DLCs worth it?

[Vin]

I plan to only play the game casually and in peaceful scenarios for the most part. Thinking of getting the Year 4 Complete Edition, but if I won't benefit much from the DLCs with my playstyle, I'm okay to also to just get the standard edition.

[Kolakhan]

What is in the gold edition vs the complete edition?

[The Renderer]

The DLCs add stuff all over the place, so they surely will benefit you. Whether you want to buy them right away or play with the base game a little first is up to you, of course.

[Humble]

Oh, yes DLC worth it, it's make gameplay easier but longer and so much to do! It's just make more hours on gameplay. More quest, new world map type, more island, more type of resource. so go on.

You better off get complete Edition, you get 1, 2, 3 and 4 season, while Gold is only gave you 4 season. Each season forced on something like 4 season forced on new world, 3 season forced on old world, 2 season forced on Enbesa world map type, 1 season forced on Arctic, more or less.

[Patton]

Skip the cosmetic DLC - I can't get the one I bought (Vibrant Cities) to register in-game as being installed, even though Steam shows that it is. Restarts, file verification and even reinstalling the entire game didn't fix it.

[Humble]

I suggest try create ticket support, I prefer Ubisoft Ticket support since they are a responsibility, steam is just store, but I supposed you could create ticket on steam support to work together both side, steam and ubisoft support to make it work. be polite and patient with them, they are people after all, bad attitude might make them don't want work with you, worse case, they said nothing skip you, or deny or shut you down, even you are a client or customer. Do to them as they would do to you, golden rules.

This is why I had game on Ubisoft, not on steam, more support and need less work with, rather than steam and Ubisoft, that is too much work.

Irony, there is time I did pre order anno 1800 on steam before they said they withdraw from steam, when they did, I rethink whole thing, what if there is no support, or bad support on game? I think I would better cancel pre order anno 1800 on steam and pre order on Ubisoft for full support. It's was good move. I had mostly good experience with Ubisoft support when I had issues.

[Hydra]

Short answer: Yes

Long answer:
- The Passage: I personally hate the Arctic region, but it does introduce the first airship and gives you a power plant that doesn't depend on railways.
- Botanica: A weak reskin of zoo's, but it adds buffs to your islands so sure whatever.
- Sunken Treasures: Adds a new region with a massive island, also new ways of finding artifacts/zoo animals. Excellent DLC.
- Bright Harvest: It's buffs to farming make it absolutely mandatory.
- Seat of Power: It adds a new palace buffing building, I haven't played around with it too much personally. It's eh.
- Land of Lions: African region has some issues, mostly due to the way its storyline is handled, but the scholars are a welcome new population class. Worth it.
- Docklands: Adds new trading pseudo-monument. It's good.
- The High Life: Adds skyscrapers and a new monument. It's good.
- Tourist Season: Adds hotels, restaurants, and tourists - all of which either give profit or buff residents. It's good.
- Seeds of Change: Focuses on New World agriculture and buffs farming further. It's good.
- Empire of the Sky: Adds more airships, with a focus on the New World. It's good.
- New World Rising: Continuing the New World focus, it adds a third pop tier and a new wonder. It's good.

Really there are only two or three DLC's you would be forgiven for skipping. Everything else is "add more content at your own pace".
Also, one good thing that the Anno team has done is work on making the DLC's interconnected. You are not punished for not having a certain DLC, but this isn't like Paradox where each DLC feels like it is in its own separate world. With Season 4 over, Anno 1800 feels absolutely massive in its scope and how each region interacts with one another.

[Tankfriend]

Originally posted by Hydra:

- Seat of Power: It adds a new palace buffing building, I haven't played around with it too much personally. It's eh.

The palace can be incredibly powerful, and will likely tip your entire income balance into overdrive all on its own depending on what settings you use with it.

[micro]

It seems crazy for me that they try to get away with this pricing scheme. Its 60€ effectively for a game released 2019. DLCs are not worth 40€. That can not be the case. And if it is Its 60€ effectively for a game released 2019

Really pisses me off...

[Humble]

There is no $40 each DLC but season with 3 DLC normal cost $25, it's worth money to me, I brought game without sale, if someone said it's not worth it, then they must not try out or didn't play every DLC, there is no scam at all. I meant policy store can be issues, not game itself but not scam.

[Crusader Larry]

I think adding all the main dlcs for the first run was a bad idea lmao. whenever this run finally dies off ill most likely only do the ones yall recomended tysm. any others tips on which ones to use for the best all round experience would be nice!