The Legend of Legacy won’t have DLC, other comments from the game’s director
Posted on January 11, 2015 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News
Most games these days tend to offer some form of downloadable content. But in the case of The Legend of Legacy, there are no such plans.
Director Masataka Matsuura told Inside Games (as translated by Siliconera):
“There won’t be a single piece of DLC. That’s pretty rare nowadays. I didn’t want to allocate any of our development budget to that. We’re going with the philosophy of simply focusing on the game as a whole.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Inside Games asked if The Legend of Legacy will have something like a New Game+ mode, where enemies get tougher after beating the game. Matsuura said in response:
“On that topic, Mr. [Kyoji] Koizumi has a unique idea… but actually, yeah, the enemies will become stronger. I see that as a reward. If you get too strong, battles become kind of a chore. So, for players that become better (good enough to beat the game), it will be something that provides them with the next stage [of challenges].”
Inside Games asks if that’s a way to aim for allowing players to further taste the entertainment from a game that has fun battles:
“Yes. However, I felt that that alone would be a little bland, so I’ve also suggested a little extra as a bonus. Kind of like how [developers] have been using DLC for that purpose as of late—just a little something different that can be enjoyed.”
Inside Games closes things out by asking what Matsuura would like to hear from players when they play The Legend of Legacy:
“Hmm… I think that hearing things like ‘the battles were really fun’ and ‘it was difficult but fun’ would make me really happy,” says Matsuura. “I really want them to get that fun feeling you get from beating the odds.”
