One of the greatest strategy-rpg's out there - yet with the base cost of a MMO.
Funny I mentioned MMO's. The way I look at it, it is kinda like a yearly subscription to my favourite game to keep it getting updated. And like most mmo players, I have no problem with that. I get just as many hours in the game as a (casual) wow player might get, and I still pay less or maybe just as much as he has during his monthly fees over the years.

The only problem I see with this dlc strategy is that new players have to pay a tremendous sum of money in a much shorter time span than we early players did. We could just remove a few bucks from our accounts every 5 months. That's why, if you're a new player. Buy the vanilla and maybe a few dlc's (a quick search on google and you'll find a forum with old players telling you the best suited ones for you, and yeah, a few are of questionable quality), there are often sales at 75%. Take your time. Bying them all at once might overwhelm you with content.

Many people say the base game is bad, but a lot of us got a lot of hours just in the vanilla version of the game, meaning that the base game itself is also good, if lacking. Just because it has reached a new standard, and we can't go back to what it used to be, doesn't mean it ain't good. Like some wise, yet slightly pessimistic guy said: "It's worse to gain something only to lose it, than never having it at all", and that is exactly what CK2 with all its dlc's is to us old players.

One of the greatest strategy-rpg's out there - yet with the base cost of a MMO. Funny I mentioned MMO's. The way I look at it, it is kinda like a yearly subscription to my favourite game to keep it getting updated. And like most mmo players, I have no problem with that. I get just as many hours in the game as a (casual) wow player might get, and I still pay less or maybe just as much as he has during his monthly fees over the years. The only problem I see with this dlc strategy is that new players have to pay a tremendous sum of money in a much shorter time span than we early players did. We could just remove a few bucks from our accounts every 5 months. That's why, if you're a new player. Buy the vanilla and maybe a few dlc's (a quick search on google and you'll find a forum with old players telling you the best suited ones for you, and yeah, a few are of questionable quality), there are often sales at 75%. Take your time. Bying them all at once might overwhelm you with content. Many people say the base game is bad, but a lot of us got a lot of hours just in the vanilla version of the game, meaning that the base game itself is also good, if lacking. Just because it has reached a new standard, and we can't go back to what it used to be, doesn't mean it ain't good. Like some wise, yet slightly pessimistic guy said: "It's worse to gain something only to lose it, than never having it at all", and that is exactly what CK2 with all its dlc's is to us old players.