Is the Esports DLC worth it?

[Radzui]

Hey I am new to the game been playing it alot and ive learned alot and its very very fun. But I am a Esports fan I watch all types of it. So was wondering if the DLC is worth it.

[T-Bone Biggins]

It's very different. Some people dislike it, others like it more than the original career gamemode. Watching a video of someone playing it on youtube might give you better insight.

[PUC_Snakeman]

Yes, but..

I recommend playing Career for a bit, maybe through Level 30 so you can get a feel for all the Story Jobs.

Then, if you're looking for something more, including a bit more challenging, and a bit more story-oriented, then go for the ESports DLC.

If you liked career stories, you will like ESports DLC.

[Holyvision]

I enjoy the Esports, but as mentioned above you should play Career mode to at least level 30 before hopping into Exports.

The DLC has more of a story/game feel to it with events going on throughout your days. You have a cellphone now and the text messages you get can get really needy and annoying, but are part of the game. It's overall harder, and you have to really manage getting just-enough-quality levels of hardware, buying only the stuff you MUST HAVE or you won't get ideal results at all stages. You won't be getting those "upgrade to X level with overkill budget" jobs here -- more like "need to upgrade to this score/overclock/etc and stay within your weekly budget". Yea, weekly budget, if you blow your cash too early in the week on going overboard, you won't have enough to fill requests on the backed! You also have sponsors to worry about that need you to build with specific parts which can hinder upgrades, and you get special requests from the players which can really hurt the budget and the time.

(Honestly, you'll save-scum with manual saves a LOT in esports, make sure to manual save at the start/end of EVERY DAY).

Ideally, you'll want to understand CPU and GPU overclocking to a high-level (with everything stable/cooled) and know your hardware tiers to be able to do this quickly, understand custom water loops to a high level, and be able to work quickly to find hidden-issues -- as these will often need to be done to certain requirements on TIMERS of two minutes or less. You also need to master working on multiple PCs at the same time side-by-side and not mixed up who/what needs what.

I think on sale, it's worth getting but if you aren't level 30 in career wait for the sale. The DLC isn't connected to main game and vis versa; no content from Esports will add to your career, and career doesn't add to Esports. (Though I wish I could use the Esports workshops in Career mode..)

If you know the insides and out of Career mode at 30+ and can overclock without issues, you'll get about 6-8 hours out of the DLC before completion. After completion you can re-play the mode and work for a different team(s) but still have the overall same experience with different characters.

The extra workshops are nice to be able to swap between in career mode also after every so many days of playing to keep it fresh, and give some money to the devs to keep working on updates. Grab them on sale too when you can if you want.

[mlnhead1]

Esport in a nutshell. It is played just like career mode, besides emails about the teams computers, you get feedback from your smartphone texts. Texts directly from the team mates. Thing is, the texts aren't just personal things they want done. The texts are also about all the drama that is going on inside the team. So you have to weed through every week with 2, 3 or 4 players, drama and requests.
It is not a bad game, but it does require you to read and comprehend and remember texts from 3 and 4 days prior. The requests do sometimes counteract each other as well... Which puts another dilemma in the total quest of the game.
I will add. Always try to complete seasons. I built myself into a corner and couldn't complete a season. I quit and when I did, when I started back over. I lost 22 or so special awarded trophies. I would have been forced to quit anyways because I chose to water cool a persons PC, but then was specifically asked in a email to add 5 case fans. But the water cooling was locked in with the PC's property so I couldn't install any case fans and leave the water cooling out... Leaving the water cooling out would result in an incomplete case error not letting me complete. The 5 fans had to be installed as well to complete the mission...