May 2018 Kickstarter Update and Feedback Survey Results!

Galamoth we shall wait and see =)

I was surprised by that too. I thought a majority would want only cosmetics as DLC and not story content, preferring everything contained within one package and not "more game" later (to some seeing it as being "withheld game"), but the opposite was true here.

I'm guessing that's just because people like Bloodstained so darn much that it can buck that idea. Also may be due to how you could only pick 3 there. I can't imagine most would be "against" costume DLC, but "for" full story expansion.

purifyweirdshard I think the main reason people are in favor of story DLC is that in the last decade, that has taken on the place in gaming that expansions used to. Look at Skyrim or the Bethesda Fallout games and compare them to Morrowind and Oblivion. The latter two came out before digital surpassed physical sales(at least on the PC), and they had full on expansion packs that provided more features, gameplay and story in a concise package. Fast forward to the former examples, and those expansion packs no longer exist. Instead, content gets separated into smaller packages sold individually, but the story-focused DLC comes closest to what we had before.

I would be willing to pay for a larger DLC package that maybe had a new wing of the castle or an alternate area with new enemies, and new items and maybe a couple new shard abilities. Priced around $10-$15, it would be a good value added to the overall package. On the other hand, cosmetic DLC just isn't worth my money even at $1 because it adds nothing to the experience. In recent debates people have said they wouldn't mind cosmetic DLC, but the context of that preference is that the alternative in those debates are loot boxes, which many people rightfully loathe. It's not so much that the cosmetic DLC is desirable(remember the horse armor DLC debacle?) as it is that it's better than the publishers exploiting gambling tactics.

purifyweirdshard I guess what I was trying to get at was that story DLC is closer to traditional than cosmetic. The closest thing to cosmetic DLC that games had in the past were little bonuses that developers used to throw out there for free as a thanks to the gamers who supported them.

Blame TecmoKoei and Dead or Alive for making me reel at any mention of the words "Cosmetic DLC".

Cosmetic DLC is far too easy to churn out and release in large volumes. Easy money for little work.

Suddenly, you could pay $1000 and still not get all the available costumes in Dead or Alive.

As someone who likes to make sure I have all of the content in a game, including DLC, I hate the ease in which cosmetic DLC tends to dramatically increase the price to reach that goal often to ridiculous amounts while ultimately adding very little to the game when all is said and done.

Since Curse of the Moon is no longer a prequel, they could make a prequel DLC.

I thought the conversation had moved on to just the possibility of DLC in general.

For some reason this made me legit want to explore a Castlevania/Bloodstained version of a bathroom section. Why?

I understand this, and it's ultimately the best argument for keeping exclusivity. I don't want the exclusivity, but I can't argue with people wanting them to stick to their promises. It just makes me wish they never promised it in the first place.

Edit: Aha at last! I am a Loyal Familiar! No longer New Blood! For as long as I've been here it's about time

This is probably just a sign of my relative inexperience with DLC, but the first thing I always think of is Shovel Knight, whose DLC expansions practically feel like new games.  Of course, long nonlinear games are harder to design than short linear ones, so I can't exactly say "just do what Shovel Knight did!"

To get a better idea of where to set my expectations, looking at other modern Metroidvanias is probably a good idea.  Doesn't Hollow Knight have story DLC?  If anyone's played Hollow Knight, how substantial do you feel its story DLC is?