores can I just say;
"I'm fine. I don't need the Season Pass." HOWEVER many times you ask.*
*Only joking. But really, ask once, then give up.
I was so excited to get this... but not anymore. I will get Shadow of Mordor GOTY instead.
This sucks! My Dad lives way out in the mountains with no internet service. I used to be able to bring him games to play. Especially game of the year editions with all content and patches on disc. No more. Now just about all games need a connection to download just to work. Why can't they just make complete games anymore.
It's lazy and scummy, just make it free.
Hang on a minute, does this mean that the only difference between getting this and the regular box is the DLC that will be included in the price? It didn't need a GOTY edition for that, just a price drop on DLC. LAZY.
@LieutenantFatman Thats because the publisher is EA. They are just greedy and could care less about the end user.
You buy physical versions so you dont need internet to play the game.
FFS EA.
Just pathetic.
The DLC isn't that great.
I just started playing this game, and absolutely love it! I was considering getting this so I could have all the dlc on a disc, but now I think I will just download the dlc if it's not on the disc.
It all only really comes out to a $5-10 dollar save over buying the base game then all the DLC.
@finalstan That's what I was thinking. If it's the same disc as the original, it's not a GOTY ed, it's just the regular game w/ a code in the box for DLC. If they sold the regular game at regular price and then just made all the DLC free for everybody, same thing.
Of course w/ PS4 installing everything to the HD anyway I guess we could look at this as saving wear and tear on the disc drive. In fact they shouldn't even bother to sell the disc at all, just the code, and let people download everything.
This would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that the PS4 ships with a ridiculously small hard drive. At least if it was all on the disc I could delete it when I need space and not have to wait hours for everything to download again when I want to play again.
@ShogunRok it is huge. Second hand GOTY editions will just be normal versions with used codes in the box, goodbye CEX and gamestation. Also the thought of huge patches day 1 for me would be the difference with choosing one game over another.
I'm gonna be honest though, the deals this month in particular on line with £11 infamous and £10 sleeping dogs. These are what's gonna stop me going the shop to trade. In fact It already has.
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