Are the packs worth it?

[xXNaniPTXx]

Hi Im thinking of buying the game and was wondering if the deluxe or ultimate pack is worth the money... I have 2 friends that bought the ultimate edition and they say its worth and that because they bought it they will get any future dlc for free... is that true? I find it kinda odd.. the only thing that took my curiosity is the SAO collab pack but I could just buy that dlc alone what do you guys think?

[Id3alistic]

Pretty sure future DLC is just going to be costumes and misc items. Idk how long they will milk the game for.

[Xengre]

If you want a few extra costume options perhaps, but otherwise no. You get quite a few in the base game as is. The miscellaneous bonus stuff is pointless, except the gald (absolutely absurd amount of money that could easily last you around 40-50% of the game I'd estimate based on how much I earned) or the weapons (they give you powerful weapons early for each character, good until maybe 5-10 hours in but might teach you bad behaviors when fighting? I never used them and don't think they were necessary). There is some exp artifact I think (? just trying to remember off top of my head) but its known now that due to the exp curve system exp bonuses are largely worthless, though the minor SP one might help add up a tiny bit (but not much considering most is from quests). I can't remember what else they might have and you can claim the stuff at will, like if you don't want to use the OP money but want the cosmetics you can choose to not claim it until post game or late game when you are already drowning in money, etc.

The SOA stuff is just clever money grab marketing so it being standalone is not surprising. I don't expect it to be the final one like this, either. In-game you can also earn lots of exp/sp/etc. bonus artifact unlocks so aside from the cosmetics the other stuff is truly quite moot, tbh. The cosmetics can be nice if you are into that. I liked Alphen, Rinwell, and Do's base outfits from the DLC, not so much the others, and Shionne gets some different hair from her default (bad imo, mentioning because others have taken problem with her hair being kind of... poorly done, too). However, they all get good extra outfits/and recolors in the base game, especially Shionne and Alphen who get really good ones.

[xXNaniPTXx]

thank you for your time and dedication to give me a good answer. I bought the standard game I really dont care about the cosmetics and all the early power ups might give me a bad experience of the game. but again thank you for your answer

[CatPerson]

None of them are worth it in the sense that you need them to enjoy/play the game.

So if you wanted only one or two of of the costumes, for example, I'd just buy them separately as it'd be cheaper than the "ultimate" edition or whatever.

Three of the outfits for both male and females (beach, school life, and warrior states I think?) come with 3 Titles (a set of skills or passive bonuses, one per costume type, and you still have to spend a lot of SP to fill them out), none of which are needed. Except for the one that give Dohalim an AoE heal, I didn't find any of the other stuff given by those DLC Titles (for the guys, I didn't buy the gal's ones) very interesting or useful.

So yeah.

Oh...if you're a hoarder, the DLC that allows 99 consumable stacking might appeal (you can use/install only that aspect and ignore/not install the others it comes with)- otherwise you might occasionally find yourself unable to pick up/store some stuff you come across, but that can also "break" the game in the sense of being able to have so many (at least late game) it would take away challenge etc. So depends on you.

Edit: I bought the 99 consumables, for some reason thinking it would be good for a general hoarder like myself, cause I hate not being able to pick stuff up, but in the end I hardly used consumables most of the time anyway, and the ores and other materials will stack to 99 by default already, so I consider that sort of a waste of five bucks lol.

[Arrogant Player]

This is a premium game worth over $100 and will standardize the $100 price point for all AAA games this gen.