Is still worth buy without the dlc?

[Nerdphobia]

Hey guys i really want to buy Anno, but it is worth it without buy the dlc? thank you so much

[Gavin The War Criminal]

With the current sale price, absolutely. At full price: depends on what you want. But right now I would say absolutely, from like 60 dollars to just 15 is a steal.

[Nerdphobia]

Originally posted by Gavin the Fifer:

With the current sale price, absolutely. At full price: depends on what you want. But right now I would say absolutely, from like 60 dollars to just 15 is a steal.

Thank you so much friend, i will buy it then, and any recomendation of the dlc?

[XceptOne]

Regarding DLC, maybe this helps.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/916440/discussions/0/3824174193412383452/

If you actually know that you will like the game (that's a big if) and have the money, the cheapest option will be to buy it all at once with the complete edition(might get overwhelming though, so I also recommend to deactivate most dlc for your first games).
screw that, seems only base game and separate dlc are on sale

Though, as you can play the game for free currently and over the weekend, I'd recommend to do just that for now and decide on sunday.

Edit:
Also I'd rather recommend that if you decide to buy it, you do so on Ubisoft Connect to avoid having to deal with multiple launchers (and avoid any problems that people sometimes (often, I actually don't know) seem to get).
If you decide to buy on steam, though, make sure to install and launch Ubisoft Connect and be logged in there before starting the game for the first time. That should avoid most of the problems that can crop up.

[Gryphonheart]

Originally posted by Nerdphobia:

Originally posted by Gavin the Fifer:

With the current sale price, absolutely. At full price: depends on what you want. But right now I would say absolutely, from like 60 dollars to just 15 is a steal.

Thank you so much friend, i will buy it then, and any recomendation of the dlc?

Just buy season passes (there are 4), they're discounted as well. Everything else (except deluxe upgrade) are cosmetics.

[The Doctor]

The base game is HUGE and having all the DLC active in your first playthrough will overwhelm you. The base game alone will overwhelm you as with just that alone you will be managing colonies in both the old and new world at the same time with no ability to queue up actions while paused.

You don't need any DLC to begin with - by all means, buy it all while it's on sale of you want to but don't activate it for your first few games as you will have to manage colonies in five regions instead of two. I've been playing on and off for 200+ hours and I still find managing two regions quite challenging.

Learn to juggle two balls before adding any more so activate a DLC with a new region or new systems as you need them. Just be aware that if you start a game with the DLC disabled, you won't be able to enable them in that same playthrough and will have to start a whole new game to experience it.

Cosmetic DLC is all fine to go though. In fact, it will make the base even more appealing.

[Nightsbane]

Originally posted by Gavin the Fifer:

With the current sale price, absolutely. At full price: depends on what you want. But right now I would say absolutely, from like 60 dollars to just 15 is a steal.

What about the Ubisoft requirement ? That looks awful

[É um colosso]

DLC are pretty much pay to win, some stuff make the game way easier.
They not having a discount for the "complete" versions is ultrageous. This game is 5 years old.

[Primigenia]

easy answer: yes. complete answer you can enjoy it very well without dlc but they add very good things for the price

[bbfloyd]

I loved earlier Anno games, but I refuse to buy any more products with 10,000 paid DLC. Goodbye Ubisoft, goodbye Paradox; I refuse to browse their products now.
Ever raise dogs? The rule is: don't reinforce undesired behavior. And that is how I look at these companies dealing death by 10,000 microtransactions. The only way to win is not to play. Thank goodness everyone pitched in to keep Unity from going to the darkside.

[Nightsbane]

Originally posted by bbfloyd:

I loved earlier Anno games, but I refuse to buy any more products with 10,000 paid DLC. Goodbye Ubisoft, goodbye Paradox; I refuse to browse their products now.
Ever raise dogs? The rule is: don't reinforce undesired behavior. And that is how I look at these companies dealing death by 10,000 microtransactions. The only way to win is not to play. Thank goodness everyone pitched in to keep Unity from going to the darkside.

Preach brother that's the way !

[Bjørn]

I was also planning on finally buying this now on sale, but was shocked to see that even on sale, all the DLCs amounts to well over 200 euros / dollars!

Originally posted by The Doctor:

The base game is HUGE and having all the DLC active in your first playthrough will overwhelm you. The base game alone will overwhelm you as with just that alone you will be managing colonies in both the old and new world at the same time with no ability to queue up actions while paused.

You don't need any DLC to begin with... (snip]

This is nice to know. Might not need DLCs, then.

I was a big fan of Anno 1404 and the Venice DLC. Don't know if there even were more DLCs.

I'll give the game a try with the 'free to play'-option over the weekend.

[la_nague]

the steam list is a bit wrong, the season passes contain the DLC, so its not 200 euros for everything.

I think game + all season passes is 70 euro, that would include all the gameplay DLC and the rest is cosmetics.

[Bjørn]

Originally posted by la_nague:

the steam list is a bit wrong, the season passes contain the DLC, so its not 200 euros for everything.

I think game + all season passes is 70 euro, that would include all the gameplay DLC and the rest is cosmetics.

That's good to know, and on further inspection makes sense, thanks!

[CyMonk]

Originally posted by bbfloyd:

Ever raise dogs? The rule is: don't reinforce undesired behavior.

And the sad truth is that the majority (I would even say >= 80%) of dog owners have absolutely no idea what that means.

[Joe Kaze]

Yes, it is a great game without the DLC. The DLC adds a bunch of new stuff that is also very good and expands the game in fun ways, but it is by no means required.