Space 4X sim Stellaris is to receive its next major overhaul in May this year, with changes to the pacing, presentation and systems affecting performance.
As interesting as the game looks, the 315$ price tag for all the DLC made me lose interest.
It’s not that I have anything against that sort of games, Total War Warhammer sits at a similar price tag and I got all of the DLCs until CA dropped the ball with TWW3, but it’s a real turn off as I’m not interested in doing the homework of finding out which DLCs are needed and which are not.
My life is too busy to play games all that often, and I still have a backlog of games I could go through. Ignoring the ethical question of pirating, I’m not sure the risk of running unverified executables are worth the risk for most people.
I’m not really familiar with Stellaris, but with EUIV you really don’t need all DLC. Basically the DLCs are fleshing out one faction. So you get some special features and events for the Ottoman Empire, Venice or China that enhances how they play. If you do not want to play as Ottoman Empire, buying the DLC is pointless. If you have several hundreds of hours played, buying a DLC gives you something new and an excuse to start the Venice playthrough. I assume that they are handling Stellaris similar
As interesting as the game looks, the 315$ price tag for all the DLC made me lose interest.
It’s not that I have anything against that sort of games, Total War Warhammer sits at a similar price tag and I got all of the DLCs until CA dropped the ball with TWW3, but it’s a real turn off as I’m not interested in doing the homework of finding out which DLCs are needed and which are not.
Buy game, pirate DLC. You can use creamapi to unlock everything.
My life is too busy to play games all that often, and I still have a backlog of games I could go through. Ignoring the ethical question of pirating, I’m not sure the risk of running unverified executables are worth the risk for most people.
There is no risk, creamapi also doesn’t require any executables, nor does the DLC :) But fair enough.
I appreciate the gesture though, I’m sure someone will read it and find it helpful
I’m not really familiar with Stellaris, but with EUIV you really don’t need all DLC. Basically the DLCs are fleshing out one faction. So you get some special features and events for the Ottoman Empire, Venice or China that enhances how they play. If you do not want to play as Ottoman Empire, buying the DLC is pointless. If you have several hundreds of hours played, buying a DLC gives you something new and an excuse to start the Venice playthrough. I assume that they are handling Stellaris similar