(Everyone is an 8-bit sprite, including the player and the princess.) Fanservice: Mocked with the 5 coin swimsuit DLC that changes every single characters clothes for the rest of the game.Everything's Deader with Zombies: One DLC is a zombie pack, described as 'This really doesn't really fit, but our marketing department said every game needs zombies.'.Parodied further in that while this quest does exist, in practice the game is ultimately about you collecting coins so that you can get more DLC which enables you to collect more coins so you can get more DLC.Finally, the bad guy grabs the princess and runs away, and another arrow helpfully provides a label saying 'Motivation'. The opening cutscene shows you and a princess-helpful arrows will point out which is which-as she is kidnapped by a bad guy, also identified with a helpful arrow. Exaggerated Trope: This game is all about taking DLC practices to the extreme, particularly how some games go so hard on the Microtransactions you can barely play the game without paying for at least a few extra things after already buying, which is parodied here through the fact you literally can't play much of the game without buying something right after getting into the game, specifically the ability to jump and move right.Exactly What It Says on the Tin: As the trailer puts it:.

Earth-Shattering Kaboom: A planetary explosion occurs in the ending of Live Freemium or Die as a result of the Shopkeep selling Player a BFS so enormous and powerful that swinging it causes the world to spontaneously shatter.One NPC asks you to perform several mundane quests for him. Double Jump: The first game has a double-jump, which has to be bought, of course.Deconstruction Game: The game is all about satirizing overreliance on Downloadable Content.

Cosmetic Award: 'Awardments' are basically in-game achievements, and amusingly earning them also earns genuine achievements for the game on Steam and Xbox.

Of course, you can buy the ending DLC pack.

Cliffhanger: When entering the boss room for first time, credits roll.

Not just a shout-out! It turns out your horse comes to the rescue in the final battle, and if it's not wearing the armor, the bad guy will easily kill it and then kill you.

Canada, Eh?: The sole point of the Canadian Dialog pack in Live Freemium or Die is tacking a questioning 'eh?' on the end of most dialogue sentences, alongside making it where the DLC store Apologises a Lot.

Bribing Your Way to Victory: Buy DLC to skip the grinding! Buy DLC to trade your sword for a gun! Buy DLC to get armor for your horse! Etc.

Big Damn Heroes: Your horse arrives just in time to save the day! Hopefully you've bought that horse armor DLC pack!.

Better than a Bare Bulb: Yeah, pretty much everything in this game is Lampshaded in one way or another.

Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: 'That bad guy just stole Princess MacGuffin! You have to rescue her! Also, he murdered your uncle! You must get revenge! I think he might have peed in the town's water supply too!.

Naturally, in keeping with the parody of shameless consumerism in modern video games, there is a Mission-Pack Sequel: Live Freemium or Die, which sends Player on an all-new quest to collect coins and spend them on even more DLC (oh, and save some villagers from a monster or something).Ī sequel of sorts was released in 2017 that parodies shameless consumerism even further: Loot Box Quest. Including things like 'Pause' and ' Walk left'. In this game, everything needs to be purchased. It includes a new map with new DLC to purchase and achievements to earn.DLC Quest is a satirical 2012 Indie Game for PC, Apple Macintosh, and Xbox Live Arcade that takes Downloadable Content to its logical extreme. This is a parody of the horse armour DLC in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.Īllows for the player to travel back to the first half of the map upon travelling to the second half.Īn expansion pack, Live Freemium or Die, was released with the Steam version and added to the Xbox version on 18th March 2013. Most characters are outfitted with bikinis.

Gives the player the ability to move to the left.Īudio will not be played unless this DLC is bought.

Gives the player the ability to Double Jump. Later on the player buys maps and other abilities to progress. The game has the player collect coins to buy 'packs' which gives the player features such as the ability to move left and jump. DLC Quest is a platforming action game and is a parody of downloadable content.

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