The first quest includes Horse Armour (a stab at Bethesda if I ever saw one), zombies and sexy outfits DLC.
Each quest has bonus stupid DLC which has to be found before it can be purchased. Instead of a double jump, you’re required to buy and use a wall jump power instead. Which is fine considering the budget price, the fact it’s an indie game and that the game comes with a second quest, Live Freemium Or Die.įreemium is a longer and more fleshed out experience, and is further separated from the previous quest with different gameplay mechanics. So you’re essentially playing through a parody that only really serves as a vehicle for the jokes. It’s like watching a cartoon parody, but it’s a game. I like it when games make reference to some of the dumber staples we’ve come to endure throughout the decades.ĭespite the humour, there isn’t much else of substance in DLC Quest.
It’s nice to see some traditions getting a kick, not just the DLC itself. NPCs will tell you they have no relevant dialogue, or will ask the player to do outlandish things that they cannot achieve. You may encounter a character who resembles a certain RPG hero, who goes by the name “Random”. The game is riddled with jokes pertaining to pop culture, video games and bad business practices. It’s a game that relies on its humour, without which the game would be relatively bland and valueless. This also means the experience is quite linear, and I doubt you’d want to play through it a second time. The number of coins in the game, DLC upgrades and features are measured carefully to make sure the game cannot be broken. If you actually had to buy proper DLC, the game would be a hypocrite. The content is bought using coins collected in the game. I’m glad someone is standing up against this! Modern games are missing so much, even difficulty modes, behind a pre-order pay-wall. Yes, it’s an over-the-top scenario, but it’s feasible, too. No, all of these have to be bought as DLC. There’s no pause menu, no music or sound effects, no jumping and you can’t even go to the left. Starting as it means to go on, DLC Quest begins without several features that come as standard in videogames.
They do, though-how else could they offer us the subtle parallax background DLC?Įvery single joke in this game is a direct stab at the heart of these terrible business moves that gamers have been accepting for years getting ripped off for in-game purchases despite having already bought the game. DLC Quest is a piece of satire so blatant you’d think Going Loud Studios do not understand the meaning of the word subtle. This is one of those games that needed to be made. One game is telling developers “NO!”, in the loudest squeak it can muster. One game is standing up against those practices. But then came the dark times, living under the tyranny of DLC. We get to choose how we enjoy the product we just bought-well, that’s how it used to go. The disc is ours, and so is everything on it. You mean nickle-and-dime content, surely? When we buy a game, we like to think we’re getting it all.
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