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    Eternal Sonata has pay-for-cheat DLC

    posted by Chris on September 19, 2007 2:40 PM in Games

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    Apparently not even games that are fresh and innovative can escape the temptation of downloadable content equivalent to a cheat code. New DLC announced today on Major Nelson's blog shows that even Chopin can get dirty like Woods.

    Title: Eternal Sonata

    Content: Piano Music Key
    Price: 80 Microsoft Points
    Availability: Only in Canada, United States
    Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) FANTASY VIOLENCE,MILD LANGUAGE,USE OF ALCOHOL] Don't want to play through the entire game to get the music? Download this key to unlock all the Chopin piano pieces in the game. Note: All music that can be unlocked by this key can also be unlocked by progressing the game. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

    Although this is a pay-for-cheat code sort of deal, the thing you unlock is a bit more innocuous than a maxed out player character. Still, does this rob the player of the experience of playing the game? Or is this more of an easy way for Namco to feature the amazing music of Eternal Sonata?

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    AmyAuthor Profile Page says:

    posted September 19, 2007 2:56 PM

    I think if you were to play the game and loved the music but decided not to finish, this might be worthwhile. Otherwise, you lose the specialness of getting stuff as you go.

    ColetteAuthor Profile Page says:

    posted September 19, 2007 8:48 PM

    This disturbs me. I feel like should never be a shortcut to get something in a game you are supposed to work for. Then again, since cheat codes have been around for a billion years I guess I need to STFU.

    Grant says:

    posted September 19, 2007 9:46 PM

    Well, yes, cheat codes have been around forever, but you didn't have to pay for them.

    But then again, I guess that's not technically true either since before the interwubs, we had to get our cheat codes from magazines and such.

    And then of course, there's the infamous Game Genie.

    So now that I think about it, it's not anything terribly new to pay to unlock stuff, it's just now you're paying more for it and for one specific thing.

    MikeAuthor Profile Page says:

    posted September 20, 2007 11:17 AM

    You could download this. Or, you could just go download some Chopin music and play the damn game like you're supposed to.

    What say you?!

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