Advice for a newbie. Which edition should I buy, Platinum or Anthology? And what is the significant difference?

[AndroWin]

Thanks

[SLG]

Anthology = everything at once.

[AndroWin]

Originally posted by Lee:

Anthology = everything at once.

It's clear. Does this make sense? Maybe these are cosmetic additions or very minor ones

[colostmy4]

Anthology when it is at a good sale price is best if you want everything that the game offers, of course not everyone necessarily does, so it is partially up to you and what you want.

[grognardgary]

Anthology is platinum plus everything else not included in platinum which is substantial.

[Pan Filuta]

unless you get hundreds of hours deep into it, you will probably see like 10% of the Anthology content. save your money imo. it's a scam. they just make the price super high and then discount it 80% to make it seem like a good deal.

[Komodo Bebop]

Originally posted by AndroWin:

Originally posted by Lee:

Anthology = everything at once.

It's clear. Does this make sense? Maybe these are cosmetic additions or very minor ones

there are no cosmetics or skins in this game. Get the Anthology edition it gives you all the leaders, game modes, and 2 expansions. Plus if you plan on modding, via the workshop, you're gonna need the all the DLCS.

[grognardgary]

Do you want a third of the game with platinum or 3/3 of the game with anthology? This is the only relevant question.

[colostmy4]

By newbie do you mean you don't have any version of the game, or you have vanilla and are thinking about expanding?

[jmerry82]

The basic setup of how much stuff there is in the game and various DLCs:
- Base game. 18 civs, 19 leaders. The minimum to be playable, and still available to buy on its own ($3 right now)
- Expansions (Rise and Fall, Gathering Storm). Each adds new game mechanics that are packaged into a "ruleset", plus eight new civs and nine new leaders that use/require that ruleset. Included in "Platinum".
- Early DLCs. One or two extra civs each, maybe a scenario, maybe some other additions to the game like a "mode" or a new district or wonder. Some of these are in "Platinum", some you'd need to buy the "Anthology" for.
- Leader-only DLCs. This includes the "Leader Pass" and a few others. These only add new leaders for existing civs - though of course those new leaders have new abilities which makes them play differently. The "Anthology" edition includes all of these.

There's only one pure cosmetic DLC I'm aware of. It's called "Scout Cat", and it's free; you enable it by creating and "linking" a 2K account on the game's main menu screen (which also enables one more new leader). It's an alternate skin for the "scout" unit, for those who prefer cats to dogs.