Paradox tends to create long running games that have a lot of DLCs. But even deep in the lifespan of a game, it still brings in value like this one. Really loving new espionage/intelligence mechanics.
Another large DLC for beloved Civilization, adds as usual a lot of good quality changes, my favourite one is finally expanding XXI century properly. Now just one more turn...
Well... if you saw Parks, this one will be same mechanics, only in academic way. Adds some nice university capacity to your city, but otherwise... nothing groundbreaking.
This game thies to be something a bit more realistic, but at the same time marketing dept wanted to keep it as simple as possible "to reach broader audience". In the end.. it's meh.
Looks like Paradox ran out of ideas what to do with EU4. This time they bring small additions, a bit of missions (I htink Rule Brittania brought that milk source) a bit perks and that's about it. Buy at -50% at least, not worth it if it's more expensive. +1 Star for being a "small" DLC for 10$, not a big 20$ one.
This time we got a DLC that is good, but it just lacks that oomph. MegaCorps are good addition, but they don't stand out that much from the crowd as synths and hiveminds do. Overall, not bad for a good price, for a full price I would consoder twice.
Otherwise, just wait for good promo. BattleTech is a really nostalgic game to me, so I can't objectively say that it's good value - I would buy it all anyway to get fullest content. First expansion brings a lot of freshness to the game and I hope they will keep it up.
Game is AMAZING - it has most of the stuff that was in the base Battletech boardgame. But... As much as it was enough to be a board game, we grew to expect more from computer games. Maybe expansions will add more content. Single player campaign is quite good, story line is solid while being able to simply ignore it and hunt for glory is just great. And as with most (all?) Paradox games, modding community is amazing, definitely worth modifying your game.
Parks are kinda like minigame inside major game. They can make or break your city of course, but they are kinda like something you do between major developments. Nevertheless - fun stuff.
A lot of changes in Dharma, really worth the price. Finally India got some love, good changes to the estates and really cool government builder making your country more yours than earlier. Worth getting it asap.
In general - if you are not interested in playing around eastern asian area, just don't buy it. Or wait for a good price. For the stock price of 20$, this is a bit too little for the money and well, you can live without it. Especially since half of the features you get for free as a version bump.
In general, this expansion is really good - lot of new events and features for middle east area (and some more). But changes to muslim faith system are, well, meh... Could be a lot better. I like however changes to the traders - adding roles can greatly shape what you can achieve.
And this DLC is making a fine example of what would be expected from a DLC. New races, new options to create, Synths being quite different from what you have seen before. Yes, very much a must have for Stellaris fan.
But... somewhere it lost that magic of creating transport empire and instead slapped very nice graphics. Played it, enjoyed it, but I don't think I will return to this game after 10 years like I did to TTD.
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Deeper, but...
This DLC adds quite a bit of needed depth to Stellaris. Sadly, I was missing somethis "wow" in it. I guess I would say that this is supposed to be in base game, not as paid DLC. Also, pricing policy Paradox is doing makes no sense to wait for better offer.
...to EU IV. It is usual mixture of events, additional possibilities etc. Only problem is quite high price of it. Especially good if you enjoy being a Great Power.
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