Depends when you buy them tbh. If you bought every DLC at release, then yeah, it's a nightmare. If you waited until now, it's a different story. As someone who plays those games, I typically wait until there's a massive discount + sale because it's not worth it otherwise.
CK2 hard to say because the base game's now free and a lot of the DLC has been marked down, so it's currently less than $100 for everything, most of which is cosmetic or music which most people would agree isn't worth paying for. IIRC I got all the main DLC in a humble bundle for like $10.
CK3 is much worse because Paradox has decided to price the individual DLCs higher ($30 instead of I want to say $15) and nothing's really discounted yet.
EU4's big bundle is so heavily discounted that it's only about twice as much as the latest DLC by itself.
TWW1 and 2 are reasonable now that they've been out so long (all-in they look to be around $60), but TWW3 is ridiculous and Chorfs are more expensive than any other DLC faction in the past.
That may seem reasonable. Until you realize both those games are about 10 years old.
I may be oldfashioned on this one since the last game i bougth was 20 years ago because it was to heavy to torrent with the internet speed we had back then. Now its all digital distribution...
complete editions came with a fusical copy a manual. Strategy guides and were very rareley iver 50 usd. most videogaame prices would revert to 5- 15 bucks after 2 or 3 years.
How much was age of empires 1 when 3 came out? Thats about the same time difference. 1995 to 2005. 2013 to 2023.
That being said its best to wait 10 years or so before playing total war games even then your hardware may not run them.
Depends when you buy them tbh. If you bought every DLC at release, then yeah, it's a nightmare. If you waited until now, it's a different story. As someone who plays those games, I typically wait until there's a massive discount + sale because it's not worth it otherwise.
CK2 hard to say because the base game's now free and a lot of the DLC has been marked down, so it's currently less than $100 for everything, most of which is cosmetic or music which most people would agree isn't worth paying for. IIRC I got all the main DLC in a humble bundle for like $10.
CK3 is much worse because Paradox has decided to price the individual DLCs higher ($30 instead of I want to say $15) and nothing's really discounted yet.
EU4's big bundle is so heavily discounted that it's only about twice as much as the latest DLC by itself.
TWW1 and 2 are reasonable now that they've been out so long (all-in they look to be around $60), but TWW3 is ridiculous and Chorfs are more expensive than any other DLC faction in the past.
But yeah 🏴☠️ stay winning
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That may seem reasonable. Until you realize both those games are about 10 years old.
I may be oldfashioned on this one since the last game i bougth was 20 years ago because it was to heavy to torrent with the internet speed we had back then. Now its all digital distribution...
complete editions came with a fusical copy a manual. Strategy guides and were very rareley iver 50 usd. most videogaame prices would revert to 5- 15 bucks after 2 or 3 years.
How much was age of empires 1 when 3 came out? Thats about the same time difference. 1995 to 2005. 2013 to 2023.
That being said its best to wait 10 years or so before playing total war games even then your hardware may not run them.