Posted on: March 26, 2025
PanzerFranzz
Games: 1491 Reviews: 35
WARNING: NOT ALL DLC IN EXPASSION PASS
Technically they could just take 75% of the Post-Day 1 content and put it in a DLC not included in the "Gold edition expansion PASS Deluxe" --- which is industry standard language for all-post day 1 content (as the ever-lowering steam review score of the Warno Expansion Pack attests). The DLCs are described in very general terms, so we have to trust Eugen to act in good faith when we shell out our money in advance to buy software that isn't even created yet. It's completely arbitrary what units/maps/features they put in which DLC, even more so in a hypothetical conflict. There is no reason why the two divisions and their units just released couldn't have been a part of SOUTHHAG.... Like, NONE, zero. And while we're on the subject, even if we accept their official explanation, it doesn't look good that Eugen is putting out extra paid DLC that's not a part of the expansion pack before they even finished programming what people have already paid for. But the fact is, no one buys an expansion pack or a season pass or a gold edition or a ultimate edition or a complete edition thinking; "Oh, well, there's obviously going to be a lot of DLC content to buy after the content in the package." Putting some fine print in the text about a specific number of DLCs is not making it at all clear that there will be extra DLCs in addition to the Expansion Pack. If they don't think an "expansion pack" described as the "gold edition" and the "ultimate collection" of DLCs DOESN'T sound like all DLCs, they are lying to themselves and to us. And more importantly, they are using up the trust and good will of their customers. Don't take my word for it, go over to the store page and watch the review score drop in real-time. I probably own about 2k games between Steam, GOG and Epic and if possible, I almost always buy the edition with all DLCs included. In all those "Gold Editions", "Expansion Packs" and "Ultimate Collections" etc., I have never once experienced what Eugen did here.
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