Are the dlc's essential?

[ShinjiTao]

Do I miss something really major without the dlc or can I just ignore them? I could play it on my Xbox Series X as its backwards compatible, but sadly the resolution remains the same so it looks pretty bad, while the PC version looks fine. So its hard for me to decide now.

Thanks in advance.

[mdesaleah]

The 2 DLC levels are the actual ending of the game. Beneath the Ashes, and then Lara's Shadow. So not playing those means you're missing a good part of the game.

The rest is just costumes.

The PC version would be the best option if it had the DLC. If you can play the DLC at any time, then just play the PC version, and then after you beat the main story, you go to the Xbox for the last two levels.

[ShinjiTao]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

The 2 DLC levels are the actual ending of the game. Beneath the Ashes, and then Lara's Shadow. So not playing those means you're missing a good part of the game.

The rest is just costumes.

The PC version would be the best option if it had the DLC. If you can play the DLC at any time, then just play the PC version, and then after you beat the main story, you go to the Xbox for the last two levels.

Can I access these 2 dlc levels right off the main menu, even though i have no savegame at all from the main story?

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by MLG-Renegade:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

The 2 DLC levels are the actual ending of the game. Beneath the Ashes, and then Lara's Shadow. So not playing those means you're missing a good part of the game.

The rest is just costumes.

The PC version would be the best option if it had the DLC. If you can play the DLC at any time, then just play the PC version, and then after you beat the main story, you go to the Xbox for the last two levels.

Can I access these 2 dlc levels right off the main menu, even though i have no savegame at all from the main story?

Don’t know.

My guess is probably? You’d have to see if it’s a separate option.

[ShinjiTao]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, exclusivity of any kind is so stupid...

[mdesaleah]

Originally posted by MLG-Renegade:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, exclusivity of any kind is so stupid...

Message the current owners of the franchise politely.

The more people notify them about this, especially after the 1-3 remaster, the more likely they are to actually add them in.

This is especially important since 3 years ago, they said they were looking into it, before going radio silent and the series being sold off by Square

It is the actual end of the game, so it’s not like it’s a small part or anything. It closes off a pretty big hanging plot thread.

[Levianne]

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

It is the actual end of the game, so it’s not like it’s a small part or anything. It closes off a pretty big hanging plot thread.

Does it? The two DLC's are maybe considered the true ending, but seriously aren't (and never ever were) really needed in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on them, really I love them, loved watching their stories of Lara finding the artifact to enslave the Thralls and her Doppelganger in BtA, as well as the short adventure her Doppelganger had in her own DLC LS. But as far as TRU's story goes, it is said, that Mjölnir is powerful enough to kill a god and by the end of TRU, you see Natla getting directly hit with the hammer, launching her into the pool of Eitr. It should be the end of her. Her surviving makes zero sense. So yea, the DLC's are really nice and all, but were never really necessary to finish the main game's story as it was originally meant.

[Mandorle21]

Originally posted by Levianne:

Originally posted by mdesaleah:

It is the actual end of the game, so it’s not like it’s a small part or anything. It closes off a pretty big hanging plot thread.

Does it? The two DLC's are maybe considered the true ending, but seriously aren't (and never ever were) really needed in the first place. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on them, really I love them, loved watching their stories of Lara finding the artifact to enslave the Thralls and her Doppelganger in BtA, as well as the short adventure her Doppelganger had in her own DLC LS. But as far as TRU's story goes, it is said, that Mjölnir is powerful enough to kill a god and by the end of TRU, you see Natla getting directly hit with the hammer, launching her into the pool of Eitr. It should be the end of her. Her surviving makes zero sense. So yea, the DLC's are really nice and all, but were never really necessary to finish the main game's story as it was originally meant.

I 100% agree.