Nd my take on the Free to Paid DLC pipeline. Its fine. I bought the game, ill buy the DLC its only 5$ (THIS IS A ME THING. IK EVERYONES SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.)
But the general consensus could be understood, 5$ for something that realistically should have been in the base game is unfavorable.
I am also in the camp of "Hey the minigame could be something different" or maybe they snuck little surprise in the DLC that we don't know about.
While many might dislike the price tag you must also realized, they gotta pay for the VA, both Japanese AND English. With new complete voice lines, and that remember this game is quite complex underneath the surface. New titles, new passives. Not to mention one of the DEVs medical bills potentially spiked (dont know if they got free healthcare) so It being 5$ is understandable.
But hey thats my take on it, if it was free or not it would not have mattered for me, I already paid 23$ when the game dropped on steam and 5$ for more content to this rly addicting H-game is fine.