For those who are interested in getting Dead Space 3, you may want to consider the following three things:
1. It will include microtransactions.
[url]http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/01/22/news-dead-space-3-includes-microtransactions[/url]
2. It isn't optimized for PC.
[url]http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/29/dead-space-3-not-superior-on-pc[/url]
3. DLC has already been announced, despite the fact that the game hasn't even hit stores yet.
[url]http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/01/29/dead-space-3-dev-hints-at-disturbing-dlc[/url]
To sum it up, I wouldn't recommend buying this game (if you actually care about what I recommend). No game with a $60 price tag should include microtransactions, and no developer should make plans for their games DLC before the game even comes out. Not to mention the fact that PC gamers are getting completely ripped off because the developer is to lazy to make a good PC port. In the interest of fairness? Really?
Hopefully the VicseralGames/EA realize their mistake and decide to fix the PC port, put the DLC planned into the original game, and drop the microtransactions. Of course, this probably won't happen.
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Micro-transactions give players a way to improve their game experience quicker. You can get all the same things in-game that you can with those transactions. Therefore I have absolutely no problem with their presence. Just like how they are fine in Mass Effect. Don't care about PC. And games are out of the hands of developers ages before it is actually released, mate. What do you think these companies do when they say goodbye to their part of the process? Twiddle their thumbs for a few months until they get a new directive? No. They plan for future products. DLC. So of course they have a plan for DLC. That's not a bad thing either.