The Energon Pub

Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:41 pm

Well look at that, $10 for an unlock code.....this is really starting to piss me off. I'm still gonna buy it, but it still doesn't change the fact that this content is already on the disc, and we are just paying to use it..... :evil:

Tue Sep 11, 2012 2:50 pm

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:"G4TV has posted a preview clip of Grimlock, Swoop, Slug, and Snarl in action."

"Slag" has been retired as a name and an expletive because it's a derogatory term in British English equivalent to "slut". So the Dinobot is now known as Slug, and the turn-to expletive is now "scrap".

Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:02 pm

Yeah, I know they have to rename things because of copyright reasons, and to be politically correct... but I'm gonna keep calling them what I grew up with. I just can't get used to the new names....

Grimlock, Slug, Snarf, Sprig and Swiffer battle agains the evil Insecticon plague — Snapple, Krackle, and Bumpclock! Now on sale at a toy store near you!

:-?

Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:48 pm

gothsaurus wrote:Yeah, I know they have to rename things because of copyright reasons, and to be politically correct... but I'm gonna keep calling them what I grew up with. I just can't get used to the new names....

Grimlock, Slug, Snarf, Sprig and Swiffer battle agains the evil Insecticon plague — Snapple, Krackle, and Bumpclock! Now on sale at a toy store near you!

Oh, that's great. I don't give a rat's @$$ why they changed it. I just know it's wrong. Go tell Britain to change their stupid slang term instead. It doesn't make any sense anyways.

LONG LIVE SLAG!

Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:26 pm

I haven't purchased the Dinobots myself but its really cool seeing them in multiplayer mode. One of my opponents was Snarl earlier today, and he made a neat clanking sound as he tromped around in dino mode.

Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:13 pm

AutobotMR2 wrote:Well look at that, $10 for an unlock code.....this is really starting to piss me off. I'm still gonna buy it, but it still doesn't change the fact that this content is already on the disc, and we are just paying to use it.....

If you're talking Xbox, mine downloaded code-free instantaneously this morning.

Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:39 pm

what no sludge(brontosaurus)
that really bites

Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:00 pm

ya' think they would bring the dinos to escalation.....

Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:46 pm

Its awesome to play as the Dinobots.. but t\sometimes I think that they are too damn fast!!! I am running into walls... or falling through the ground..

I am falling falling falling... falling and I cant get up..

Tue Sep 11, 2012 8:51 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:what no sludge(brontosaurus)
that really bites

In defense of HMS, I felt it was justified. There are five Dinobots, but four classes. Grimlock, Swoop, and Slag/Slug are more iconic, leaving them with a choice; Snarl or Sludge. Since Snarl better fits the Destroyer class, Sludge was dropped from the multiplayer chassis list.

Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:02 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:what no sludge(brontosaurus)
that really bites

Apatosaurus.

"Brontosaurus" never existed. Its discoverer thought apatosaurus and brontosaurus were separate species, but it turned out that the bronto was a sub-species of apatosaurus.

It's bizarre people still say "brontosaurus", when it was renamed way back in something like 1903.

Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:32 pm

kwanzaabot wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:what no sludge(brontosaurus)
that really bites

Apatosaurus.

"Brontosaurus" never existed. Its discoverer thought apatosaurus and brontosaurus were separate species, but it turned out that the bronto was a sub-species of apatosaurus.

It's bizarre people still say "brontosaurus", when it was renamed way back in something like 1903.

OK MR. Professor thanks for telling us how smart you are
I knew that "brontosaur" was not an actual dinosaur name
i used it because i wanted everyone to understand what
i was referring to

Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:38 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
Ultra Markus wrote:what no sludge(brontosaurus)
that really bites

In defense of HMS, I felt it was justified. There are five Dinobots, but four classes. Grimlock, Swoop, and Slag/Slug are more iconic, leaving them with a choice; Snarl or Sludge. Since Snarl better fits the Destroyer class, Sludge was dropped from the multiplayer chassis list.

cant they make more than one dinobot in the same class?
they have several autobots or decepticons in the same class
just saying

Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:03 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:OK MR. Professor thanks for telling us how smart you are
I knew that "brontosaur" was not an actual dinosaur name
i used it because i wanted everyone to understand what
i was referring to

Let's see how you like it when people are ignorant of things you're interested in.

Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:24 pm

I've been treated by Bioware so nicely that it feels so weird to be buying MP DLC. Won't bite on any of this until they release new MP maps or smth.

Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:56 pm

Blurrz wrote:I've been treated by Bioware so nicely that it feels so weird to be buying MP DLC. Won't bite on any of this until they release new MP maps or smth.

Same here, except replace "Bioware" with "Bethesda".

The amount of free content Skyrim's had after release is just staggering (Space Core, mounted combat, hi-rez textures, new killcams), not to mention paid content like Dawnguard, to the point where paying $10 for content that's already on the disc (and therefore I've already paid for) just feels like highway robbery... which I guess it kinda sorta is.

Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:30 am

Where are the Dinobots??

In the customisation menu there are the four dino's, locked, I'm prompted to the playstation store, and told that this item is not currently available?

WTS???? (What The Scrap)

okay- apologies by 17:00 GMT, they were available for purchase...

Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:44 am

lonrac wrote:Where are the Dinobots??

In the customisation menu there are the four dino's, locked, I'm prompted to the playstation store, and told that this item is not currently available?

WTS???? (What The Scrap)

I had no problem last night downloading the Dinobots DLC on the PS3. Try going through the store via the dashboard. Maybe there's something wonky with the connection between the game linking with the store.

Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:50 am

Mindmaster wrote:
AutobotMR2 wrote:Well look at that, $10 for an unlock code.....this is really starting to piss me off. I'm still gonna buy it, but it still doesn't change the fact that this content is already on the disc, and we are just paying to use it.....

If you're talking Xbox, mine downloaded code-free instantaneously this morning.

I think he means that what he downloaded only unlocked the content that already existed on the game disc. My download was only about 144KB or something really small like that. It was basically just downloading a verification to the game to unlock the DLC. The reason that this is infuriating is that we already bought the game disc and it's contents. HMS and Activision already included this DLC on the disc that we paid for, but you're only allowed to access it by paying more. That's like buying a car and not being able to go in reverse until you pay a little extra. The reverse mechanics are in the car already. Don't put it on the disc and people wouldn't have such a problem with it.

Wed Sep 12, 2012 1:20 pm

I've noticed that more and more this content is pushed out to all games via updates. That way you can see other people using the new skins, etc even if you do not own it. Then, if you buy the code, it is unlocked for you as well.

I think that is what happened here - I know my game has been 'updated' at least once. And a I read an article somewhere about them finishing some stuff up after going gold (including Dinobots I believe).

Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:35 pm

gothsaurus wrote:I'm bummed by the price on these. Getting other DLC, you often get a full level or two to play PLUS the skins. Seems like $10 is high for just extra characters. Still, I do want to get them. Hoping they may get bundled in the future.

I wouldn't get my hopes up.

Best I can see is reduced prices, like they did the Halo 3 DLCs.

Wed Sep 12, 2012 4:37 pm

Yeah, I'm thinking of the Batman ones that got bundled... but given, I'm sure that's a different company.

Wed Sep 12, 2012 6:59 pm

Wow, on PS3 the dinobots have become really popular. There's almost too many of them running around!

Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:38 pm

kwanzaabot wrote:
Blurrz wrote:I've been treated by Bioware so nicely that it feels so weird to be buying MP DLC. Won't bite on any of this until they release new MP maps or smth.

Same here, except replace "Bioware" with "Bethesda".

The amount of free content Skyrim's had after release is just staggering (Space Core, mounted combat, hi-rez textures, new killcams), not to mention paid content like Dawnguard, to the point where paying $10 for content that's already on the disc (and therefore I've already paid for) just feels like highway robbery... which I guess it kinda sorta is.

So do you folks see this as a growing trend?

Wed Sep 12, 2012 8:59 pm

On-disc dlc? Tut, tut Activision. Of course they won't have to worry about the backlash Capcom have been getting recently because they know we'll just assume the position and take it.

I don't know why but I thought the Dinobot Destructor pack came with a special Dinobot Escalation level. Feels like they've missed a trick there. It could've come with a trophy/achievement, not for completeing the fifteenth wave but for having to restart a single wave. They could've called it "Leading this menagerie will be difficult..."