This pack only has unique buildings in it. There's nothing wrong with that, but it's more in line with earlier content creator packs than with the more recent ones, which add district styles. The skyscrapers are pretty cool, though.
This is a good content pack. I liked it even though I prefer building city centers to building suburbs. All the buildings have to be placed directly, though; the DLC doesn't add a new district style for college towns.
This DLC adds a new district style to the game, which is great for changing the look of your low density areas. Probably the most versatile content creator pack for the game.
The buildings this pack adds are of lower resolution than those from later content packs. Still, it's pretty nice, especially if you like art deco architecture and aren't just getting it to add variety to your city.
The buildings in this pack are of lower resolution than those of most other content packs. They're great for building some sort of research campus, though.
This DLC is a little overpriced, but it adds the fairly unique mechanic of seasonal events. It's not essential, but it definitely made my cities feel more alive and a little more chaotic (in a good way).
Campus and Parklife are both "gardening" DLCs: you build a special area in your city and spend lots of time sprucing it up and tinkering with it. If you want a slightly more involved Cities: Skylines game, or if that just sounds fun to you, you'll probably enjoy this.
The mid- to late-game crisis this DLC adds will likely frustrate newer players. It's not terribly difficult to avoid or defeat if you know what you're doing and know to prepare for it, but for inexperienced players it will likely feel insurmountable.
Not a bad buy if you've gotten any Stellaris expansions you're interested in and are looking for a challenge. Sales are frequent, so wait for one.
There's a robot fallen empire that's much more engaging to interact with than the other fallen empires, and having the potential threat of a robot rebellion in the back of your mind makes decisions regarding robots more interesting.
This is worth buying on sale, after you've gotten any major Stellaris expansions you're interested in (also when they're on sale).
This is one of the better DLCs for Stellaris. The excavation events are well written and breath some extra life into the early and mid-game. Exploration is more fun and consequential, and many of the outcomes of excavations are strategically meaningful well into the mid-game.
As always with Paradox DLC, wait for a sale, especially for something this old.
MegaCorp is a better DLC now than when it was released thanks to some long overdue updates to Stellaris's economy. It provides more and better content than most flavor and species packs, but it and Apocalypse are the weakest major expansions for the game.
If you like Stellaris, especially if you want to play as a megacorporation, MegaCorp is worth buying on sale, after picking up Utopia, Federations, and probably Nemesis (in that order).
I'm not normally into cosmetic DLCs, but I've *really* enjoyed Humanoids.
There are a few reasons for this:
1) The DLC's humanoid ship set has easily the best looking ships and starbases in the game.
2) The voices the DLC provides are underrated and were an unexpectedly enjoyable addition to the game. Since Stellaris already has a great soundtrack, I'm less likely to mute the game and more likely to enjoy the DLC's voices.
3) A large number of prescripted empires use the humanoid ship set and voices. This DLC meshes well with those, which spawn as AI empires even if you don't play as them.
Obviously this isn't as beneficial as DLC that affect Stellaris's mechanics, but I have no regrets about having picked it up on sale.
This is good music, but it doesn't add any new tracks to the game. It only gives you sound files that you can download or listen to outside the game.
Some of these aren't part of the game's soundtrack - it includes all of Stellaris's trailer music, including the fan favorite from the Apocalypse story trailer - so it's not a bad value. However, I gave it two stars instead four because the description doesn't clearly state that this is more akin to a Stellaris-branded ebook than a normal DLC.
This was the most fun Stellaris DLC that Paradox has released in years. It's the most significant update to the endgame since Utopia, if not since the game's release.
The Marauders are a good addition to the game and Titans are pretty fun to use. However, Colossi - the headline feature of this DLC - are underwhelming thanks to the opinion penalties you incur with the entire rest of the galaxy for using them. This has become more true after the game's more recent updates to federations and the addition of the galactic community.
It's worth getting on sale, but Apocalype and MegaCorp are roughly tied for weakest major Stellaris expansions. Utopia, Federations, and Nemesis add more to the game in my opinion.
The best parts of this DLC are the flavor and mission trees for the minor European nations it adds, as well as the three new music tracks (which are some of my favorites in the entire soundtrack).
The mechanical additions - equipment conversion and licensing and Reichkommisariats - aren't as impactful as the mechanics other HOI4 DLCs add.
If you like HOI4 and have most or all the other DLC you're interested in, it might make sense to buy this one on sale.
This is a good DLC but, counterintuitively, its most enjoyable features are for Japan, not China. The Chinese content is good, albeit tedious, as other reviewers have said. As long as you expect the DLC to make China a deeper experience, but only a modestly more fun one, you won't be disappointed.
Obligatory disclaimer to only buy older Paradox DLC on sale.
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