Base game is frankly a bit barren and boring. Fun enough at first, but I found myself very quickly 'figuring it out' and then it just become a walk in the park, as the game doesn't really do anything to bring you out of your strategic comfort zone. The DLCs (especially Clash of Gods and Famous Last Words) add some more interesting mechanics, and most importantly, often throw hundreds little spanners in your usual status-quo strategy, forcing you to actually think and struggle a bit, which is a welcome change. UUUUUnfortunately, once you buy base game alone, you're left having to either buy it again in the complete collection, or buy the DLCs individually, there's no bundle with just them, and buying everything individually is twice as expensive as getting it all in CC
