Comment on What games popularized certain mechanics?
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Skyrim for the horse armor dlc.
I remember them having a sale on Oblivion DLC one time where the rest of the DLC was half-off, but the horse armor was double.
Oblivion was weird on DLC. Knights of the Nine was pretty good, and Shivering Isles was amazing. But they also had bullshit stuff like Horse Armour.
It was the beginning of the end, because they saw how much money they made on the horse armour vs how much effort it took to make it. It was actually generally criticized at the time, but it also sold really well.
stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That was Oblivion believe it or not. Ahh, the good ol’ days where everyone got up in arms over even cosmetic DLC.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My mistake you’re totally right there!
TAG@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I thought that the uproar about horse armor was that it was the first pay-to-win DLC. The armor was not just cosmetic but actually provided a stat boost to your horse. The accusation was that the developers had made it too easy for enemies to kill your horse and decided to patch the game to fix it but made players pay for the patch.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Lol you’re correct it did increase the health pool, but what I remembered most was the cosmetic aspect, I was young tho