Currently, I’m waiting for a sale that puts the base game and phantom liberty at around £25.
Am I being a bit silly?
Is it worth picking up the next time GOG do a sale for around £38?
Edit: I’d just like to say thank you to everyone who has responded with useful information, and opinions on the game. I think I may treat myself next time the base game is £25 (and I have a weekend to play!)
only you can really answer that, worth is fairly subjective.
The game has been in good shape for quite a bit, for most players on pc, anyway.
I guess it kinda depends, is it strictly a budget question or is this about the quality of the product? For “those on board the hate-train” the game is irredeemable forever, for “fanbois” it’s been great always. Personally I’ve gotten closer to 600 hours of funtime out of it, so money-units per time-unit ratio is pretty good, but obviously your mileage will vary.
edit: and if this is about budget, do consider that the game does require rather hefty pc to run, RT on or off.
I agree.
Although I had way more fun in the game before the patch that changed the skill trees.
To OP: The rough launch of the game made for some pretty steep sales. Idk if they’ll go that low again for awhile.
Yea the skill tree changes are/were fairly divisive. I’m more on-board with the changes than against, but I do think the old version offered more freedom in builds, but… eh. It’s entirely serviceable as is.
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The “other skill tree” seemed to be largely useless for my “stealth archer” (sneaky silent pistol & hacker) character, the perks there seemed to be geared towards more action oriented approach.
Anyway, at current my only real gripe with the game is the occasionally hella persistent cop chases. The cop patrols seem to spawn absolutely everywhere, and every time I lose them it feels more like gaming the system via technicalities than actually doing it the intended way. Could be a case of “gid gud”, tho. Last character (since patch and dlc) I played on normal, iirc.
Also, the basegame has gone to -50% fairly regularly, basically every time gog/steam hosts any bigger sales happening. The dlc (according to steamdb) has been -15% twice, but it’s still fairly recent. Could be cheaper when summer sales arrive.
I was looking at how it went with No Man’s Sky, and I think you might be right!
Honestly, less budget, more just not spending money that I don’t need to. From what others are saying, I think I might just get the base game at £25 when it’s next that on GOG, then get the DLC down the line.
Sounds like a solid plan. And also you’ll need few hours in the game to even access the dlc area anyway. At most you’d miss some early dlc-gated items as random drops/finds. Nothing major, mostly clothing items you can wear for cosmetics.
Nothing you couldn’t get after getting the dlc.