Is It Shovelware?

SE Spamming

A technique used by some game publishers to keep a title appearing on the new releases list and keep milking users for extra cash for minor DLC additions. Whilst there are many examples (and worse ones than this one) the first one I have written a review for is One Night: Burlesque. As of the time of creating this page, One Night Burlesque consists of the following base program and DLC:

  1. One Night Burlesque (Base Game)
  2. Angels Pack (9 Puzzles)
  3. Club Crowd (Artbook)
  4. Holly (Artbook)
  5. Liz (Artbook)
  6. People Pack (9 Puzzles)
  7. Sins Pack (9 Puzzles)
  8. Suspects Pack (Artbook)

A current search for One Night Burlesque shows up 21 entries, most of which are the base game + an assorted mix of the DLCs.

  1. One Night Burlesque
  2. One Night Burlesque: Angels Pack
  3. One Night Burlesque: Classic Edition (Base Game + Holly, Liz, Suspects, Club Crowd and People Pack DLCs)
  4. One Night Burlesque: Club Crowd
  5. One Night Burlesque: Complete + (Base Game + all four Artbooks and three extra puzzle sets)
  6. One Night Burlesque: Complete Edition (Base Game + Holly and Club Crowd DLC)
  7. One Night Burlesque: Definitive Edition (Base Game + Holly and Suspects DLC)
  8. One Night Burlesque: Deluxe Collection (Base Game + Holly, Liz, Suspects, Club Crowd, People Pack and Sins Pack DLCs)
  9. One Night Burlesque: Deluxe Edition (Base Game + Holly DLC)
  10. One Night Burlesque: Director’s Cut (Base Game + Suspects and Club Crowd DLC)
  11. One Night Burlesque: Extended Edition (Base Game + Suspects DLC)
  12. One Night Burlesque: Holly
  13. One Night Burlesque: Legendary Edition (Base Game + Liz and Suspects DLC)
  14. One Night Burlesque: Liz
  15. One Night Burlesque: People Pack
  16. One Night Burlesque: Platinum Edition (Base Game + Liz and Club Crowd DLC)
  17. One Night Burlesque: Premium Edition (Base Game + Holly and Liz DLC)
  18. One Night Burlesque: Sins Pack
  19. One Night Burlesque: Special Edition (Base Game + Club Crowd DLC)
  20. One Night Burlesque: Suspects
  21. One Night Burlesque: Ultimate Edition (Base Game + Liz DLC)

It should be evident from the extensive list above that the label “Complete Edition” or “Definitive Edition” or “Ultimate Edition” should not be taken at all literally, as they are all blatantly incomplete. The only true indicator of a complete set of DLC for this particular title is the “Complete +” moniker.

To make matters even worse, the mix of special editions seems to vary with time, as the following editions of this title have also been available in the past but are now no longer listed.

  1. One Night Burlesque: Amazing Edition (Base Game + Holly, Suspects, and Club Crowd DLC)
  2. One Night Burlesque: GOTY Edition (Base Game + Holly, Liz, and Suspects DLC)
  3. One Night Burlesque: Happy Edition (Base Game + Holly, Liz, and Club Crowd DLC)
  4. One Night Burlesque: Magnificent Edition (Base Game + Liz, Suspects, and Club Crowd DLC)
  5. One Night Burlesque: Superb Edition (Base Game + Holly, Liz, Suspects, and Club Crowd DLC)

In sum: caveat emptor! Don’t assume you are getting all the DLC based on the description of the specific edition.