"GemSixx;c-18049230" wrote:
I'm curious about this, but not as excited as I am about other life sim games. The reason why this one doesn't make me as excited as the others is simply because it's Paradox. I played Cities: Skylines for about 90-100 hours on Steam and another 100-200 hours on PS4. That was back when they only had 2-3 DLC. Since then they've added loads more DLC. I know some people love lots of DLC and have the money to buy it as soon as it comes out. I'm not one of those people. Every time they get ready to release yet another DLC, it will pop up in my discovery queue, and every time it does, I just hit ignore.
In fact, C:S became the first game on Steam that I gave a negative review - mainly because of their excessive DLCs.
I'm just going to copy/paste the last part of my C:S review. Mainly because I could say the same thing about EA and the Sims. In the first part of my review I said that they were no better than EA because they're trying to be just like EA.
Why excessive dlcs are bad: It's like buying a frozen hamburger patty from a fast food place. Then having to pay more to have it cooked. Then pay more for the top bun and even more for the bottom bun. Then pay more for the ketchup, more for the mustard, and more for anything else you want. Not all together though, each thing you add costs you more. Then you have to pay for the wrapper unless you want it just thrown in the bag that you also paid extra for. Need a napkin? That'll cost you too.
So, yeah, I have a feeling their life sim game would be the same way. I'd love to be proven wrong though.
Yeah I totally get your point. But my frustration from being screwed over with SC5 was the final straw. I vowed to NEVER return to world building any SC franchise ever again. Haven't looked back since. But was left very depressed with the void abandoning SC5 created. So C:S was an absolute lifesaver.
Regarding the price: yes both number and cost of franchise DLC has exponentially exploded. But TBH, without these, the bare bones base game is a poor MVP product. Just like TS3 (and especially TS4) base games, you really need to get ALL the DLC packs.
I basically waited until Steam's biggest sale markdown (which occurs at Christmas). That's when ALL the DLC expansion packs dropped by an affordable 50%. Ended up buying all of them then and haven't regretted it since. The hundreds of hours in invested in game time let me break even on that discounted cost a long time ago.
