Is Anomaly DLC worth it?

[AikiAimi]

as title said I have all the DLCs rn except Anomaly and wonder if it worth it if I buy it or should I just stick with all the other DLCs and just wait for the dev to release new dlc

[Veylox]

yeah it's worth it

[Astasia]

If you like what it offers it's worth it. If you don't like the sound of what it does, it doesn't really do anything else. There's a good amount of content in the DLC, it's very much a "good value" relative to other expansions, but the content is hyper focused. You pretty much either do the anomaly "plot" or basically disable the expansion, it doesn't add much of anything that is not directly tied to the core expansion mechanic. I think I just said the same thing like 3 different ways, but hopefully the point gets across.

[MadArtillery]

I really enjoy it. Solid fire weapons, a way to make sure you never lose your fav colonists, low tech stun crossbow is neat, quite good raid variety, great scar + age removal, easy prisoner access, great new resource that is fairly easy to acquire, lot of new defencive options, some workplace enhancements too for base efficiency. I really like the power generation options too, good output, very stable, easy to supply. Heating your whole exterior map is pretty neat too as is the underground mining opportunities.

I really like it, use it in all my runs, especially the not losing my fav colonists part, can't imagine living without it now. Better than deathless from biotech. (I'm still salty about losing my first ever deathless colonist litterally the first fight they were in)

[Steelfleece]

As others have said, depends on if you like it. I've read up on the content, watched videos of folks playing it, think it's probably great for some, but I'm fine without. Then again I also skipped Royalty since I tend more towards Mad Max But With Muffalo Instead Of Car's view of the world's I play on.

Probably will pick both up at some point, as everyone's tastes change over time.

[Wraith_Magus]

The DLC is an "alternate questline" with a lot of content for that questline, but you basically need to be doing it to notice. The DLC adds a lot more "combat challenge" content and tries to make you paranoid about your own pawns, which shifts up gameplay a lot.

The main thing is - how much have you played the game already? Are you starting to get bored with having seen all there is already and want something new to make it fresh? This DLC does that, but you might not feel the need for it if you still haven't explored everything in the base game yet. Saving this DLC for last is a good choice because of that.

[apud.harald]

I bought it, but I kinda regret it. Eh, no big deal.
The one DLC I lurve is and remains Royalty.

I am imagining a setup vaguely resembling a Bri'ish colony, with the local bigwigs ( who, like the Governor of St Helena do not really register in London ) desperately pretending that they are actually important, and do important stuff like rewarding you with a Knighthood for hosting a poodle for 2 weeks. That, and adjudicating the ''greenest lawn on Rimworld'' competition.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by AikiAimi:

as title said I have all the DLCs rn except Anomaly and wonder if it worth it if I buy it or should I just stick with all the other DLCs and just wait for the dev to release new dlc

Hard to say if its worth it for someone else. But i'l say the following to help you decide:

Its a very fun DLC when you make use of the DLC content. Especially for the first time when you actually have to figure out how to counter everything. It will at the very least give you a few very memorable playthrough's.

But the majority of the DLC's content isn't suitable for anything other then a supernatural horror themed/flavored playthrough (That said, you can simply not activate the monolith in order to not run into most of it, you can further disable anomaly stuff in the games setup phase).

The exceptions (that you can use in almost any type of playthrough even without activating the anomaly stuff) is the double security door and the turret backpack.

Personally i love the Anomaly DLC.

[Hykal]

I'll say this: Anomaly has my favourite endgame quest. I prefer it over the space ship, hosting the Stellarch, or the Archonexus. The reward you get from it is great too.

[SPRITENADO]

It's fun and really changes up the vibe of the game. It is definitely worth getting, but the real question is whether you want it or not. If you want to add new enemies, tone and mechanics to your games, then you should grab it, if not, don't!

[Hykal]

You should honestly grab it just so you can dispose of your toxic waste from your Mechanoids (Biotech DLC) in a totally safe and not dangerous way!

[Good Old Jim]

While I do think its the weakest DLC, it is still a good DLC. If you have all the others and still want more snag it.

[InfectedTofu]

I really tried to like it, but I find I enjoy the game more when it's turned completely off.

[Schakar]

In my eyes it's on one level with Royality. You have one way which can make you very strong. And over all the amount of content is OKish. For it's price I belive it is a "FAIR" add-on.

Personal I rank them Biotech > Ideology > Anomaly = Royality.
Amount of content in Biotech is unbeaten :).
Roolplay abilitys in Ideology is creazy (if you like roolplay).
Anomaly and Royality I allways have active but just use tiny pices of them.

But ever stareted with "Adam and Eva"? Jung tribe cupple from different tribes who hate each other? Then start to create your own clan, gen-mod all of them, invent implants and revolution your fluid idiology from tree-huggers to tech-loving-gen-fanatics vampiers.

I love it :D.

[Garatgh Deloi]

Originally posted by Schakar:

But ever stareted with "Adam and Eva"? Jung tribe cupple from different tribes who hate each other? Then start to create your own clan, gen-mod all of them, invent implants and revolution your fluid idiology from tree-huggers to tech-loving-gen-fanatics vampiers.

(Sounds like a perfect time to lean into anomaly, making them tech-loving-gene-fanatic-cultist vampires :P)

[AikiAimi]

Thank you all for the comment I will consider buying anomoly maybe not anytime soon seeing that I already enjoy the first 3 dlcs already