PSN Tuesday: Moon Diver, Free Realms

@HardBoiled2009

MAG is awesome. Get it.

@Dizazter I second that motion, although playing the Socom beta means I will put MAG and BFBC2 out to pasture.

@The angry pro consumer gaming ga

....sadness.

Actually I haven't played MAG in a while, but it is definitely one of those I pick back up time and time again.

@kentuckyfried

Are there trophies to Free Realm? O.o

@gordogg24p
there are, but only for those who pay for the premium membership :(

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Pegasussssssssssssss

:P

@Ballistic H

Close enouuuuuuuuuugh.

@Dirty Wow....

That's a hell of a lot of DLC. Especially considering that the game just came out.

@SystemPatch
>try

Also, holy crap. I didn't even notice all that Tiger Woods stuff up there. And here I am complaining about swimsuits.

@xxZOMBIExx My first reaction to seeing the DLC list was disgust. My second take on it was the same. Rather than join in on the EA hate I thought outside the box. No one has to buy all the DLC for the game to be complete. On the contrary, DLC is suppose to augment the packaged game. For games and franchises that I love it's easy to feel obligated to buy it regardless of cost or quantity of content. EA is simply giving users choice to buy what they want. Don't get me wrong, there is exorbitant amount of DLC but you don't have to buy it. Let EA figure out the hard way that releasing too much DLC is confusing and in many ways insulting to consumers.

@dragunrising
True. But when you release a $60 game and on the same day offer courses with a total of $50 for all of them, with most of them being the same courses you also had to purchase the previous game it gets extremely frustrating.

This is why I'm done with the Tiger Woods game. Not because I didn't enjoy it, but because I am not paying for the same content each release. If you can buy a course ONCE, great, but every release they charge you? No. Screw EA.

@dragunrising
Do you work for EA? If not, please have your head checked.

"No one has to buy all the DLC for the game to be complete."

Yes, it is still fully playable without the DLC, but how is it complete? These tiny to moderate assets were obviously developed right alongside the game then held back so poor souls would spend $241 on them! Not only would the extra content fit on a standard DVD, there is tons of Blu-ray space just waiting to be filled on the PS3 version. Did you see the infuriating monopoly DLC? You seriously have to pay extra to use the horse and cannon game pieces. It's unbelievable. I guess they just couldn't squeeze those tiny files onto the Blu-ray, huh? Maybe they'll be included in Monopoly Streets GOTY edition?

"EA is simply giving users choice to buy what they want. "

An EA PR representative couldn't have spun it better himself. I think you missed your calling in life.

"Let EA figure out the hard way that releasing too much DLC is confusing and in many ways insulting to consumers. "

This sounds good. Unfortunately, this "hard way" you speak of is lining their pockets with gold from uninformed, impulsive loyal fans. They've been perpetuating this scam since the first Godfather was released, and they will keep doing it.

Imagine the next round of consoles in which Tiger Woods is a $40 product that comes with one course, one club, and one golfer. Everything else is add-on content. Well, by your logic it's still a fully playable game, but EA is simply giving users choice to buy what they want.

Moral: Slippery slopes are slippery.

@Jawmuncher

Stupid IPhone messing up my posts

@Uracat Oh crap, someone beat me to it.

@Xoonaka The basic version is free. If you want trophies, ability to ride around on a dinosaur etc. etc, there's various subscription options.

@Faceless Troll

Yeah I'm a bit surprised about that actually....was expecting them to release Parasite Eve 2 prior to 3 but.....

@ShadowXIII I was hoping for the same thing. I figured PE2 would be released on the same week as 3rd Birthday.

@Youthinized

There's been a couple duplicates since + started that I've noticed. I'm guessing it's just Sony taking a little break.

@liquidsoap89

I'm wondering if Comet Crash was the free game for March since Sonic came out. We're supposed to be getting Sonic 2 next week, so more ps1/minis?

@Kage25
It's a timed exclusive, the 360 version is coming next month.

@Razer922
"when Jack from the 90's"
Wow.
Let's try just "from the 90's".

Also, that amount of DLC for one game (Tiger Woods) is disGUSTING!

@RagingStormX

And its crazy bad-@ss too ^_^... (although it does some very strange things with my sound system....)

@aroGADGET
The camera will be changed in the final game but not sure about the grenade arc but they did say the grenade throw is broken in the beta but is fixed in final