The payment system popped up last year in fellow EA-published title Mass Effect 3, too, allowing you to quickly buy reinforcement packs for the game's multiplayer portion. 'ĭead Space 3 is the first game in the series to include micro-transactions. 'There are a lot of weapon parts that are only available to buy later in the game. 'No you can't!' Khoury replied at the suggestion I'd be able to splurge my money as soon as possible in exchange for the game's biggest gun. Khoury was unable to say how much the micro-transactions would cost, but she referred to several different packs of in-game currency being available, priced varying amounts.īut even with a bank balance full of money, developer Visceral Games has made sure you can't boost your way to the best weapons at the very beginning of the game. 'You can buy resources with real money, but scavenger bots can also give you the currency that you can use on the marketplace,' Dead Space 3 associate producer Yara Khoury explained to Eurogamer. These resources (materials, scrap parts and the like) can be picked up by the player, picked up by scavenger bots you send out, or alternatively bought through a quick purchase from the in-game store.

The message pops up when you don't have enough resources to piece together the beefy new weapon you're after.

We spotted mention of 'downloadable content' during a recent hands-on play session with the game. Ultra Weapon & Resource Pack - Contains a random assortment of weapon parts (with one guaranteed MK-V quality part and a 50% chance of another), and various crafting resources.Dead Space 3 includes micro-transactions as part of its weapon crafting system, Eurogamer can reveal.Resource Pack - Contains quantities of the different resources used in weapon crafting.These packs cost 10, 30, and 60 ration seals each. Players can choose to purchase them with real-world money, or unlock them using Ration Seals collected during gameplay. These packs can only be acquired through the Downloadable Content menu found at an active Bench in the game. Bot Personality Pack - This pack upgrades Scavenger Bots with a personality module, allowing them to vocalize their thoughts when deployed.Bot Capacity Upgrade - This pack doubles Scavenger Bots' capacity, allowing them to deliver more resources to the Bench.Can be bought separately or as part of the Tau Volantis Survival Kit bundle. Bot Accelerator - This pack decreases the harvesting time for the player's Scavenger Bots, allowing them to deliver resources to the Bench faster.

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