Which DLC do I need?

[ingosupercute]

I got jebaited into buying this game when I saw it discounted to 14 bucks on Steam's start popup. Afterwards I realized a lot of content is locked behind DLC, which is why they were able to discount the base game so heavily. Which ones of those do I absolutely have to buy to have a good gameplay experience? I'm not the most familiar with Indi games, I just know from other games I own the DLCs often bring along major game changes.

[v0!d158]

I dont have any DLCs and my gameplay was fantastic as i played it.

but now i am thinking about to get these dlcs because i want to play this a 3rd time .
whit the dlc you have more character classes and new races and also a new campain.

so , Solasta is great without the DLCs if you play it the first time i would say.

[ingosupercute]

Originally posted by v0!d123:

i want to play this a 3rd time .

How long does one playthrough take?

[LJ-the-brave]

At OP, you can try DLCs through multiplayer with Hosts that have all DLCs. However, I recommend at least Lost Valley, because it has assets that are used in custom campaigns. Thus, you have another official and tons of workshop content through its assets. Playthrough varies on completion of sidequests. Could take 40-80 hours. Check gameplay videos, check Tactical Adventures streams through Twitch, other streamers as well, join multiplayer to find out. The timing is right as lots of players come back.

[Azure]

0 to 3 Depending on what you want. Game is great by itself and the DLC just add more options to that.

[ingosupercute]

Originally posted by LJ-the-brave:

Playthrough varies on completion of sidequests. Could take 40-80 hours. Check gameplay videos, check Tactical Adventures streams through Twitch, other streamers as well, join multiplayer to find out.

Ah, thanks for the time estimation. I did in fact already watch this game a few times because one of my go-to Twitch streamers (SharplyDressedMan) plays it on certain days in multiplayer with friends. However, I was just hanging out and not paying super much attention to any details of it. I am only interested in singleplayer.

[ingosupercute]

After your feedback, I've decided to first fire up the game vanilla style and see if I like it. Maybe I'll shell out additional money later if I still enjoy myself by that time.

[Andreasrex1987]

The cool thing is if you play with another player that have all the DLC, and that player is the host of a online game, then you dont have to own any DLC to access it!
its a super user friendly way of doing DLC if you ask me.

[ingosupercute]

Originally posted by Andreasrex1987:

The cool thing is if you play with another player that have all the DLC, and that player is the host of a online game, then you dont have to own any DLC to access it!
its a super user friendly way of doing DLC if you ask me.

Like I said: I do not wish to play with other players. In any game other than MMO. They ruin my experience - sorry.

[v0!d158]

Originally posted by ingosupercute:

Originally posted by v0!d123:

i want to play this a 3rd time .

How long does one playthrough take?

i needed 50 h the first time ... 2nd time i didnt finish ;)

[ingosupercute]

Alright they got me. When I created some characters it annoyed me to have so many classes locked, so I bought the bundle in the end... well played marketing strategist. Now my too good to be true deal has become a fully priced game.

[Wormerine]

None really. DLCs are as follows:

Primal Calling&Inner Strength
race and class plus some additional backgrounds DLCs - unless you know D&D and have a deep need to play with classes included in those, I would say play with what you have for now. The consider DLCs for the DLCs below or community content


Lost Valley - additional standalone campaign. Once you finish what's in the base game and want more thats the one to get. nice to combine with one of the class/race DLCs vary up your playtrhough even more.

[vonrurik]

One thing to consider, many player created mods use assets from 'Lost Valley', so you will need that if you want to play them.

[warrickbartley]

the DLCs mostly just adds new races and classes,and a bit of story there's actually a mod that also adds classes and races and its quite a good one, the base games very solid so you don't really need to fork out on DLCs atm if you don't want too

[Silverquick]

Originally posted by ingosupercute:

I got jebaited into buying this game when I saw it discounted to 14 bucks on Steam's start popup. Afterwards I realized a lot of content is locked behind DLC, which is why they were able to discount the base game so heavily. Which ones of those do I absolutely have to buy to have a good gameplay experience? I'm not the most familiar with Indi games, I just know from other games I own the DLCs often bring along major game changes.

Yeah you only need the base game, however... if you want to play a lot of Player Made modules you will definitely need the Lost Valley DLC specifically... the other two are only races and classes.

Mostly because the Lost Valley Content includes a lot of new magic items and tilesets that get used in the Dungeon Maker.