Is it worth to start without expansions?

[DonHenar0]

Are they changing the base game a lot, or just adding endgame/more story?
Is story mode good, or it's just grind?

[kekkuli]

Personally i enjoy the story mode way more than the repetitive arena modes. And sure the game is worth it even without the dlc's, and you could just grab them when they are on sale.

[LordOfTheBread]

Ashes of malmouth is a great piece but you can easily pass on Old Gods imho.

[Mr Fantastic]

Originally posted by LordOfTheDread:

Ashes of malmouth is a great piece but you can easily pass on Old Gods imho.

Quite true this, gods was very underwhelming unfortunately

[Blake]

Originally posted by Cesar:

Originally posted by LordOfTheDread:

Ashes of malmouth is a great piece but you can easily pass on Old Gods imho.

Quite true this, gods was very underwhelming unfortunately

The music is great in both DLC. Worth getting both just for that.

[DonHenar0]

Thanks for replies!

[Mega Angelo]

Would highly recommend you get both. .some of the added recent content patches require
both expantions. .and FG is totally worth it!

[Legend Z]

Originally posted by DonHenar0:

Are they changing the base game a lot, or just adding endgame/more story?
Is story mode good, or it's just grind?

Without DLC you gonna miss a lot of cool stuff.

[KG]

Some of the above are underestimating Forgotten Gods but I agree vanilla Grim Dawn is a good game even without the two expansions.

Many of the quality of life improvements are from the expansions though and lots of cool stuff is enabled by them, plus internet guides/advice typically assume you have them (or are way out of date), so be aware that if you really get into playing GD beyond the story the expansions will start to be more and more desirable. If you don't have budget constraints they're worth it even without a sale IMO.

Some would substitute "necessary" for desirable but tons of people got a lot of hours and enjoyment out of the game before even Ashes of Malmouth was released. Tools like GD Stash, Grim Dawn Item Assistant, and Grim Dawn Trained Hard can replace a lot of the quality of life features if that part starts to bother you. And no, Crate doesn't give a damn about that stuff - the game is based around single-player, including modding and whatever tools you choose to use, and the devs have said this outright.

[DonHenar0]

Originally posted by mega angelo:

Would highly recommend you get both. .some of the added recent content patches require
both expantions. .and FG is totally worth it!

I am planning to buy all expansions eventually. Just wondering, is it worth to start vanilla, that I already own, or wait till I get all. In some games, expansions can change alot of base mechanics, or even story.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

You're pretty safe starting now unless you're keen to play the new masteries that come with the expansions.

[Beautiful Ham Sandwich]

How long do you think it'll be till you get the expansions, and also do you like multiple playthroughs? If it won't be for a while, and you also do like either multiple playthroughs or having multiple characters, then yeah sure playing the game now is totally fine, anything you miss you'll get from another character anyway. If it'll be pretty soon, or if you only plan on playing one character then I'd wait, because you'd specifically be limiting your masteries (this game's version of classes/jobs) and not getting to have the DLC masteries as an option.

[Psixi]

I'm playing on only base game and you can definitely take your characters after maxing out at 85 to the new expansions without problems and you'll be ready to play all the extra content straight away. Just waiting for a sale to buy AoM myself :)