trslim comments on Yes, Paradox are aware that a “barrage of DLCs” can scare away new players, for all their bundles and discounts

[–] trslim@pawb.social 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Honestly like 2/3s of their stellaris dlc should be base game free content update. its ridiculous.

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world [S] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I played Stellaris around the time it came out. Took a break from it for some time, wanted to play it again and then saw a huge list of DLC they released and decided that it's better to play indie alternatives (that often continue to be developed for free, with an occasional DLC or two to expand the game and support the creators).

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[–] Nighed@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

Most of the paradox DLC come with free updates though.

Hasn't stellar is been revamped multiple times? (For better or worse)

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[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world [S] 5 points 9 months ago

Most of the paradox DLC come with free updates though.

That may be true, but I am not interested in a game where every little gameplay element is monetized into DLC and then you need to figure out which DLC is worth buying and it's not clear what you're exactly playing.

On their Steam page, I have ~30 DLC in a $180 bundle. I am good.

I can either by a new(er) indie space strategy game (which I can come back to after a break) or play an older game with long running mods (some of which are actually a lot more novel and unique and keep getting updates).

One example is the Dune Wars mod for Civ 4 which I've played almost for as long as the regular Civ 4 configuration. It's even been updated with graphics from the Villeneuve movies. You get an elaboratly designed, 4X Civ4 total conversion mod, with a great respect for the lore and its gameplay implementation, with updates spanning many years (if not decades), for free.

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