Metro: Last Light, Pre-order or $5 for 'Hard Mode'

Ufffff. At least the ending it's not a DLC.

Calm down, guys. everything is fin

xD

Pre-Orders are difficult to understand these days.

who needs increased difficulty anyway! Metro is a pain in the a** as it is

I don't normally have problems with most pre-orders for pc...but this is pretty lame.

Eh? I'm fine with it. Also quite funny how everyone goes to tbp for their problems.

I never even played metro and this pisses me off.

for anyone that isnt angry...Imagine Dark souls where the enemies cost money to put into the game.

Imagine XCOM where Ironman mode costs extra to put into the game.

Imagine your favourite game without your favourite option from it. without something that adds quite a lot to the experience.

Fecal matter has come into volatile contact with an electrical powered harmonic motion resonating air propellant device and the situation when visually perceived is currently not giving any clear conclusive indication as to it's reaction but the eye of the storm has been detected lingering at some distance waiting to strike at an unpredictable time.

Boohoo , DLC's are bad.

Welcome to 6 or 7 years ago.

This is disgusting.

honestly, i'd rather have this than levels / dungeons / misions being pre-order bonuses

Hard mode is another reason to play the game. It's more gameplay.

DLC is charging for more gameplay.

Therefore, this is just DLC. We've seen this before. Why is it a problem now?

It's always astounding to see the number of turkeys who will not only turn out in their droves to vote enthusiastically for Christmas, but who will also launch spirited, vitriolic attacks on any other members of the species who have the temerity to suggest that said festival may not be an entirely "good thing" for their kind.

Hey buddy, you do know what Ranger Mode IS right? It isn't hard mode. It's an immersion mode.

Seems to me that these corporations are determined to see how far they can push until they hit significant resistance from consumers.

There's plenty of mileage in this approach and, so far, there hasn't been anything like the sort of outcry (and withholding of cash) from gamers which is going to dissuade them. Joking aside, I can see the day coming where a $1.99 DLC might enable steering wheels, or a cockpit viewpoint in a racing game. Additional teams and game modes for sports simulators? Probably already been done... Graphical enhancement DLCs? Free ones already exist for the likes of Skyrim, but would people pay for them? Someone is sure to chance their arm sooner or later, and we will find out.

The game, as we understood it a few years ago, is in the process of being disassembled and modularised. It's a heroic victory for the marketing departments, but in an age when illegal copies of games are abundant and easily accessible, many potential consumers will simply head over to Pirate Bay or other sites at the slightest provocation, particularly when they find that the full price game they are considering ordering is a stripped down affair. It's a move which could backfire in the long term, and destroy a lot of the goodwill gamers have towards companies in the process.

GOTY editions are de rigueur these days, and while I wouldn't consider downloading illegally, I have several friends who routinely do this, and then buy a cheap GOTY edition a year or two later in Steam/Amazon sales. These are people who regularly bought full price games on release day, but no longer feel that they are getting a fair deal, or the definitive version of the game.

Games companies risk killing the goose that lays golden eggs by over-playing the DLC hand. I have no problem with significant additional content beyond the scope of the original game, but this sort of bullshit is infuriating, and an utterly transparent cash grab which should be met with the utmost contempt from the gaming community.

Sadly that won't happen, and this thread has its fair share of lickspittles and apologists who seem eager to lube up, bend over, and whistle a cheerful tune from start to finish. Let the good times roll...

Ranger mode was the only proper way to play Metro 2033, I guess it's the same with Metro 2034, but... they want more money to make the game an enjoyable experience... No buy from me.

after playing metro2033 directly after release i decided to preorder the sequel. but that bullshit preorder bonus or dlc for players afterwards makes me going to pirate the shit out of it. thq did a good job but koch media really destroys everything...

This is why I was pissed when Deep Silver took it.

Lolz...all the assholes going "Oh, I'ma pirate this game because the gaming company makes me mad".

HOLY CRAP MAN.

Just don't buy the friggin game if you don't like the company. Don't justify you not wanting to spend money on the game/not having money to buy this game by saying shit like "I don't like their concept of taking ranger mode out so I'ma pirate this game." It's plain stupid. If you don't wanna buy the game, then just don't buy it! If you wanna "try it out" play a demo, watch gameplay on youtube, or play it on a friends computer who has the game.

This shit's the exact reason why companies are heading towards always online DRM.

And that's why we can't have nice things.
At least we have tpb.

Steam Hookups group, got the game for $25, and comes with Ranger DLC, already pre loaded :). If you want to save money, here's a way.

the thing is there will be enough people who will pre-order and buy crap like this in any case

lol saw the angry review when he posted it, and as usual hes so right

And I will not be buying this game now. Their loss for pulling some BS like this.

It's like going to a restaurant ordering something but in order to be able to sit u need to pay 5$ for a chair.
or a plane but they ask u 5$ for a seat belt.
or a primary school but they are asking u $5 for math.
or u buy a new car but if u want to "drive as it was meant to be" u need to pay them 5$ because they fucked up with your car and want more money to remove their fuck ups.