Everything that's wrong with DLC in ONE game.

 Oh boy, here we go again...

 I've made it pretty clear that I'm entirely against DLC. The idea is good, extend the life of the game, add more stuff, you know, like expansion packs? Except that for most developers that translated into: "Take stuff out of the game and sell it at a small price", y'know, as in to spend as little as they can but transform that $60 purchase into a $70 purchase or more. DLC is just a fancy word for "Microtransaction". DLC sucks and will ruin gaming.
 Anyways, this game here has EVERYTHING that is wrong with DLC. Every shady practice, every sign of cutting back on costs but maximizing profits, it has it all. For starters, this is a pseudo-sequel to Saint Seiya: Sanctuary Battle. While this one is a fighting game and the other a Warriors-type game, they reused about 80-90% percent of the assets from last game. Most of the movesets are returning, some had some slight changes, every camera angle on every Big Bang attack is the same as it was in the last game. A lot of the stages are reused, and while the character models seem new, I dare say that it's just the old ones, but with a cell-shading coat on top. And the 50 character roster this game boasts about? There's about 35 characters that are just clones or slightly Luigified(Smash bros term) clones of other characters. Basically, this game was produced spending as little money as possible.
 First strike) Every single piece of DLC, and there are 34 of them are already on the disc. To be fair, some of them are slightly incomplete(Or the hacker couldn't get them to work properly, although I think another one did) and some of these are sold in packs.
 Second Strike) Some of the DLC is stuff from the last game. Remember how you could take off the armor of every Bronze Saint? Unarmored characters are now paid DLC. Remember how you paid money to play as Odin Seiya? Well, you can get Odin Seiya here too... if you pay. Again.
 Third Strike) Sleazy characters for DLC. Pre-order Bonus? Aries Shion. Even though Shion is already in the game as an specter and so is Mu, as the Aries Saint. Doesn't matter, get a clone of Shion in gold. Remember how odd it was that while Hyoga, Shiryu and Seiya got their Gold armors(Aquarius, Libra and Sagittarius) but Ikki and Shun didn't? And how there's open spaces above Shun and Ikki, resting above Hyoga and Shiryu's? Well, Leo Ikki and Virgo Shun can be yours! If you pay! Oh, and their moveset? Some moves from Phoenix and some from Leo for Ikki while Shun gets a few from Andromeda and a few from Virgo. It shows that they really made an effort to create new characters, eh! It doesn't end there, among the many costume DLC, they are also charging for the Gold Bronze armors, y'know, the ones that they teased with in one of the first trailers? Yeah! That's DLC!
 This game was evidently made on the cheap. They spared as many expenses as they could. And they have the gall to sell large amounts of DLC? And quite a lot of it coming from the previous game? How does Namco-Bandai get away with this bullshit?! Saddest part is, I went to forums, and quite a lot of people were ready to part with their money for these glorified unlock keys. A couple of them were smart enough and refused to cave in, more power to ya, but it's sickening just how dumb people are. DON'T YOU VALUE YOUR MONEY? MAKE THEM EARN IT, GODDAMNIT.