I might just remember and miss a simpler time but I agree.
Its common practise these days to hold back content from the main game so it can be sold as part of the deluxe edition or as DLC down the line. People seem to have the fear or missing out and go for this stuff quite a bit, I hate this practise and always go for the base game only, pick up the DLC years down the line as a cheap bundle only.
On the game itself it's looking great and I hope its nicely polished on release, if this reviews well I will definately be picking this up.