Question for Dead Cells + Castlevania DLC owners

[Mindslash - the Belmont]

Hello, I'm a big fan of Castlevania games and Dead Cells was on my radar for quite some time, but this DLC really caught my attention. As its currently is, its worthy getting Base game + This DLC? Its better to finish the game first and after that move to DLC? What to expect?

[Kurtino]

I think the game is designed in such a way that it's fine to buy all DLCs and the base game, and it just gives you more choices.

It's sort of like having additional doors or paths (well, literally that). The more DLC you have the more branches you can explore that have different types of enemies, themes, and unlockables, but they're roughly weighted the same. In level 1 for example you can choose to go to path 1, 2, 3, or the castlevania path. The castlevania path will give you the castlevania levels, enemies, unlockables, and content, and eventually you'll come out of that path and it'll branch back into the standard game. This works the same for the later parts of the game as well, if you choose to take the paths later.

It's not designed so that you must complete/finish the game first before you jump into it, and actually I started the castlevania stuff before even unlocking all my powers or completing the game, and it was still a super natural experience.

[Tryyton]

the 1st area ("easy") on CV is without dracula as boss. to get to the 2nd entrance with him, you naturally have to progress the main game, since that is late-game content.
atm the base game + all dlc costs as much as the base game alone. i have over 800 hrs in it and keep coming back. if you like these kinds of games, this is one, if not the, best of its kind.

[SpacePoon]

Originally posted by Mindslash - the Belmont:

Hello, I'm a big fan of Castlevania games and Dead Cells was on my radar for quite some time, but this DLC really caught my attention. As its currently is, its worthy getting Base game + This DLC? Its better to finish the game first and after that move to DLC? What to expect?

Get the DLC. Castlevania DLC has fun weapons that you can use whilst you unlock other stuff.

[Mindslash - the Belmont]

Now I'm more inclined to invest on it. Should I buy everything at once or experiment each DLC ? as newcomer, will I be overwhelmed by the options, or that will flow naturally?

[Kurtino]

Originally posted by Mindslash - the Belmont:

Now I'm more inclined to invest on it. Should I buy everything at once or experiment each DLC ? as newcomer, will I be overwhelmed by the options, or that will flow naturally?

Didn't we already answer that? Yes get it all at once, it flows naturally. You can choose which DLC to experience in-game as you're playing through door/room selections, so it's dynamic.

[themazingness]

I'm new to the game. I was playing on the base game alone for a few days until today. Rather than feeling overwhelming, I felt like the game was too repetitive on its own. Now that I have the DLC, it feels a lot less empty.

That said, if you are here mostly for the Castlevania, I think you could get away with having just the main game and new DLC and be happy until you decide to have more. As soon as I tried it out, it felt like home (Castlevania being a game series I grew up on).

[Minty❓]

All of the DLCs integrate into the base game pretty seamlessly. They just give you more stuff to play with. When I started playing Dead Cells I had all of the DLC on and I think it made the experience better than it would have been with only the base game.

[-ShaDoW]

You need to have the DLC's to get all achievements or just need the base game?

[injected11]

Originally posted by -ShaDoW:

You need to have the DLC's to get all achievements or just need the base game?

Each DLC has achievements. If you want all achieves, you need all of the DLC.

[SpeedFreak3]

Originally posted by -ShaDoW:

You need to have the DLC's to get all achievements or just need the base game?

Indeed, each DLC has a few achievement related to their areas, items and bosses,

[-ShaDoW]

Originally posted by SpeedFreak3:

Originally posted by -ShaDoW:

You need to have the DLC's to get all achievements or just need the base game?

Indeed, each DLC has a few achievement related to their areas, items and bosses,

F perfect game

[Mindslash - the Belmont]

just got it... it was awesome, was able to reach Death, but of course I was too hype and died. Good game . I would like to see the changelog of the stuff that were added overtime, but I guess I will figure out later

[Tryyton]

Originally posted by Mindslash - the Belmont:

just got it... it was awesome, was able to reach Death, but of course I was too hype and died. Good game . I would like to see the changelog of the stuff that were added overtime, but I guess I will figure out later

that was the 1st entrance. play again and you get the info on how to get to dracula. have fun

[blazphemur]

Originally posted by Mindslash - the Belmont:

Hello, I'm a big fan of Castlevania games and Dead Cells was on my radar for quite some time, but this DLC really caught my attention. As its currently is, its worthy getting Base game + This DLC? Its better to finish the game first and after that move to DLC? What to expect?

didn't read any of the replies you got, just my opinion

I have had this game for a very long time and picked it up and put it down several times. After a lot of updates and dlcs, this game has been just as fun if not more over all these hours. These developers have done a beyond amazing job with this game and are continuing to do so! I think that if you have the money, it's definitely worth picking up if you like this type of game, you will have fun unlocking all the content :)