If you were one of the loyal fans (who increasingly might as well translate into 'Day One Suckers') who pre-ordered Arkham Knight just to get their hands on what sounded like awesome DLC packs for both Red Hood and Harley Quinn, you'll know the crushing realisation that came alongside; they were both shockingly short. Honestly, Red Hood's 'Story Pack' amounted to nothing more than a couple of loading screens telling you to "Humiliate Black Mask by taking out his crew" (what?), before hurtling through three small areas that in past games would've felt right at home as Challenge Maps. Harley didn't fare much better either, but at least she had some addition dialogue prompts and unique items to use (laughing gas on a crowd of guards for the win). Regardless, they both clocked in at around 10 minutes each. Hardly worth the extra cash it took to get them, and reinforcing the fact they were most likely on the disc anyway until Warner Bros. got their claws in. So now we come to the first part of the £32.99/$40 Season Pass rollout of regular content, Batgirl's Matter of Family DLC; something anyone who's stumped up the cash for the pass can download as of July 14th (time of writing), whilst everyone else waits until the 21st. Early hands-on comments are describing that although we do have a return of Mark Hamill as the Joker, you can still burn through the entire thing (which right now is essentially worth £30, as who knows how you work out the value of these things - how much stock can you put in an unknown future?) in around 45 minutes to an hour. Pretty lacklustre, considering that almost definitely means it could've been included in the base game, and unless you're someone who enjoys collectibles as a form of lengthening the experience, means you'll be done in an evening. Have you bought the DLC, or are you waiting on articles like this to inform you better? Let us know in the comments what you think of Warner Bros. increased monetisation of what was once very much a 'fans-first' franchise!
