DLC for HR now available on steam

[AEmer]

Oh you have got to be fucking kidding me.

Now you can buy the explosive mission pack, with grenade launcher, remote-detonated explosive device, and automatic unlocking device...and the rescue tracer tong mission.

I'm actually not horribly against them releasing the tong mission as DLC. I don't particularly appreciate being nickel and dimed, but it's 2,29 € - more than a fair price compared to what I paid for the game, if you consider the price-per-hour. It was also a filling and thoroughly enjoyable experience.

Here's what gets my goat, there's also a tactical enhancement pack...which gives you the double barrel shotgun, the silenced sniper rifle, and 10k ingame credits.

That's right, to be able to get a silenced, scoped rifle that shoots in a straight line, you need to pay them. They're effectively selling me _weapon mods_.

This is about as ridiculous as the oblivion horse armor, except when you play obvlivion, you probably won't go "gee, I wish I had horse armor, too bad it's not in the game"...but a silenced sniper rifle is sorely missed in HR.

So yeah. Fuck that shit and such.

[bobby 55]

Get the debug mod for free and you can obtain all that stuff from it's "store" for nought. I'm not sure if the Tong rescue mission is among it's maps.

[Jonas]

I'm actually not horribly against them releasing the tong mission as DLC. I don't particularly appreciate being nickel and dimed, but it's 2,29 € - more than a fair price compared to what I paid for the game, if you consider the price-per-hour. It was also a filling and thoroughly enjoyable experience.

Not sure whether you mean it's more money than what would be a fair price, or if the price is more than fair.

Let's see... I paid 45€ for the game, and I spent about 40 hours on my first playthrough (second playthrough doesn't count, I may play through the DLC twice too, you never know). That's 1.125 € per hour. That means the Tracer Tong mission needs to be just over 2 hours long to be worth that price. But what about the weapons, you say? Well thanks to the debug mode modification, I can just give myself those weapons in the original game without needing the DLC, so those weapons are no added value to me (or indeed to anybody who knows where to find that mod).

That's right, to be able to get a silenced, scoped rifle that shoots in a straight line, you need to pay them. They're effectively selling me _weapon mods_.

Well yeah but it's reskinned and has a different description.

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Yeah those two packs should've been released as one DLC item in my not so humble opinion.

This is about as ridiculous as the oblivion horse armor, except when you play obvlivion, you probably won't go "gee, I wish I had horse armor, too bad it's not in the game"...but a silenced sniper rifle is sorely missed in HR.

Well it's not really though. There's so few outdoor areas, and none of them are too big for the crossbow, especially once you put the target leading system on that bastard, it basically becomes a silenced sniper rifle. Plus, the silenced sniper rifle is not very powerful, once you come up against enemies with helmets, it stops being a one-hit-kill, even with headshots

[AEmer]

for real?

That's what I wanted it for. I couldn't take out heavies in singapore with the crossbow. Maybe I'm a terrible shot, but even with the modification, they appeared to have 2 huge arrows penetrating their skulls before they went down.

And modding the game to circumvent the need to purchase the DLC is a bug, not a feature

[Jaedar]

Crossbow bolts are a lot more rare than sniper bullets though.

[AEmer]

yeah, but aren't they reuseable if you go and pick them up again?

[Dragon]

Theoretically yes, but practically they break in >50% of cases. Out of 10 arrows I managed to retrieve 1 all others broke. Useless weapon is useless although overpowered as hell.

[Undisputed]

I've read that the content is already on the disc.

[Xesum]

I've read that the content is already on the disc.

Surely that's just to make mass production of the disc easier so they can just bundle the disc with any version of the game?

[Jonas]

Useless weapon is useless although overpowered as hell.

Does not compute.

[Dragon]

Useless weapon is useless although overpowered as hell.

Does not compute.

Overpowered + no_ammo = useless

[Jaedar]

Useless weapon is useless although overpowered as hell.

Does not compute.

Overpowered + need_to_conserve_ammo =Balanced

Fixed it for you

[Jonas]

Overpowered + need_to_conserve_ammo =Balanced

Yep, pretty much

[PlausibleSarge]

IMO This DLC was worth it, although it is not worth a penny more. It is a lot better than $15 for 4 call of duty maps (lolololololol I can get an entire game for that price) or for some useless "horse armor"
But yeah, im not willing ever to pay more than about $2 or $3 for an item of DLC, and thats only if it contains a reasonable amount of content.

[shadowblade34]

I haven't checked it out yet, becuase I haven't played a game in weeks, but word on the street is that the Tong's Rescue mission is available from the debug menu.