• Emerica@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    There has been one constantly updated game that I loved, I think because it wasn’t actually live service.

    Dead Cells! They were always putting out balance passes but also included a new weapon occasionally, then would release a true DLC that added new levels, new enemies and new weapons. Would spend some time balancing that drop and eventually release a new one.

    I miss games like that, I’m happy to buy an expansion of a game I love, not going to buy a new battlepass or skins or whatever though.

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      15 hours ago

      This is exactly what fighting games do though. A season is an expansion (new characters) and there typically is a balance patch after a new character drops, then they move on to a new season.

      IDK what people who don’t play fighting games think a season is, but judging by some comments in this thread, not every one seems to know.

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        4 hours ago

        As I typed that I kinda forgot this post was about a Fighting game. I was speaking more generally about GaaS. It’s good fighters still have something akin to old school DLC!