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Gears of War 4: Ultimate Edition appears; Early Access four days before launch
- Thread starter AnnSwag
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Jawmuncher
Member
Don't mind the idea, but odd to make digital the only option for early Acess.
johnnydrama
Banned
I don't usually buy these special editions, but that seems awfully expensive.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
I was going to say maybe they mean any maps after that wouldn't be included for free, but thinking about it more that's some really... interesting wording.
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
That is a good question as it seems so. Which is disgusting, how about they just give all the maps if you buy the season pass like every other developer??
GringoSuave89
Banned
That's pretty rad. This is pretty gross. Is it at least the season pass with the main game? cause otherwise, I'm not feeling it.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
How do New Zealand prices typically compare numerically to US prices?
ROUGE_BLOCK
Member
Reskins galore inbound
Jessie.Bristol
Member
It says in the description that the Season Pass grants access to play the additional 24 maps in Private Games on Dedicated Servers. We already knew you had to buy the DLC Maps in order to play them in Private/Custom Games. The actual maps are all free for match making.
blue_phazon
Member
That's dumb. The pass should count as "paying" for the maps in customs forever
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
So we're really going to have to rent the maps for customs? Ehhhhh
Edit: Or not? Sort of? "permanent ownership" implies there is also impermanent ownership...
Edit: Or not? Sort of? "permanent ownership" implies there is also impermanent ownership...
Also adding to this ""permanent DLC map ownership of over 24 additional maps for private play on dedicated servers"
Like, what?
Don't know about how 2K did it, but you didn't have to pay a cent more for CoD AW "Day Zero Edition". As for EA, it's included with Access, you don't have to buy the game to get that early access and you even get a discount when you buy the game.
MS seems to be charging more just for early access.
Chilli_Axe
Member
because this worked out so well for deus ex mankind divided
Grim Patron
Member
Isn't that the price in NZ $? Converting to USD = 102 so itll be $99.99 in the US then I guess.
That's NZ/AU pricing, I think. No idea what the price will be in NA or EU, but it should be lower.
Edit: beaten
It's pretty clear.
All maps will be free in public match rotation. So that way in public matchmaking there will be no segregation between communities.
Private matches, there needs to be at least one owner of the DLC maps to play in private matches.
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US Pricing will be $89.99 but it won't take long for reactionary GAF to not consider that New Zealand has expensive ass game prices.
DeadlyParasite
Member
The whole map situation is dumb as hell. There's going to be "24 maps" but every month they're phasing out maps in some sort of dumb rotation. Why can't we play with ALL maps all the time? Why even bother to learn the layout and playstyle of a map if they plan on eliminating it from use in 2 months?
breadtruck
Member
So this was covered on the twitch stream this morning.
Basically they will be adding new maps for free (all new dlc maps are free) and pulling out maps that arent as popular as they add the new ones. (They may re-release them later though if they rework them and see if the community likes it any better.)
If you want to still play these pulled maps on private servers, you gotta buy them.
Jessie.Bristol
Member
Most likely. The only thing that would be worth it would be the ability to play it 4 days early. The skins don't matter to me and I don't play Private/Custom games, so I will only be playing the new maps for free in match making anyway. I'll also probably be knee deep in Final Fantasy XV still by that point (I'll have 10 days to play through FFXV before Gears 4 launches).
Family Fry
Member
70-80gb is required HD space for title.
Description says that and not an exact figure.
Description says that and not an exact figure.
blue_phazon
Member
From Wario.
Oh okay this makes sense then. So you DO get to keep the maps, and not just for one year. It's only saying that the DLC will continue for a year, not your ownership of the maps. I don't have a problem with this then
Man Called Aerodynamics
Member
From Wario.
Is that a description of what the Season Pass comprises? Or stuff that the digital ultimate bundle includes, in addition to the Season Pass?
BananasWithGuns
Member
Guess that's one way to get people to go digital. Also not sure how I feel about them doing VIP playlists again. It did not work at all in Judgement.
DOWN
Banned
Still not getting the "permanent" line. What's the temporary alternative then?
From Wario.
breadtruck
Member
You dont play the maps that are not popular and rotated out of the playlist.
Popular maps stay in the playlist, the less popular ones get pulled. If you want to continue playing the community-shunned maps, you have to buy them.
There is no temporary alternative. You either play for free via the playlists online, or you buy the maps to play them privately whenever you want. Only one person needs to buy the maps, anyone can join them and play private matches for free.
They most likely put the permanent line to ensure that people know that your maps don't go away as maps get removed from the online playlist rotations.
They only gave Raven Down for free, I remember paying for the DLC maps.
Edit: I stand corrected, they made the DLC maps free 4 months after they released. Totally forgot.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
They can phase those out. You'll be able to play the new maps in matchmaking.
SmartWaffles
Member
Up on HK store as well, HKD 767 which translates to $99.99.
Good thing they're free in Gears 4.
Goodacre0081
Member
so all that is included in the season pass is access to private maps, some skins and 4 days of early access?
BananasWithGuns
Member
Wonder what that character pack consist of.
Charachters...lol