Are all DLCS worth it?

[REVERIE]

Not sure If I could buy it around $130 but having all animals included must be nice. I still rely on my allowances.

[WaterPiglet]

I would say some are not all worth the money but most are worth getting at some point. I would look at getting the ones that have the best positive reviews first if you dont get them all at once.

[moorwiesen]

Yes, having all animals is nice, but you can't have them all at the same time anyways. So only go for those animals you actually want to see a lot or if you like to build a lot, take the DLC with a lot of extra building pieces. In the end there are plenty of animals I never use, so even though I have them all, they were not really needed.

[wpegg]

I bought the full game on sale for £8.74, the cheapest DLC on sale at 50% is £4.99. The base game gave me about 80 animals, a vast array of building pieces, and 12 career missions etc.. The DLC gives at most another 8 animals (sometimes 5 and some building pieces), and a scenario. In terms of the proportional value add it doesn't align well at all, probably because they could afford to give me that discount on the base game because of the money they anticipate receiving in DLC sales.

That said, value is what you derive from it, and "worth it" is entirely a matter of perspective. I suspect I would spend more time, and probably get more fun from an additional £4.99 DLC than I would from a £20 cinema ticket, so in some ways it's a bargain (or just more proof cinemas are overpriced). I think the most important question is how much the DLC will add to your personal experience and whether that is worth the price for you.

[grampers62]

In my humble opinion, it all comes down to one's budget. If one can readily afford the full package they should consider it. Alternatively there's nothing wrong with getting the base game and then adding DLC later as we get some spare change to spend. The sales seem often and the older the DLC the greater the savings.

[Thor II]

Well, to start you have to understand that there are two types of Pack:

Scenario Pack: These Packs come with 4 Habitat Animals + 1 Exhibit Animal + Various Building pieces for you to make your own buildings + vegetation + 1 career or challenge scenario. Each with a theme of animals and scenery pieces. Some come with enrichment items.

Animal Packs: These Packs come with 7 Habitat Animals + 1 Exhibit Animal + 1 Career or Challenge Scenario + vegetation, no building pieces. Each one with a theme. Some come with enrichment items.

Both are the same price. There are some exceptions, the Deluxe Upgrade Packs completely escape All this rule (only 3 animals, more expensive), the Artic Pack exchanges an Exhibit animal for one more career scenario, the South America Pack it has no scenario at all, and the Grassland Animal Pack has 13 animals if you count each butterfly as a different animal.

From there, it's up to you to use that information to decide which animals you like, which building items you like, whether you prefer a career or a challenge scenario, which animals are "innovative" and which are simple reskin/recolor, etc. And so, you can choose which Pack is worth more for your taste.

[mcon]

yes! more animals the more fun and some have building items also!

[sesamesoda]

I make 10 dollars every week from allowance, I first bought the deluxe version of the game in like late 2021 I think? I just recently got all the DLCs, with wetlands being my last. I build a LOT in this game, and the DLCs usually add tons of build stuff, so in my opinion, DLCs are totally worth it.

(sorry if this made no sense I'm not good at stuff like that)

[Just Kevin]

So far there are 158 animals in planet zoo, with the base game and DLCs so far. All worth getting, but it's possibly not possible to build a zoo with them all in it!

[SLG]

Add them to your wishlist and pick them up on sale.

I have all of them.

[REVERIE]

Originally posted by SLGray:

Add them to your wishlist and pick them up on sale.

I have all of them.

How cheap were they during the sale? I kinda missed checking it out the last steam event.

[wpegg]

Originally posted by REVERIE:

Originally posted by SLGray:

Add them to your wishlist and pick them up on sale.

I have all of them.

How cheap were they during the sale? I kinda missed checking it out the last steam event.

Up to 50% off.

[REVERIE]

Originally posted by wpegg:

Originally posted by REVERIE:

How cheap were they during the sale? I kinda missed checking it out the last steam event.

Up to 50% off.

"Up to"

I guess I would hope to afford it on a higher discount. I'll wait for the next sale.

[Mellow_Rusty]

In general I would say, no. The (50-55%) discounts periods are the moments you should buy any of them. Solely based on your comment about receiving allowance :D.

Stick with the basegame at first, it's a solid base game as it is.
During your hours playing, you'll find yourself wanting specific building pieces or animals.
Or you feel that something is missing. That's when you go looking for that specific pack that fills that void.
So, let your playing style determine your DLC-choice. In general that's a good way to go when you have a lot of DLC to pick from.

[SLG]

I got some on another site cheaper. I use a site where you earn nano and can spend it on buying games.

[JustExisted]

If you have the extra money I would get em but only when they are on sale, because must of the time they go half off . If not, don't stress about it . The features they add while cool don't ruin the experience of the game not having them.