How many hours can I get out of the base game?

[REDMVGE]

I'm thinking about buying this and just by doing the math, getting the complete year 4 version would be the smart thing to do, but I have no idea if I'll even get that far into the game as city builders haven't really been my thing in many years (used to play anno games A LOT back in the day though).

So I'm wondering just how much you think someone could get out of the base game before feeling the need to expand?

[Hundinger]

Many of us have been playing since release, when there were no expansions yet and we got a lot of hours out of it. The base game alone has way more to offer than the predecessors. So buying it and thinking about season passes later isn't a bad way to go. If you like it, you will get tens of hours out of it. If not, well, it's just about 15 bucks now, better than throwing 50 potentially out of the window. And yes, buying the season passes later will be more expensive, but you don't need to buy them all at once. Maybe you won't want all of them. Inform yourself about their contents. I personally don't have all DLCs because there are some that just don't interest me. You can buy them seperately too if only one of the three a season pass offers interests you for example.

[Nachuuu]

I played 34 hours until it got boring and I could tell i definitely need the DLC for the go have all of its proper features, beware if you buy the Base game you cant upgrade into the complete edition 4 year. This is where I am stuck right now, the steam support wont do anything to help you upgrade.

My suggestion is to try it for free first, you can google which client it is that has the game for free, or buy the game and refund within 2 hours. However 2 hours is not really enough time to figure out the game imo

[.:M3ssi@h:.]

it is free week of anno 1800 on ubisoft connect (16-23.3.) so u can try it free more than 2h if you can download it fast...

https://freeweekend.ubisoft.com/anno1800/en-GB

i played about 25 h in to free week and then bought 4y edition here on steam and even my progress from free game was saved so it is quite nice.

Right now im about 45h it to a game. and not even close to finish my first play...

[Bloodartist]

Originally posted by .:M3ssi@h:.:

Right now im about 45h it to a game. and not even close to finish my first play...

You mean some kind of campaign?

To be honest, Im not a huge friend of RTS games. Im more of a turn-based kind of person. Especially ones that don't show anything when you pause them. Singleplayer with a pause is somewhat ok, like Stellaris. But the demo that I tried showcases the problem: I cant plan things while the game is paused.

This game looks amazing and its the perfect age as a flavor... but Im worried I won't like it in the long run.

I have 600 hours in Stellaris in comparison..each new save feels different.

[.:M3ssi@h:.]

Originally posted by Bloodartist:

Originally posted by .:M3ssi@h:.:

Right now im about 45h it to a game. and not even close to finish my first play...

You mean some kind of campaign?

To be honest, Im not a huge friend of RTS games. Im more of a turn-based kind of person. Especially ones that don't show anything when you pause them. Singleplayer with a pause is somewhat ok, like Stellaris. But the demo that I tried showcases the problem: I cant plan things while the game is paused.

This game looks amazing and its the perfect age as a flavor... but Im worried I won't like it in the long run.

I have 600 hours in Stellaris in comparison..each new save feels different.

Campaign - base story line take me about 25 hours of play then your save is converted to "Sandbox" mode. About 15-20h was Land of lions DLC story line. Now im in Sunken treasures (at begining) and Arctic story line (dont know the name of the DLC) (offered me as expedition but i did not started it yet). Still playing on my first save , i did not tried scenarios.
Slowly building my economy, exploring expeditions, new buildings and production chains i did not tried tresure maps yet.

[Hundinger]

Yeah, totally forgot about the free week. Get it now, there are still a few days left.