• joe@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      You consider DLC a microtransaction?

      Edit: Maybe I’m just too old, but I thought microtransactions were something you get prompted to purchase while playing the game. Is that no longer the case?

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        1 year ago

        Microtransactions are ‘small’ purchases made in a game (or via some kind of store that allows you to buy stuff to be used inside of a game).

        DLC is any additional downloadable content that is not included with the game (so something like a day 1 patch wouldn’t be considered DLC, I’d say).

        All microtransations are DLC, but not all DLC are microtransactions, generally (before someone comes along with some kind of physical microtransaction or something I guess)

        I personally just view microtransations as anything that isn’t ‘playable content’. So buying a mount from an in-game store would be a microtransaction, while buying an expansion wouldn’t be. Map packs kind of blur the line in this instance, because one could argue that they’re essentially ‘world cosmetics’, but its a hard and fast rule and not something I’d try to enforce as a law, ya know?

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          1 year ago

          It’s clear that there are multiple different definitions that people have for “microtransactions”. I think it’s safe to assume that larian has a definition similar to mine. No time in the game that I’ve noticed did I get prompted to buy the DLC. In fact, I didn’t buy it; it seems early access people got it for free.

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      1 year ago

      It’s the soundtrack and some DSO2 cosmetics that everyone who bought the game during early access got for free. They’re selling it to everyone else for $10.

      Technically it’s DLC, not MTX as MTX almost always entails individual purchases of items, usually in-game. It’s more of a Collector’s Edition than anything. That no one seems to care about, even the people who detest predatory practices.

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          1 year ago

          Do you mean the Mask of the Shapeshifter? That allows, once per long rest, to change appearance to another random character. Effectively a Disguise Self cast.

          There’s also the dagger that’s 4-7 weapon. But I replaced that before I even dealt with the goblin camp. There’s so many magic items I wasn’t worried about it.

          The biggest coup is the hat and cape. They offer no bonuses but they look so fly I’m probably never taking them off.