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Love this game to bits.
This development and publishing team is something else though.
They struggle to make the right move consistently. Even in instances where there could be literally no wrong move they defy expectation and release SUBSCRIPTION services for a decade old game- as a little "thank you" for its literal 10th year of existing. As if insult to injury they are not even cheap GamePass levels of subscriptions. We are talking $52.99 CAD for 6 Months access- OVER $100 Canadian dollars for a YEAR subscription. They have clearly been aspiring to be the Adobe of the gaming genre with this one.
Keep in mind, this move for subscriptions is just the newest "What are you even doing" move in a long list of them from this group. Just off the top of my head:
First it was the endless DLC slog that added just enough useful crap in between that actual utter garbage that you'd be hard pressed not to buy it for $20 here, $20 there.
On to the "Paradox Launcher" update where they post launch, years later, added the additional pop-up prompt.
Coupled with the brand new "If you start this game you consent to us harvesting data from you" Terms of Service changes.
Followed by another handful of shlock DLC.
Straight into the ongoing disaster that was Cities Skylines 2. No content, ugly content, broken content. They walked back their own deluxe edition content because how awful it was. Radio silence. No initial mod support, no Steam Workshop support- now you need to use their service "Paradox Mods" to get community mods to fix their broken game
Now here we are. As a huge thank you for ten years of people playing the original game that made them the leaders in this genre. Ten years of content creators, streamers, youtubers. Ten years of modders who made the game amazing to play-
Subscriptions. Subscriptions and THREE more DLCs on the 25th of March.
It seems after the Cities Skylines 2 pre-order money has dried up they have doubled back to this gem to stomp and squeeze a little more out of it instead of trying to make CS2 palatable.

So here is a helpful list.
- Avoid all "Radio" DLC. Its overpriced filler garbage for bundles to inflate the price.
- The Content Creator packs are big hit or miss'. There are youtubers who have reviewed the packs content.
- Don't buy the Map bundles. Workshop map creators are incredible. Use the workshop.
- Mods will make the game. Use the workshop. People have made "collection packs"
- The big DLCs that add to or change the game are as followed: After dark, Snowfall, Natural Disasters, Mass Transit, Green cities, Parklife, Industries, Campus, Sunset Harbour, Airports, Plazas & Promenades, Financial Districts, Hotels & Retreats.
- Never pay full price for this stuff. I recommend you look up "isthereanydeal" (is there any deal) They list every legitimate site that has authorised game keys. There are other places too. Just don't pay full for this.
Subscriptions. Ha.