New DLC worth it?

[Captain Crispy Bacon]

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[Jackson =D]

It's literally what we would have got from an Early Access update now sold as DLC.

Don't support this behaviour.

[dande48]

I haven't bought it yet, but here's what I've noticed:
-$6 base price. FAR more reasonable than their $10 DLCs.
-It's original. They didn't copy Murgh's mods or anyone else's, so far as I can tell.
-Additional mechanics beyond what a mod could create.
-Focused on prison; unlike "Going Green", where you could run a solar/robo farm instead.
-Higher % of positive reviews.
-Released with a long list of bug fixes. They're trying.

I'd say this is pretty stellar behavior. Folks complained, myself included, and Paradox listened. I want to encourage this sort of behavior. I'll update you once I've bought and played around with it.

[The Queen Salis]

Originally posted by dande313:

-Higher % of positive reviews.

that's just because so many people got burned by the previous ones, that pretty much only the absurdly hopeful and sycophants remained to purchase it.

Also, last time I checked it had 7 reviews. maybe wait for a more representative sample

[Captain Crispy Bacon]

Originally posted by dande313:

-$6 base price. FAR more reasonable than their $10 DLCs.
-Focused on prison; unlike "Going Green", where you could run a solar/robo farm instead.

These two are actually reasons I'm thinking to buy this one (never bought any DLC yet, since they all were not actually related to prison management, so not interesting to me)

[XDelphi]

I don't just suspect, I am CONFIDENT this update will have its bugs and it won't be the last of DLCs to increase profits on this game. Having said that, I think the DLC is/will be worth it in terms of the additive features and immersion it can offer to the game, small things sometimes make a big difference. And since it hasn't outright ripped off any good mods/modders features (although I respect at times there's demand for this to happen for those that don't want to rely on community mods and those modder's potential retirement from modding PA) I like the look of it.

I think the cost is something everyone has to weigh up individually. As a adult, I can buy few other 20+ hours extra (probably into the hundreds more accurately) entertainment for £6-7, even if it's a buggy experience, and for me it's always workable with that, and as a seasoned PA player I know I'll get at least that. Someone newer to PA, or all but done with the bugs they've already run into, probably wont and to them I doubt the price will be worth it.

Too early to say about gameplay, but while I rarely have HIGH hopes, I know I'll enjoy at least a couple aspects of this and for that I'm satisfied. I'm just glad this game is being actively developed, as controversial an opinion as DLCs might be. Paradox aren't my favourite developer by any means, but they're doing some free changes alongside DLCs and that's more than some would give a game.

[Captain Crispy Bacon]

ok, guess I will wait for a week or two (or whenever it happens) until summer sale, and then if DLC still will be on sale hopefully it will have more reviews by then so I know if new content worth it (at least to start new game, since I still have lots of other unplayed games I want to try)

[SK]

Paradox suck at selling this DLC. The launch trailer is awful, its just showing off basically whats already in the game. How you can throw together a couple of rooms and assets and call that a DLC worthy of a full blown launch is beyond me.