...god damnit, can I please get this on PC? And yes, I still play TR, and its still fun. Crystal Dynamics did alot for this IP.

Massiah

I'm really getting sick of exclusive download crap. Makes me want to not pick the game up for either system.

weasl

I'm not usually a DLC hater, but if you have DLC slated for release approximately 1 month after the retail game hits shelves then you, sir, are an ass. Here's a tip, at least try to pretend you aren't gouging people... push off the DLC until February and people will just assume you created it post-release.

Good grief.

Slothboy

I really hate this trend. I was actually considering trying to fit this into my budget will all this games coming out but all I have is a PS3/PC so I'm going to hold off on this for now.

But this trend of exclusive DLC needs to stop. If the game is multiplat they should make the same content available at the same time for all consoles. Especially in this case if it continues the main story which means all other owners get an unfinished product story-wise.

WolfGod

@jackd4y: I'm sure MS has something to do with this, maybe pay them extra?

macr0planet

@mlubczyk: I can agree with that. Who's to say this "extra" level wouldn't have been included originally, or unlocked at a higher difficulty??

TheLegendof_Erick

@OtherAdam: I never really cared about it in the first place. When they do give it to us, it will be nice. I don't know why people are so upset about this, when it comes it comes.

Nice that TR is going to give us more at a closer date though.

macr0planet

@jackd4y: Tomb Raider was not a PS exclusive, it was released for Sega Saturn, PC and PS.

DJNX

Awesome. Good to hear there will be more for us to explore. Ever since TR: Legends, I've fell in love with the Tomb Raider series again. TR 1 and 2 were good, but 3 was the downfall, up until legends.

I wish more games would announce DLC in the future to keep you interested in the game longer, I think it's a great selling point.

macr0planet

Hmmm, used to be a huge TR fan back in the days of the first one.

Now Im kinda meh about it.

luxusa

I'm betting it's the dark prince from the Prince of Persia Series.

What do I win?

Eville1 says SKUse me a sec.

oh, ok .........
and symphony of the night goes back to play uncharted ...

symphony_of_the_night

this is cool and all, but do people still play tomb raider?

if most of the past tomb raider games are prologue like the past usually is, this new one isn't going to do anything even well and i doubt its going to be worth it...

dojita

eidos showing no love to the console that made them! even more so, no love to the consoles that remade them!

screw developers that do this!

jackd4y

Finally and exclusive DLC that actually matters to me.

DJNX

@Flux1971:

yeah i think this where the turn in the console wars went to, exclusive dlc....

sucks that they arent playing fair....

jackd4y

@OtherAdam: I'd Wager that had more to do with people finding GTA4 lackluster for one reason or another.

Neo-Senku: The World's Finest Pervert

Nice!

I gather i'll wait on this game until all DLC is out then make a purchase when i'm bored.

The Chicken Kicker

I'm glad they are releasing DLC within a close after release to hold peoples interest in the game, unlike GTA4. Does anyone care about the DLC anymore?

OtherAdam

Im increasingly getting tired of DLC content that could easily be on the disc at retail.

Jaysunli

Not really interested.Too many good games going on in the next couple months.

enewtabie(Future LittleBigPlanet Master Creationist)

Are people still not convinced that developers are cutting parts of their games out of the final release just to include it later as DLC? I'm convinced. This will get worse and worse as time goes on.

mlubczyk

i love how ms always does this

consumer: "its multiplat......ill get it on ps3"
ms:"but we have exclusive...downloadable..content. (TADA)
consumer:"360 it is.....is it free?"
ms:"ROFL......ARE U RETARDED?"

chrisnick

I bet you a bikini outfit will come with the DLC, just to gain more male gamers.

Spyder01

Gee, I wonder who cares? I guess Tomb rader fans who have both systems.

kakihara

It's becoming more and more evident that we've moved on from console-exclusive games to console-exclusive downloadable content for games.

And I like that. I never liked the idea of someone not getting to play a game I really love just because they own the "wrong" console. With this method, we all get to play everything, but we also get little perks.

ShirtGuyDom

That new Lara Croft is Hot. Can we get more videos of her? Alison Carroll is her name. :)

Skinney

good to see this,i admit that the series has certainly taken off again,i enjoyed Legends

bit miffed that this one isnt carrying on from Legends though(storyline)

metallicorphan

No love for the PS3, or are they waiting to announce that later? I don't care if it's different, but I can't stand it when one platform gets DLC and another doesn't... usually like this.

Flux1971

Ugh.

The game's not even out yet and they're already promoting DLC.

Seriously.

Nevest356

Another reason to get this game. Legend and (especially) Anniversary rekindled my interest in this series. Crystal Dynamics is doing a great job!

BlueWizard422

Oh exclusive DLC, how many sordid nights you have caused.

RaptureScientist

My guess is that blonde girl from Legend. Can't remember her name, but it kinda fits.

GwennBlackfeather

Welcome to the new exclusivity deals of the 21st century. This is how MS will continue to "win" in terms of content as they'll strike deals (i.e. pay millions of dollars) to get exclusive DLC to force gamers to buy the game on the 360 even if someone has both systems.

Smart move for MS and, again, the way most third-party games will go from now on. I guess we'll see if Sony makes the same move turning third-party games into bidding wars or if they'll continue to bring fresh IPs to the market and rely more on exclusive first-party titles. Biased or not Sony has a much better line-up in first-party titles for at least the next 12 months. Except for when FFXIII comes out. That'll set them back at least from a psychological point of view.

With exclusive DLC and FFXIII coming to the 360 the idea that buying a PS3 will seem useless.

Having said all of that we'll have to see what kind of impact LBP will have on the market. It could overshadow everything since you'll be able to (seemingly) create almost every game coming to the market albeit with cute little sack people.

incredibilistic

It's exclusive downloadable chapters - perhaps there will be a non-exclusive release of them later on disc for other systems? I'm willing to wait and see...

Ecks

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

itchy18

@dojita: Legend was a fun game to play. I didn't care for the collecting coins thing to unlock extra's, but the game was good. I'm somewhat excited about this new one, but the DLC I'll probably not bother with unless it's released before I trade the game in again.

Rakkoon

@Massiah:
The stuff coming out the month after release is pretty clearly cut content. The stuff with an "unspecified release date" may still be in development, but the stuff coming out in December is almost definitely stuff that would've shipped on the original game disc were it not for MS' intervention.

Archaotic

@schizorogue:

Gotta agree. I'll not be buying this sort of DLC unless it comes on a disc... and of course the question remains - what about the next Tomb Raider title? How will they account for the discrepancy in the story if the new tale in between is only available for one console and is DLC only?

I hate this sort of stuff.

Duoae

@Doomstink:

OMG! PLANT!

Seriously though, I totally hear you and I usually AM you in this type of discussion. I have no issue with DLC, I frequently buy map packs and mission packs and obviously songs for Rock Band.

I have no issue with it if I can envision it being something on the drawing board that just didn't make it to release. "Hey wouldn't it be sweet if we did X?" "Yeah, it is too late to add that now, let's pencil it in for DLC."

Then I imagine the game ships, people take a few days off, then come back and start adding content. Totally cool and fantastic and please, keep doing this.

But this game ships on November 21st. They are talking about releasing DLC before Christmas. This means that content is being developed simultaneously with the retail game. I can't imagine it would need any further development after the actual game ships.

This makes it clear that they aren't just trying to flesh out their game with more content, they are trying to increase the cost of the game (already $10 higher on the 360) behind the scenes.

This is as close as you can get to making people pay for content already on the disc. So where is the line? If they release content a day after the game ships will that be acceptable too?

The bitch of it is, if it's good content I'll probably still buy it. It still really cheeses me off. How far will this type of thing go?

Slothboy

This exclusive DLC BS needs to stop. First of all, the concept of DLC is just greed, and making money for something that should be packaged within the game. Second of all, enough of buying exclusive DLC rights, to try to win an edge. Not only are the buyers of the PS3/Wii version being shafted, but it is monopolistic behavior to win an edge. Let the market dictate fairly the outcome of the console wars.

optimusprime

@Archaotic: Actually it doesnt seem that this is something that was cut from the disc just for DLC exclusive. Every game has stuff thats cut because it doesnt fit. Its quite possible that this DLC stuff was good enough to keep around, but not good enough to fit into the story.

I will agree DLC exclusives are a slap in the face though. I'm not buying an X360 or PS3 because of some DLC.

Massiah

@Doomstink: I get what you're saying, but sheesh, you're whining about people whining.

Jun581 won't give you tree fiddy!!

Well, I was on the fence about this one, and now I know it's probably just gonna be better to wait for Uncharted 2.

I hate it when games have features clearly cut out in order to be packaged and sold as DLC later, and given the timing of these DLC releases, at least some of them were likely already planned to ship on the retail disc. It's even worse when the DLC is exclusive, because then it just feels like a spiteful, dick move.

A dick move that's going to discourage sales. Smart move, Eidos.

Archaotic

didnt make it right then, doesnt make it right now.@Quicksilver4648:

schizorogue

@Neo-Senku: The World's Finest Pervert: yeah, i stopped about 40% through. i NEVER do that.

mister_shh

Damn! I want DLC for PC too!!!

FuuKuy

@Nevest356: Where have you been before GTA:IV launched? This concept of DLC isn't new.

Quicksilver4648

People - stop bitching about how "DLC is content that was purposely cut from the disc." So what if it is? Video game companies are in the business of making money (just like every business in the world), if they don't make money, we don't get games. The more money they make, the more games we get. End of story. DLC is here to stay, its an easy way for a company to make a few extra bucks without having to spend a ton on making a new game. If you don't like the idea of DLC, don't buy it. I'm getting tired of people posting about this whole issue, you're all just coming off as incredibly whiny - complaining here is not solving anything.

Doomstink

@bialia: lol, games, not gamers.

bialia

dlc... i can't get excited for a couple of reasons.
we pay more for content that a few years ago would likely have been included on the disc.
perhaps it pushes back possible sequels.
not only are gamers retardedly expensive, but we're being nickeled and dimed on top of that.

i guess ms's money bag is deep.

bialia

I'm probably going to be all over it. I love Tomb Raider, and DLC like this is an excellent way of extending the game. I should go back and play Tomb Raider Anniversary again!

formina

@Madeira:
Considering I have no interest in Mirror's Edge aside from "huh, those trailers look pretty" (I get motion sickness from high-speed movement and thus won't be buying the game) I wasn't following that story much. But doing some back-checking, EA has stated that all platforms will still be getting DLC, tailored for the specific systems.

This is more in the GTA4 "WE GET DLC AND NOBODY ELSE DOES" vein, which makes it more of a dick move than "everybody gets DLC, it's just different for each system".

Archaotic

Yikes, I don't see how a company could do this. If you're going to have exclusive DLC why not make the game exclusive to the 360? It's like they want fans of both systems to buy their games but punish those who get the "wrong" version. How does that go over with consumers? Especially with a game like Tomb Raider which ,as far as I can tell, has a dwindling fanbase.

Aflack: Likes slushies

The only reason I am getting this game is because Uncharted is so good, and they took a lot of cues from that game for the direction of this one. DLC isn't important to me, good that 360 owners have that option, but how many people still care about Tomb Raider, not enough for them to spend more money on exclusive DLC that a few will download

Makidian

@Doomstink: Perfectly fine with DLC, but making it exclusive like this is bullshit.

HikariOblivion

@Archaotic: And you were similarly put off by the PS3 exclusive Mirror's Edge DLC, right? I mean, that content would be free on the disc if it weren't for Sony's intervention.

Madeira

Fucking hell, the 360 can just go to hell. First Fallout and now this.

HikariOblivion

Doesn't matter to me, I'll gladly play uncharted 2 over this...although I haven't played any tomb raiders for a while.

To me, the controls for TR were a lot more of a pain and your jumping had to be perfect, but they may have changed that in their more recent games.

I loved Uncharted, but I can see that the exclusive DLC will sway a 360 purchase...oh well. It seems to me like developers are just using this to make extra money for stuff that should have been in the game in the first place. It's like they're saying, "for all of you who already bought the game, buy the game all over again with this DLC."

jpneiswi

This exclusive DLC has got out of control, at the point that MS is buying DLC no one cares about, what´s next? Eclusive DLC for Cabela´s Hunting??

Daisuash

@Archaotic: In any case, it could be because the 360 has been good to Eidos and the TR franchise- (360 was the showcase platform for Legend/Anniversary, TR:A available on the marketplace and integrated into 360 TR:L, and probably more than a few theme/gamerpic downloads). I'm pretty sure the TR games on the 360 were decent successes, maybe enough of a success that Eidos feels the 360 is the franchise's main platform now. Games sell better on the 360, maybe that's all there is to it. Or maybe MS paid for it. Maybe the game is so good, it's going to be a huge hit and MS knows it. I guess it's possible.

Madeira

Trust me, this stuff could not fit on the disc.

BrainEater

Lets hope Laras shadow remembers to apply her fake tan properly, unlike Lara herself in those action pics taken not too long ago. :)

Connobi

@dojita: Legend and Anniversary were super awesome. I've had tons of people ask me that question whenever a new Tomb Raider comes out and I always tell them, you know what? The old ones were shit. Crystal Dynamics is doing it right.

redgopher

@Archaotic: as someone who only has a ps3, the fact that they expect me to pay the whole price for a game which eidos has intentionally shortchanged for a big wad of cash is very insulting. i was looking forward to this game, because i really enjoyed anniversary (never got a chance to play legend). if i get this at all, it will be much later, when it's much cheaper, or possibly secondhand.

bialia

@RaptureScientist: Agreed. By at least this is the extend of most 3rd party exclusivity these days.

Not that it makes it okay.

Swift_

@Jaysunli: Not on a DVD9 though.

theEnemy

@gojirah:
They're thinking that the 360-exclusive DLC, which you can be damn sure Microsoft will be advertising out the wazoo as the game's release approaches, will deter people from buying the non-360 versions of the game and prompt multiplatform owners to buy the 360 version, thus skewing sales numbers in their favor and making it look like the 360 version is the "definitive" one to buy.

It's a smart move on their part, but a total asshole maneuver. And as such, I won't support the game at all.

Archaotic

Eidos will have to walk the fine line of making the DLC interesting enough to make x360 owners want to buy it, without making it too interesting to alienate PS3 owners.

DLC doesn't move consoles. I don't know what MS is thinking.

gojirah

@TheLegendof_Erick:

I must admit I'm a bit apprehensive about this as well but in the end we have to wait for the game to see how deep, long etc it is.

Josepiphus

@Archaotic: Multi-platform owners? Really? The ever important demographic. :rolley eyes: I have to disagree. DLC to win a war is like throwing tiny darts at the enemy.

Let's just see how much it skews sales, and then MS accounting can decide if it was worth the funding and vast marketing campaign.

gojirah

@Nevest356: It certainly makes me want to just wait for the re-release with the content on disc.

beeporama (brian.j.parker)

@WolfGod: "all I have is a PS3/PC so I'm going to hold off on this for now"

That's what I have going on. I guess we have to hope this DLC will eventually come to the PC. I waited to play GTAIV on my PS3 so I could play it on the PC and maybe get the DLC. I guess I will wait and see if we will see any of this content eventually.

homernoy

I don't understand the problem a lot of people have with DLC coming out shortly after the game is released. Maybe the developer or publisher had DLC in mind while it was making the game, but that doesn't mean that they withheld it.

Let's say I'm at a restaurant. I order my entree and eat it. It was tasty. When I'm finished, the waitress/ waiter walks up and says "Would you like some dessert?"

I don't bite their head off and say "Why didn't you make my @#$#ing sandwich bigger." I don't say "You could have dumped that apple pie on top of my Monte Cristo." If I want the dessert, I'll pay for it. If I don't want it, I don't buy it.

Either way, the fact that I have a choice is good. There are enough resources available fo you to find out if a game is long enough to be worth your hard-earned loot. If the game isn't worth $60, then wait a little while. Or rent it. Or just don't buy it.

The same goes for DLC. It's only a rip-off if the DLC is required to play. Otherwise it's a choice.

skrame ☆

"this is cool and all, but do people still play tomb raider?"

This crap is still going? How about the million+ that bought Legend and Anniversary?

I can't defend this at all though, Eidos still living up to their eido$ moniker confirmed.

My only hope is that it's some sort of marketing thing where they let the controversy spread for some attention before confirming the content for all versions.

MMAN

I like this concept and I will probably buy it.

Now what I don't understand is why people assume this is a method to con the consummer. Sure it could be but it is also in the same vein as Limited Editions for games, or bonud Dvd content for movies (deleted scenes for instance, but also alternate endings).

Just because they are selling this DLC doesn't mean it would have been made on the disc if DLC didn't exist.
You probably would have gotten the same game 5 years ago as what you are getting today, except now you have the OPTION of buying an extra level if you WANT to do so.

It is an OPTION!

If the game is too short, the reviews will say so and DLC will not save the game.
If the game is good however, then DLC just gives you an option of playing the game more.

People bitch for games like GTA 4 where the DLC is made after the game has shipped, and they bitch when the DLC is made while the game ships. What would make you happy????

Thriceborn

@beeporama (brian.j.parker): just makes me not want to buy the game at all and I have played or owned each game of the series thus I will simply rent the game.

lilaliendog

they do not want you trading the game in so fast...makes sense.
I wish people stopped trading games in and also stopped pre-ordering games.
it really messes up the game industry. (from the dev side)
please make it stop.

anglon

@Jaysunli: DLC is usually content that doesn't make it into the game due to time restraints.

WatershipDown

@chrisnick: MS always does this! How dare they!

WatershipDown

@DJNX:

yeah i know it wasnt exclusive, in fact i beta tested the saturn version.

but sega as a console is dead (dreamcast is still awesome) ps kept the series going/killing. then it was ps2/xbox that bought it back with legend and anniversary. if it wasnt for the 2 recent games none of us would want to play underground....but im sure ms paid alot for those chapters....

jackd4y

Yea, this is a deterrent to trading it in, but this also serves the same function as an expanion pack on the PC...it's just much easier to do it digitally on the consoles.

And you're kidding if you don't think expansion packs for PC games aren't already being worked on by the time the game ships out the door... same concept here.

Roufuss

Oh great, so people like me ho own a PS3 can feel like they are missing out on extra content - I hate it when developers do this.

ReignFury

Yea exclusive DLC.....

Shaft PS3 gamers....screw this game.

TheApprentice

exclusive DLC is the most stupid thing i ever seen in my life.... eidos can take all their games and shove it up their ass.

TheRebellion

@BlueWizard422:

FTW!

dgkz0idberg

@metallicorphan: What makes you say it isn't carrying on? Everything I've seen, especially the UK trailer 3, certainly seems like they ARE. I'd be really surprised if they didn't, considering how in one trailer, almost all they do is talk about Avalon, and wondering how Thor's Hammer is related to Avalon.

Velawesomeraptor

@Nevest356: you're a ps3 owner, aren't you?

BlazinNoni

@slothboy: You DO realize that not everyone on a game team works the same amount of time on a game, right? It's perfectly possible that some portion of the team finished their work on the main game long before the game had finished development and got started working on the DLC content while the rest of the team finished up their tasks on the main game.

Just because DLC is released after the game doesn't mean they have to wait until the game is out to start work on it, and just because the release is so close doesn't mean that the game could have shipped with the extra content...who knows what kind of issues would have come up trying to shoehorn it into the main game?

cxmnky

Hmmm, I initially read that as "Undergarment".

Patient

@Archaotic: And how could you possibly know it could have shipped with the game? For all we know, trying to rush the content and putting it onto the disc could have caused the entire thing to be delayed for who knows how long. And maybe Massiah's right. Maybe it just doesn't mesh well with the rest of the story...good enough to stand on its own as a side story, but out of place when forced to sit with the rest of the game.

cxmnky

@Rakkoon:

Oai, if we find out that your trading that game in at gamestop instead of somewhere else, we will find you.

Don't do it.

We're watching you...

@redgopher:

So they were good... that's cool.i saw one for the 360 and watched my roomate endlessly fail over and over again to make a jump that not only was unnecessary, but it was impossible to even tell where he was supposed to be jumping to.

dojita

@bialia: Maybe the content would not exist in the first place, because the game has to be complete on other platforms.
Maybe it pushes back their next game few weeks/months, but it may help Eidos to survive long enough to be able to release the next game.

uzivatel

@jackd4y:

It doesn't say they're ignoring PC DLC does it?

Makes me wonder...since that's the system that made them...or did you mean something else...heheh...maybe the Sega Saturn ??? It was released on it first after all...then an MS-DOS version landed.

Do your research or at least know what you're talking about.

:-p

Shandy706

Well, I probably would've bought this game for PS3. Now I'll probably only rent it just to spite Eidos and Microsoft.

I don't understand why Microsoft would pay asstons of money for stuff like this. It's not like I'm going to break down and buy a 360 just so I can spend even more money on DLC.

Reiji

@dojita:

In 1996 the original TR game. It was two months of the greatest time I ever had playing a VG. That both inspired me and changed how I look at video games forever. Each new TR game is like revisiting an old friend. I just wanna relive what I played in 96. My love for TR will never end.

Orionsaint

This is really cool. I hope we get an outfit pack too

Orionsaint

@cxmnky:

Of course I understand that, the thing that I keep coming back to is where consumers will ultimately draw the line on what can be considered premium extra content.

"Here is your copy of Tomb Raider: Banana Hammock. Go online now to purchase the last level of the game! Xbox 360 Exclusive!"

Game companies need to be careful with how they market their add-ons. As I have reiterated, I look forward to DLC for many games, I just need to feel like I'm not being taken for a ride. The quality of the content needs to be consistent with the price, and the initial retail release needs to be complete enough in it's own right to warrant the original purchase price.

I feel like they are just asking for trouble by offering DLC before the game has even shipped. It is one thing to say "We plan on offering DLC after the game ships" and quite another to say "This is the DLC and this is when you can buy it." It is risky from a marketing standpoint.

Slothboy

@redgopher:

I agree. :)

synchra

@chrisnick:

Hahahahahahha, so true.

synchra

@ShirtGuyDom: ...Except if anything its almost worse. Because now, you can shell out the full price for the game, and then be punished for not buying the "right version of the game". Exclusive DLC can mean that you'll get the base game...but you won't get that extra bit of story you'll need to make the next game make sense or be more enjoyable, and most players won't even know about the exclusive DLC until after they've bought their copy, and they're left wondering why their buddies with a different system have some extra stuff. At least with exclusive games you're not forking out money to be left out in the cold.

verrius

ps3 owners are pissed at the lost content, so most will wait to see if they're ever going to receive it, some will rent the game out of spite, some will buy the game no matter what. ms made the sales of the game less on the competitor's console, so developers will be more inclined to develop and promote their x360 games more than their ps3 games, and sony loses more and more titles which will lead them to lose more money on the ps3, and by the time the ps4 and x720 arrives ms can release its system 1 year earlier once more (unlike sony which can piss off alot of loyal customers if they shorten the ps3's life cycle), and everyone will be sure this time around that there is no reason to wait for the ps4, since the most important thing is the titles, which microsoft has already secured during the x360 era.

BryantAbas

@skrame ☆:

The difference between this and dessert is that they are claiming it continues the story of the game. Dessert is never part of a meal that one should feel an omission should they choose to skip it.

AND, if it does continue the story, then it should be included, or be available for ALL platforms that can support DLC. (PC & PS3)

spoonTRex

I have determined that Sony's marketing department has devoted most their time, energy, and resources into figuring out how to challenge the Chinese to a game of Red Rover that will span the length of the Great Wall. Seriously, how else can you explain the exodus of exclusive titles from the PS3? How else do you explain the fucking creepy ads? (Please send me the link of a good PS3 ad, because I have yet to see one) How else do you explain the lack of price cuts, the lack of exclusive DLC, and the general boneheadedness of Sony? I mean, Rumble= last gen what? I know that this has been harped on since the PS3 was first unveiled, but Sony has no idea what to do. They took everything good about the PS2 (low production cost, simplicity, ease to program for, limiting multimedia functions to those that are actually wanted i.e. DVD) and threw it in a bin. They failed to court developers, assuming that due to their success with the PS2 they would be treated like royalty. Clearly, reality has not followed that model. You want to know the ridiculous part: I have a PS3 and fucking love it! I just wish that they would figure out what they are doing with the thing, because I am 1 price cut/sale away from adding a 360 to my basement (damn those are getting cheap).

SudakshimaKristi

Unfortunately, this looks like the legacy Microsoft will be leaving the gaming world. Nickel and diming gamers for stuff which should be free: XBox live, horse armor for Oblivion, GTA4 DLC (a reliable console ... oops). Consumers should send a message to these companies and boycott this type of behaviour.

WayneBarbatus

I wanted to get this for ps3..guess now ill pirate it for my ps2 or pc. Im not paying for an incomplete game -.-

PrinnyGod

@Slothboy: Now you're just making a bunch of assumptions. Who says the game won't be "complete enough in it's own right"? Just because they planned for DLC and will have it ready soon after the game releases doesn't mean they half-assed the game or intentionally cut something out.

As it's been stated, it seems like Eidos is trying to keep the player's interest to keep them from trading the game back too quickly which is why the DLC seems to be timed the way it is. From a business standpoint, it sounds like a smart move. Fewer games traded to Gamespot, fewer used game sales will occur (for a short time, at least). Only Sony/Nintendo fanboys and people overthinking the issue will see it as a serious negative...everyone else will simply see it as extra content that they can get if they want.

cxmnky

Once again PS3 owners get screwed over.

ChimeraTheory

Um. Sony is the platform that launched Tomb Raider?
Where is the Playstation DLC? I am getting a little tired of Microsoft running around and getting all the DLC. I don't want a Xbox360!

rogueslayer0

@Orionsaint:

i played TR as well and liked it, but the problem is that like the other iconic figures (sonic, crash, even dark cloud or klonoa) that experience you speak of leaves, as with almost any iconic figure i can think of (save for maybe conker) wanting to relive it is just like all the people that get excited for a new sonic game only to be disappointed when they find out it sucks...

dojita

@jackd4y: Yeah, them fighting each other for sales is hurting gamers everywhere. They should man up, offer DLC on both platforms, and see who wins the fair way.

mfwahwah

@SudakshimaKristi: I own both the Ps3 and the 360 and i recommend you to do the same, those two are way different experiences and the two are awesome as hell. I can see what you mean, but i really think Sony has started to fix the mistakes it did and in a really good way. The 1st party games and the services the PS3 is spawning are something i´ll take over lame exclusive DLC (like this one) any day; It doesn´t matter who ends up winning this gen, i´m really convinced that the console that´ll end up like the most innovative and creative one will be the PS3 and i can guarantee you´ll be a very happy ps3 owner when that happens...

Daisuash

This is ridiculous. I cant believe this. these extra levels are a part of underworld. They should be released on the disk with the rest of the game. Not only are they releasing an incomplete game to the public but they are selling what should be included on every disk to a small percentage of the market. Underworld just went from a purchase to a rental. I knew I'd finish it quick but I wanted a copy, not anymore. Tomb Raider TLR (4) had 42 levels. legend had 6 (i think) this series has decided to ditch the exploration of interesting expansive areas for cheap money from costume changes and DLC that probably wont even bring the level count to half that of some of the old games.

PhilipEquidistance