park life or campus?

[GhostPants]

i wanna grab one of the 2 dlc in the sales( i know campus is not on sale lol), but which one would u recommend? more fun/more gameplay etc

[BucketBrain]

Park Life would be my choice

[Mazisky]

They are similar, you just have to ask yourself a question:

- Do you like build a huge Campus University with many faculties and related buildings?

- Do you like to build huge parks, zoos, natural reserve and amusement parks?

Then you chose.

[BucketBrain]

Originally posted by mazisky:

They are similar, you just have to ask yourself a question:

- Do you like build a huge Campus University with many faculties and related buildings?

- Do you like to build huge parks, zoos, natural reserve and amusement parks?

Then you chose.

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The only point l see both DLCs similar is the zoning tool , but the way they can affect your city building and devellopment is much more different .
IMO , Campus is a nice DLC and eye candy - l like it - but l see it more being a nice topping while Park Life offers the ability to change the economic base of your city in a way , that was impossible before .

[ebrumby]

Park Life - definitely

[Cahos Rahne Veloza]

I'd go with Park Life because once you max leveled your Park Life parks they'll remain maxxed forever earning you higher profits in the long run, whereas Campus Universities delevel constantly until you reach a sustainable amount of eligible students to enroll thus not always giving you optimal income.

[spielerinchen]

Park Life is a better choice,
def if you don't play with unlimited money & ploppables, cause Campus will function first in a city above 50 000, beneath it's just a sink hole for your city's money & you'll do better with a base game university, but your parks will make your city money & will level up steadily, giving you more design options pretty easily

[dan0812]

Park life is very useful as you can fill in small areas with city parks anywhere you have an odd shape gap or around noisy stations with walking and cycling paths all hooked up. A park area is also good under elevated highways.

Campus I have no idea. It looks a bit pointless to me and is too expensive.

[spielerinchen]

the most funny park i made was when i placed a metro station within, the park had all of sudden thousands of visitors

[GhostPants]

i went for park life :)

[AoD_lexandro]

Good choice. I just got it a few days ago myself and its some really nice content.

[Cahos Rahne Veloza]

Originally posted by spielerinchen:

Park Life is a .. cause Campus will function first in a city above 50 000, beneath it's just a sink hole for your city's money & you'll do better with a base game university,..

QFT.

Campus Universities are indeed money sink holes when you build them early on. IIRC it unlocks extremely early on too, which is why you're kinda pressured to build one ASAP to satisfy your city's need for Highly Educated Cims.

I don't use the Infinite Money in game mod because that's just too damn cheaty, but I do use the "Cash on Demand (500k) Variant" mod as a sort of modded Bail out without interest, along with the "Unlock All Roads" mod, becauae I practice laying out my city/ies' Road (And sometimes including rail) infrustructure before I actually plan out where which zone and/or area should go. A habit I learned and carried over from playing SIMCity 4 for years long before Cities Skylines even came out.

[TLHeart]

Originally posted by Cahos Rahne Veloza:

Originally posted by spielerinchen:

Park Life is a .. cause Campus will function first in a city above 50 000, beneath it's just a sink hole for your city's money & you'll do better with a base game university,..

QFT.

Campus Universities are indeed money sink holes when you build them early on. IIRC it unlocks extremely early on too, which is why you're kinda pressured to build one ASAP to satisfy your city's need for Highly Educated Cims.

I don't use the Infinite Money in game mod because that's just too damn cheaty, but I do use the "Cash on Demand (500k) Variant" mod as a sort of modded Bail out without interest, along with the "Unlock All Roads" mod, becauae I practice laying out my city/ies' Road (And sometimes including rail) infrustructure before I actually plan out where which zone and/or area should go. A habit I learned and carried over from playing SIMCity 4 for years long before Cities Skylines even came out.

Or just build the single university building to satisfy the early need for educated pop. Then when the city can support a Campus University, build it, and destroy the single university building.