DLC Worth it right now?

[Magilicotti]

Hi! Been a while since I have been here, what with life and all. I just finally picked up Civ 5 and I am looking over the DLC on steam, but I am wondering about future expansion packs they may release, and if buying seperate DLC is worth it, since a future xpac may include such DLC content... or... are they planning to stick with certian material only available via DLC, and any expansion sets they release will produce original content?

Thanks in advance for your feedback!

 

[tekjunkie]

No. but there is a free dlc and i think its the mongols. They will probably bundle the dlc together for an xpack or whatnot. The AI is so horrible that dlc is not worth the waist. Save you money... $3 of one dlc is the same price for an entire game on a cell phone or steam.

 

[Morningcalm]

I quite enjoy the DLC, despite my misgivings about its overall price (the DLC civ packs totalled = $20 or so, which is quite pricey per civ if you think about it). The scenarios are generally enjoyable, if a bit bland. Some, such as Genghis Khan, are quite challenging on the higher difficulty levels, and you race against time, which naturally puts some stress on you to push forward with your strongest strategy, rather than just rifle and cannon rushing your enemies for a Domination win (which I do all the time in SP when the enemy foils my attempts to win by culture). I quite like the 1066 scenario in the Denmark DLC, since it comes with its own unique units and improvements (Norman motte and bailey castles! YAY!) and each side plays fairly differently. If you're playing as Harold Godwinson, you control all of Britain, but also have to fend off persistent attacks from 3 rivals who invade by sea, which is both frightening and exhiliarating. Paradise Found (from the Polynesia DLC) is more a map for the explorer, and you can get lots of fun if you're like me and enjoy sailing across huge expanses of blank ocean, looking for New Zealand so you can get that Steam achievement, lol. The Conquest of the New World is probably the most dull scenario, but there is a difference between each faction, and a race to be the first to get your caravels to China, so that keeps it somewhat lively.

The civs themselves are decent, I'd say Inca, Polynesia and Denmark are markedly different. Spain is interesting but not as much of a game-changer as the others, particularly since natural wonders are rare and don't often fall within your borders (usually the city-states get them, in my experience, and some are out in the ocean like the Great Barrier Reef or Krakatoa).

That said, it's quite likely the DLC will appear in a cheaper bundle in the future, since that's the way of these commercial enterprises. Other games that had DLC also had similar pricing schemes. If you don't want to hold off waiting, and you're bored with the game as is, buying DLC wouldn't hurt.

Just cut back on going to that pricey restaurant you were going to eat dinner at, and you can easily afford all the DLC and not feel bad about it.

On the other hand, if you don't really care too much, it's not a bad idea just to play other games until Civ V's DLC comes for a much cheaper price.

 

[Kerosene31]

It is up to you to decide what your money is worth.

Steam already had one 40% off sale on DLC, I would wait for something similar if you don't want to pay full price.

 

[Magilicotti]

Oh, I apologise!

I didn't mean to make it seem like I couldn't afford said content, but a general concern rather, wondering if the current DLC will be included in a future expansion, thus, making it pointless to buy it.

It's more of a self-answering question now that I think about it, but still it makes me wonder. Why would they repackage old DLC into a new full game expansion, only to have the customers waste their money? While I am sure they will further bundle and offer at discounts for the DLC, I doubt they would include them in a expansion pack.

 

[Revoran]

If we're purely talking total price, then it is cheaper right now to continue to buy all DLC civilizations as they come out - than it would have been to buy Civ IV + Warlords at release (Warlords bumped total civs to 24 which is where civ5 stands at the moment). If Civ5 was to bring out more DLCs to match the post-BTS total of 34 civs, then it would work out the Civ5 was like $13 more expensive and that you pay an extra 45c per civ or something.

If you're really worried just wait for a sale, there will be one in the next few months for sure and it'll be super cheap so yeah.

They might package them with a future expansion (I hope they don't because that would make a lot of people really annoyed), they have shown they are not above repackaging once-exclusive content ala Babylon. I think it's more likely they'll keep them as individual DLCs for a long time until some kind of combined Civ5 complete edition comes out which will probably have all the DLCs bundled.

 

[Revoran]

Also it seems like a better business decision to make people buy the DLC + Expansion to get all the civs rather than just one or the other.

 

[Magilicotti]

Well I just went ahead and bought them all. I only hope they do not repackage them within a full expansion, with the DLC being 50% or more of the expansion. ½ is a tad too much, but I just hope for fresh and new materials in expansions, when they also provide DLC. It's just good business.

 

[Talim [own]]

I play CiV a lot so i've bought all DLC and im very happy with it.

 

[Drawmeus]

Depends if $5 matters to you, honestly. Personally, I went for it on all the ones I wanted, ignored the ones I didn't.

I hope they do either a full scale $40-$50 expansion and a separate bundle with the existing DLCs at that point, or a $20 expansion and a $40 bundle of it with existing DLC. I don't mind things becoming cheaper later, I just don't want to have to pay for it a second time.

 

[Revoran]

OP: Did you buy all DLC (ie maps etc included) or just the civilizations?

What's the bet they go on sale tomorrow? It'd be just your luck lol

 

[Save_Ferris]

Depends. If you like the game, then you'd like the DLCs, but if you don't, they don't really make the game better.

 

[Civsassin]

In my opinion, the DLC's as they are currently released (about two months apart) keeps the game fresh and enjoyable. If I was buying the game for the first time, I would immediately purchase all of the DLCs with it, but that's just me.

I also don't think that the DLCs will be included in an expansion. They may be packaged and sold together for a reduced price, but it doesn't make sense to all of the players who purchased the DLCs to include them in an expansion. The only way that would make sense is if the expansion was available via digital download, and the price scaled with or without the DLCs.

 

[logintime]

Since they are more than likely to release the DLC as a bundled pack in the future, and doubtless along with a couple new maps and larger gameplay fixes to justify it as an expansion, I'd really recommend waiting.

 

[The Mad Russian]

I have enjoyed all of the DLC, even when the game was unplayable. Now, with the installation of the last few patches, especially the latest one, I have enjoyed the game a lot more. I used to win 75-80% of my games on Prince but now I am lucky if I make into the first 50-70 turns without getting sneak attacked by at least 2 civs.

 

[TheMeInTeam]

I play CiV a lot so i've bought all DLC and im very happy with it.

dlc overpriced right now they still don't address core gameplay features and there are balance issues with new civs and old. dlc would be more worth it for less money or maybe they should stop dlc and just patch the game to be fixed first.