Timed Godzilla DLC is so stupid

[No skill only Tiktok]

Autumn and Winter Steam sales are coming, this is the time when I buy most of my Steam games.

I saw a streamer play this game a week ago, and I was thinking about buying it during the sales.

But I just noticed today it has a timed DLC that I won't able to get if I buy the game during the sales.

Because of that I'm almost certain I will skip this game and buy something else.

[Coffee]

Originally posted by i cant feel the broken:

Originally posted by No skill only Tiktok:

you cant get the dlc anymore

next time you can get it much cheaper off key websites

DLC was free...

[i cant feel the broken]

Originally posted by Coffee:

Originally posted by i cant feel the broken:

next time you can get it much cheaper off key websites

DLC was free...

in the context of the post
next time he can get the key for the game much cheaper off key websites

[weenyteeny]

I loved this game but having limited-time claimable dlc content in a solely single player game that is over a year old (1 year 10.5 months) is one of the most illogical things I have ever seen on the steam store page. This serves no one. It definitely does not serve players like me that beat the game over a year ago and had no clue that this was even happening until it was too late. I'm sorry that I supported the game on release? I'm sorry that I assumed it would be impossible for me to eternally miss content just by not checking the dave the diver store page every single day for the last almost two years. I'm leaving my review negative until they make the content available for everyone. I don't care if I have to pay for the dlc, it just shouldn't be completely blocked. Good luck dealing with pirates trying to get around this. One of the dumbest decisions that team could have made.

My review. The only justification I see is licensing fees and if that is the case then they can just make the dlc $5-10, or use the money they made pressuring people to buy the game. My friends have warned me about this company for so long and I have finally seen why.

[No skill only Tiktok]

Originally posted by Zeolas:

They announced from the get go that it would be limited time only. You chose not to get it during that time, that's on you.

"I saw a streamer play this game a week ago..."

I see you successfully managed to read the first post of the thread

[KrakenGreywolf]

Honestly was thinking of buying the game because there’s a flash sale on Fanatical rn, but I wanted to play the Dredge content (I knew there was a tie-in, had no clue it was limited time-I can’t keep track of limited time content for games I don’t even own. I can barely keep track of it for games I DO own). Knowing it-and now another DLC content pack is gone forever just makes me want to wait for an even deeper sale tbh. Not a fan of the FOMO content. If they made it all available for purchase after the free promotions, I’d have no issues with it.

[Onyx]

Originally posted by KrakenCrow13y:

Honestly was thinking of buying the game because there’s a flash sale on Fanatical rn, but I wanted to play the Dredge content (I knew there was a tie-in, had no clue it was limited time-I can’t keep track of limited time content for games I don’t even own. I can barely keep track of it for games I DO own). Knowing it-and now another DLC content pack is gone forever just makes me want to wait for an even deeper sale tbh. Not a fan of the FOMO content. If they made it all available for purchase after the free promotions, I’d have no issues with it.

The Dredge DLC is not limited time.

[Coffee]

Originally posted by Onyx:

Originally posted by KrakenCrow13y:

Honestly was thinking of buying the game because there’s a flash sale on Fanatical rn, but I wanted to play the Dredge content (I knew there was a tie-in, had no clue it was limited time-I can’t keep track of limited time content for games I don’t even own. I can barely keep track of it for games I DO own). Knowing it-and now another DLC content pack is gone forever just makes me want to wait for an even deeper sale tbh. Not a fan of the FOMO content. If they made it all available for purchase after the free promotions, I’d have no issues with it.

The Dredge DLC is not limited time.

There is always chance of collabs ending tho.

[P4wn4g3]

Originally posted by P4wn4g3:

There really isn't much content you guys missed. I can give a full recap, but the tl;dr is that you permanently unlock 3 dishes and a Godzilla boat skin. The 3 dishes can be used in Lobster, Curry, or Jellyfish DLCs. I don't think they are the costliest dishes in any case, but they are easier to get than some other dishes. I'd say they are useful dishes still but only for parties. I haven't finished the last quest of the DLC but I don't think it unlocks anything. I can update my post if it does. As for the rest... some spoilers for stuff that happens before you complete the cave at the bottom of the Depths. The rest of this isn't really spoiling anything for anyone who can't play the DLC anyway.

First you get a cutscene from Godzilla roaring or something, then a lady in a submarine says she is part of G-Force, the Godzilla tracking team, and asks you to go find Godzilla who is sleeping in the first zombie cave, the one to the left of the Sea People Village. So you go there, there's a cutscene where the lady is like Godzilla is sleeping cuz he just fought a kaiju, so you set up a camera so she can get her voyeur on Godzilla. Later she contacts you at night before you can save and you have a 2 hour sequence of things to complete without saving, a few people were complaining about it. You join her in her submarine, she lets you pilot it and it's an autoscrolling part where you dodge cave walls and other stuff, you can shoot a machine gun and torpedos at stuff in your way. During the dive another kaiju Ebirah starts attacking you and eventually fights you in the sub. After that fight he runs away, Godzilla wakes up and you take control of him to do a 2d street fighter style fight against Ebirah. Everyone is happy with Godzilla who leaves, you get the boat skin, talk to Bancho and he says that was very inspiring and comes up with the DLC dishes. Some short time later the G-Force lady contacts you again and tells you to find all the kaiju figurines she dropped all over the Blue Hole. Like I said, not sure if there is anything beyond this. This is altogether like 4 cutscenes.

One final thing here, after finishing the last quest you get a Godzilla decoration for the spot that King Long or various plants occupy at the entrance of the restaurant.

[P4wn4g3]

I messaged devopsdinosaur (you can find his work on the Nexus page for Dave the Diver or github) and asked him to make a mod that reintroduces the DLC content to the game. Anyone interested might want to do the same.

[Coffee]

Originally posted by P4wn4g3:

I messaged devopsdinosaur (you can find his work on the Nexus page for Dave the Diver or github) and asked him to make a mod that reintroduces the DLC content to the game. Anyone interested might want to do the same.

If he do, he might exposed himself to big lawsuits.

[Unreal]

Originally posted by No skill only Tiktok:

Originally posted by Unreal:

Oh no, anyway.

You can ignore it, but I'm surely not alone with this and they will lose some sales and goodwill because of it.
How significant is that, I have no idea.

Very significant I'm sure with them selling 5 millions copies

[P4wn4g3]

Originally posted by Coffee:

Originally posted by P4wn4g3:

I messaged devopsdinosaur (you can find his work on the Nexus page for Dave the Diver or github) and asked him to make a mod that reintroduces the DLC content to the game. Anyone interested might want to do the same.

If he do, he might exposed himself to big lawsuits.

It's not illegal.

[Onyx]

Originally posted by P4wn4g3:

Originally posted by Coffee:

If he do, he might exposed himself to big lawsuits.

It's not illegal.

Copyright infringement? No, that can in fact be a crime in both the US and in Japan.

[P4wn4g3]

Originally posted by Onyx:

Originally posted by P4wn4g3:

It's not illegal.

Copyright infringement? No, that can in fact be a crime in both the US and in Japan.

It isn't copyright infringement. The content is already bundled as part of the game that you've already paid for. Simply unlocking a method of using the already existing content isn't illegal, especially since in this case its free. Even in paid content situations I don't see mods being removed for just unlocking content that's already bundled with the game, though the devs will complain to the modder and that usually gets the modder to change their mod to keep paid content unobtainable via the mod. Afaik though, even that isn't illegal.

[Onyx]

Originally posted by P4wn4g3:

Originally posted by Onyx:

Copyright infringement? No, that can in fact be a crime in both the US and in Japan.

It isn't copyright infringement. The content is already bundled as part of the game that you've already paid for. Simply unlocking a method of using the already existing content isn't illegal, especially since in this case its free. Even in paid content situations I don't see mods being removed for just unlocking content that's already bundled with the game, though the devs will complain to the modder and that usually gets the modder to change their mod to keep paid content unobtainable via the mod. Afaik though, even that isn't illegal.

Using intellectual property in a way not permitted by its license, or enabling IP to be used in such a way, could indeed be copyright infringement. The content is not bundled as part of the game, since it's separate downloadable content. And in fact, for people who now weren't able to acquire the DLC during its availability period, it will never be downloadable.

Even if it was, circumventing DRM is copyright infringement in Japan (where Toho Company is based). Even US copyright law doesn't currently tolerate circumventing DRM.

edit: And even if the cost wrt the DLC to us players was free, that does not diminish Toho Company's IP rights. They surely did not allow Mintrocket to use Godzilla for free.