I play city builders since the very first edition of Simcity. This game is the best city builder I have ever played. It offer so many different way to play it. Scenarios, artistic creative aspect of cities, maps and objects, creative UX fun as you can create your own scenario, management challenge Or just building and see your city growing from tiny village to metropolis. I love this game. Not all DLC have the same value, but also don't have the same price and that's why I don't regret having bought them all, especially with the pack discount.
But if you really want to limit your budget, I recommend the Mass Transit and Industry ones.

I play city builders since the very first edition of Simcity. This game is the best city builder I have ever played. It offer so many different way to play it. Scenarios, artistic creative aspect of cities, maps and objects, creative UX fun as you can create your own scenario, management challenge Or just building and see your city growing from tiny village to metropolis. I love this game. Not all DLC have the same value, but also don't have the same price and that's why I don't regret having bought them all, especially with the pack discount. But if you really want to limit your budget, I recommend the Mass Transit and Industry ones.