3 Weirdest Pieces of Video Game DLC

<p>In 2017&comma; industry analysis firm SuperData Research released a report titled the Digital Console Market and Monetization Trends&period; It estimated that in 2017 alone&comma; the video game industry would rake in approximately <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gamesindustry&period;biz&sol;articles&sol;2017-07-20-digital-game-sales-to-reach-usd7-8-billion-this-year-superdata">&dollar;4 billion in revenue from sales of downloadable content<&sol;a> &lpar;DLC&rpar; and microtransactions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On these statistics alone&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s clear that video game DLC is now a major part of the industry and developers are eager to release more content in order to add to our experience of a game&period; But not all attempts at releasing fun DLC have paid off and over the years there have been plenty of duds that have been labeled as just plain weird&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western">1&period; Far Cry Primal&colon; Legend of the Mammoth<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;sBcsxeHAKOc" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Far Cry Primal is set in 10&comma;000 BC after the Ice Age and it&&num;8217&semi;s pretty big on using animals in its gameplay&comma; including its incredibly unusual Legend of the Mammoth DLC&period; This expansion to the game allows players to complete some missions as a woolly mammoth &&num;8211&semi; rather than a human man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The missions are suitably mammoth themed and see players defeating mammoth killers&comma; taking on rhinos &lpar;in some sort of prehistoric turf war&rpar;&comma; avoiding mammoth traps&comma; and leading mammoths to safety&period; While this DLC is ridiculous on paper&comma; the Far Cry franchise is known for its ridiculousness and so in a weird way&comma; the Legend of the Mammoth DLC works well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western">2&period; Resident Evil 7&&num;8217&semi;s 21<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;142280" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-142280" style&equals;"width&colon; 1024px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-142280 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;10&sol;12110919&sol;Resident-evil-21-post-bagogames-1024x577&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1024" height&equals;"577" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-142280" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">This isn&&num;8217&semi;t like your usual game of 21&&num;8230&semi; &lpar;Resident Evil 7&comma; Capcom&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;pcgamer&period;com&sol;resident-evil-7s-second-dlc-features-blackjack-dad-jokes-and-not-much-else&sol;">Resident Evil 7&&num;8217&semi;s Banned Footage Vol 2&period; DLC<&sol;a>&comma; players can play one incredibly horrifying game of blackjack where characters Clancy and Hoffman are forced to play a game of blackjack as part of the 21 mini-game&period; Per the rules of this DLC&comma; whoever loses the round will have their fingers chopped off&period; The stakes only go higher with each round&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Resident Evil 7 is no walk in the park and the Banned Footage Vol 2&period; DLC probably isn&&num;8217&semi;t the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mrsmithcasino&period;co&period;uk&sol;">best way to play blackjack online<&sol;a> or in a video game&period; There are plenty of other ways to play casino and other table games that don&&num;8217&semi;t involve the gore of this iconic horror series&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"western">3&period; The Elder Scrolls IV&colon; Oblivion&&num;8217&semi;s Horse Armor<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p><iframe src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;embed&sol;mSYNRft5zG4" width&equals;"560" height&equals;"315" frameborder&equals;"0" allowfullscreen&equals;"allowfullscreen"><&sol;iframe><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the most infamous pieces of DLC ever released for a video game is the horse armor from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;The&lowbar;Elder&lowbar;Scrolls&lowbar;IV&colon;&lowbar;Oblivion"><em>The Elder Scrolls IV&colon; Oblivion<&sol;em><&sol;a>&period; The DLC&comma; which cost around &dollar;2&comma; offered up a bright gold outfit for the player&&num;8217&semi;s horse along with a crimson red saddle&period; While the DLC did look great&comma; players have long disputed whether it&&num;8217&semi;s really worth &dollar;2 and one <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2015&sol;3&sol;4&sol;8148565&sol;dlc-horse-armor-elder-scrolls-oblivion-mod">developer of the game has since apologized for it <&sol;a>&lpar;well&comma; sort of&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The controversy surrounding the horse armor DLC is perhaps why subsequent games in The Elder Scrolls franchise have had much higher quality DLC&period; For example&comma; The Elder Scrolls V&colon; Skyrim&&num;8217&semi;s Dawnguard DLC features vampires and vampire hunters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If the DLC revenue is any indication&comma; video game developers are unlikely to stop releasing new add-on content any time soon&period; As such&comma; gamers can probably expect many more weird pieces of downloadable content to be released in future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Can you guys think of any weird DLC that just wasn&&num;8217&semi;t worth the price you paid for it&quest; Let us know in the comment section below&excl;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;