8 Video Games That Made You Pay For Essential Features - Commenter Edition

2. Fire Emblem Fates - The Extra Storyline

Recent Fire Emblem entries have gone all in on offering you faction choices where you can align yourself with different kingdoms, political figures, or houses depending on which game you’re playing. In Fire Emblem Fates you can choose between territories to throw your weight behind, but it’s a little more complicated than that. The game was released in three different versions. Birthright and Conquest each delved into a separate storyline that focussed on the same set of characters.

The extra confusing and relevant part for our list is that you had to buy these separately and the plot thickens because the Revelation DLC is what you need to actually access the true ending of the game no matter which of the first versions you choose.

I’m not playing, there is an enormous thread on the Fire Emblem subreddit trying to help new players understand which of the DLCs they need to pick up to play this thing properly and it is a monster of a post. Boiled down, if you want the full experience you’re going to need to buy all three and even if you’re happy to go with just one initial path, without that final DLC you’re missing a huge chunk of the intended narrative and ending.

There are also more paid DLC packs which include an extra character, new maps, storylines, classes, items, and fights, along with a pile of other things you’ll scratch your head over wondering why they couldn’t have made it into any of the first three versions of the game.

If you didn’t grab it then, well, you can’t now because the eShop shut down last year but honestly it’s so complicated, maybe you’re better off.