Expected to arrive at the end of the year, Cities Skylines 2 increasingly shows what is his goal: after some promotional trailers, the game seems to aim for

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    I’m interested, just don’t want to eventually spend 2k on dlc. To get the entirety of the first it’s 377$ with a 9% discount. Which is a bit insane.

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      What if you only bought the expansions that speak to you though? I don’t need the content creator pack or the K pop radio station, but I did want Green Cities and Mass Transit, for instance.

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        I’d rather that basics be part of the game from the start. Mass transit should have been there to begin with. Looking at a lot of these dlc it seems like they should’ve been there by default.

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          So then what if you waited until it had all of the features that you consider necessary and then buy those on a sale? You’re a far cry from $2k spent in either case.

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            I shouldn’t have to spend anything extra for basics. It should be there already. So I’ll just not pay anything and pirate it if their monetization scheme is going to be this fucked.

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              Who determines what’s a basic and what’s expanded content then? You know what’s in it when it comes out, and you can buy it at that price or not. If they do extra work, it makes sense to sell it as an add-on. If you were happy with it before they added night clubs or weather features, were they really that essential to be included in the base package? If you weren’t happy with it before they added those things, wait until they add those things. They sell a good product at a fair price, and they’re forthcoming about what’s in it. They don’t try to keep you hooked with weird psychological tricks or gambling mechanics. Nothing about this is fucked.

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      Just because the DLC exists doesn’t mean you need it. I bought the original Cities Skylines, haven’t bought any DLC, but still had a great time. It looks like this time around they’ll also include more features from DLC into the base game. Evaluate the game based on what it is. Is it worth the money? Then buy it. Is it not worth the money, then don’t.

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      I used to be perfectly happy with Paradox’s “slew of DLC” business model… until they raised their prices.

      Before that, I would buy everything as soon as it dropped. No biggie. Now I only buy DLC when it eventually gets those deep discount sales. I’m open to their experimental “subscription” & “seasonal bundle” models, though… so long as they include everything and they don’t get cute with exclusions.

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        Please, no more subscriptions. Let me own the content I purchase, as much as anyone ever owns digital content at least.