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[–] besselj@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 days ago (4 children)

If I go to the steam page for a singleplayer game and see a bunch of paid DLC content, I usually skip it. Look at Stellaris, for example

[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Depends on how old the game is and how big the DLC is IMO. Rimworld, for instance, has quite a few DLCs now, but they are all well worth it if you like the base game. OTOH if a game just has cosmetic DLC or the DLC is coming out super near release that's a red flag.

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Rimworld's DLCs are kinda assumed purchases for the modding scene, too. I feel like this drives a lot of their sales TBH.

[–] Goodeye8@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago

I'm of the opinion that Rimworld DLCs don't actually improve the base game, they simply build an extra layer of isolated complexity ontop of the base game. I like the base game but I didn't really enjoy the DLCs (at least not the first 2) because they didn't actually expand the base game. They felt like mods I paid for.

[–] supernight52@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This describes just about all Paradox games made in the past 15 years, sadly. They release with a barebones concept, then slowly drip-feed content for 5-30 bucks a pop, each one usually sitting at "Mostly Negative" because it doesn't fundamentally add or change anything most of the time, and the times it does- meh. Crusader Kings 2 was my bread and butter for a long time. Played Crusader Kings 3, and it felt like almost every helpful mechanic that existed in CK2 was stripped, and then added on again over the course of years. It was so infuriating, that I just don't buy their titles anymore.

[–] SorryQuick@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

It really sucks cause their gamea are really good too and nobody else makes anything like that, so we’re stuck dealing with paradox’s crap. Same story with the total war games.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Vampire Survivors is an exception.

[–] caurvo@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

$ for hours on VS is insane, even with all the DLC it's pennies. I feel like I'm stealing from the dev.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

No, that is what "made for fun"-monetization looks like

[–] yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At the very least, you can still pirate it and play cracked multiplayer with friends.

I made the mistake of buying the game year ago, and bought a bunch of DLC at 50% or greater sales, and now the sunken cost fallacy has taken hold on me, and I still want to buy more . . . . (at least I'm broke so I can't right now hehehaha)

[–] Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The game files are already downloaded in the steam version at least. One could, hypothetically, unlock those dlcs even on a normal copy. Steam would have no way too detect that either. Supposedly. In Minecraft.