What to buy, what not to buy (sale discussion)

[meow]

Not owning even so much as the base game, I'm wondering what's worth buying and what isn't.

I don't need the music-focused packs as I just listen to my own music and I'm not entirely sure what the content creator packs are.

So outside of what's included in the "New Player Bundle" (base game, snowfall and natural disasters) what are the other recommended DLC items?

[Meesmoth]

What to buy: Major expansion packs and DLCs (Mass Transit, Parklife, Industries)

Do not buy: Radio packs (they're useless)

[grapplehoeker]

If in doubt, you can just go with the base game and learn to play first. The basegame has more than enough content to keep you occupied and there are tons of creations and mods in the Workshop to add to that. Later, once you're more familiar with the game, then you can take a look at what each of the DLC's offer and you'll be in a better position to choose. Just grab the ones you want in a sale. The sales are quite regular, both here on Steam or at Paradox' own store.

[meow]

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Later, once you're more familiar with the game,

The sale's going on NOW, not later.

[grapplehoeker]

Originally posted by RedClairefield:

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Later, once you're more familiar with the game,

The sale's going on NOW, not later.

...and right now, you can learn to play the game. There will be another sale every season of the year and more ;)

[🐺Blue Wolf]

If you can I'd buy all the DLC, if not IMO in order:

1. Snowfall. Unpopular opinion having this #1 but trams alone make it worth while. I also did have lots of fun with the snow maps (until I started getting errors with them all the time, prob mod related). Underrated DLC IMO.

2. After Dark. Tbh nothing special overall, but like snowfall I got it for bikes and bike lanes and not much else.

3. Mass transit. The more car alternatives you can get the better your traffic flow will be. My current city hit 101,000 (highest I've had yet) and I had no backups anywhere thanks to plenty of transit options and bike lanes (meaning the first 3 have easily been worth it for me).

4. Industry. I have yet to create a proper industry with this DLC, however the small areas I have created have generated plenty of revenue for my city.

4. Tied with Industry is Park Life. I just love the ability to create massive city parks that you don't just 'plop' down. Ones that level up and (eventually) can generate revenue.

5. Green Cities. In some ways I should have put this ahead of industry since I have been making all my cities green with the new stuff in it. However, unless you care about having a green city with eco buildings, probably not worth. There are workshop assets that can fill the void for things like the recycling centre.

6. Natural Disasters. Honestly, more fun than I expected but not something you really need.

Creators Packs (only consider after you get all DLC imo).

1. High Tech buildings. This one is actually pretty cool, and I'd say worth buying.
2. Art Deco. Meh. Nice buildings but I use theme manager (mod) to disable the art deco homes. Not really worth it.
3. European Suburbia. Again, meh. It's not that the assets are bad, but they aren't really worth paying for. I'd say avoid.

Other:
1. Concerts. Again, after you get all the DLC consider this. It's not much, basically just a concert stage. I do like having it as it's just another thing to add to my city, but probably not worth buying right now. Perhaps a future sale.
2. Rock City Radio. The only radio station I bought. It's pretty good, but really not worth buying. Most the time I turn the radio off altogether.

[MarkJohnson]

Originally posted by RedClairefield:

Originally posted by grapplehoeker:

Later, once you're more familiar with the game,

The sale's going on NOW, not later.

I agree with Grap. No sense buying everything for this game, only to find out it isn't your cup of tea. There's always a sale going on.

The game is free this weekend, maybe play it before buying even the base game.

Then you'll have money for other games while you test out on this game.