There’s a reason why people call the companyScamcoBandai, and that’s because Namco’s approach to DLC borders on the insulting. Not content to sell incomplete games at retail and charge people for stuff that’s already hidden on the disc, the dhampirs have now hit upon an even more outrageous scheme — charging you cashto download level upsinTales of Vesperia.

Yes, for a mere 300 MS points, any pitifully lazy gamer can jump up ten levels or “earn” himself 300,000 Gald. Yes,you toocan defeat the object of the game thanks to Microsoft’s Monopoly money and reveal to Namco how pathetic you truly are. Here’s what you’re able to buy forVesperia:

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LV Up +10 (1) 300 Microsoft PointsLV Up +5 (1) 200 Microsoft Points300,000 Gald (1) 300 Microsoft PointsSkill sets 80 Microsoft PointsHP Recovery Cuisine Recipe Set 100 Microsoft Points

Namco manages to continually astound me with this stuff, and I’m going off the company completely just because I don’t know what shady crap it’ll pull with each successive game. This kind of thing makes horse armor look almostacceptable, and I really wish Namco would stop abusing DLC and its customers in this manner.

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The worst part is, someone willbuyit and justify the whole sorry thing.

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