It adds a lot of very powerful mechanics, but also very annoying enemies. It is a bit disjointed and even internally has stuff which doesn't mesh well together.

Anomaly is the least integrated dlc, thus it can be ignored in a save without any significant changes to other content.

I like it, using it with ambient horror rather than the monolith is how I prefer it though.

I have no idea to this day.
It's clearly one of the best DLCs but it seems like everyone is stuck in hypnosis about it,

It destroys TPS

Originally posted by Veylox:

I have no idea to this day.
It's clearly one of the best DLCs but it seems like everyone is stuck in hypnosis about it,

I don't even particularly care if people hate it, you're allowed to have opinions on things, it's that the reasons people parrots are complete nonsense.

I get the sense that people heard an opinion on it and never cared to look at or think about it beyond that.

In the early days the DLC definitely took over your game, and enabling the DLC pretty much made the entire playthrough just about this DLC. It's a lot more toned down now, and you can use "ambient horror" to incorporate some elements in without taking over the entire theme (this mode didn't exist when the DLC was first released).

It's fine now, IMO.

I love Anomaly.

Anomaly was one of the best saves ive ever done.
Found a VE genetics lab in a MO dark forest with a small military force
Was one of the most ambient and interesting saves ive ever done.

Anomaly was one of the few times I beat the game. I think people dislike it because they think they have to use killboxes to win all their fights and several anomalies dont care about your kill box.

when anomaly first came out people where crying about the revenant and the metal horrors, Which I found odd as both where among my fav enemies because they where not just normal fights unlike shambles or chimeras.
I personally only hated the shamble assault because they would target my livestock, something even raiders dont do. very rude.


Other than that anomaly doesnt blend well with the rest of the game, anomaly takes over the playthrough. So if you use it, it kinda has to be the main point of the game. They have since added options to just have light anomaly aspects which I guess helps add a sprinkle of flavor with out taking over, but often times I either want everything or nothing.