• sunzu2
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    34 months ago

    Not gonna dispute this but horse armor has a cache

    • Farid
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      14 months ago

      Oh, it had like an inventory functionality? I love Oblivion, but I obviously didn’t get the armor and don’t remember the details. I suspect it also provided defense for the horse? In that case it’s almost approaching Assassin’s Creed’s “buy xp to skip grind” level of egregiousness, but still just a DLC.

      • sunzu2
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        14 months ago

        apologies… cache as in it was a meme with gamers about paying for it haha as it was a joke but here we are :/

        • Farid
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          14 months ago

          Could you please explain? Now I’m curious.

          • sunzu2
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            -14 months ago

            If the internet was a real a place i would be able to pull article from the time period but search yields jack shit.

            but here something now (2020) https://screenrant.com/oblivion-horse-armor-dlc-controversy-explained/

            In 2006 - a year after the Xbox 360’s launch - the term “microtransaction” wasn’t even widely known. Instead, Oblivion’s Horse Armor was just called “bad DLC.” But it ended up kick-starting of one of gaming’s most hated and most lucrative business tactics.

            • Farid
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              14 months ago

              I didn’t find any references to “cache”. That’s the part I want to understand, what the significance of that part of the joke. Why “cache”?

                • Farid
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                  14 months ago

                  Ah, as in it provides respect? And sounds like cash? I know, I know, dissecting jokes is a lot of fun.