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Post by peacemaker on Aug 2, 2024 8:05:41 GMT
Lots to choose from. I’m currently playing through the old hunters and it’s up there for me. Three great new areas and 4-5 excellent bosses but most importantly it has loads more trick weapons and all of them are lots of fun and mix up your gameplay options for the main game.
Perhaps a little bit too hardcore, especially the first area with so many hunters everywhere and many other annoying enemies.
A few ideas for you.
Bloodborne the old hunters
Both Witcher 3 expansions
Phantom liberty
Both gta 4 expansions
rdr1 undead nightmare
Bl2 tiny tina
Prey moon crash
X com 2 war of the chosen
bfbc2 vietnam
d3 reaper of souls
half life 2 episode 2
dishonored knife of dunwall
elden ring shadow of the erdtree
outer wild dlc
I bet you lot can suggest loads more I’ve forgotten so let’s discuss.
I think all the ones I’ve remembered above are brilliant in their own ways and improve on the main game.
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Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 2, 2024 8:07:09 GMT
Phantom Liberty Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction Dark Souls DLC (especially 2) Bloodborne Old Hunters Doom Eternal Borderlands 3 DLC Dead Cells
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Post by zisssou on Aug 2, 2024 8:17:15 GMT
The Sims 4: Get to Work
The Sims 4: Get Together
The Sims 4: City Living
The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs
The Sims 4: Seasons
The Sims 4: Get Famous
The Sims 4: Island Living
The Sims 4: Discover University
The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle
The Sims 4: Snowy Escape
The Sims 4: Cottage Living
The Sims 4: High School Years
The Sims 4: Growing Together
The Sims 4: Horse Ranch
The Sims 4: For Rent
The Sims 4: Lovestruck
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Post by rawshark on Aug 2, 2024 8:23:29 GMT
Last of Us: Left Behind
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea
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Post by harrypalmer on Aug 2, 2024 8:24:55 GMT
Shadow of the Erdtree
Phantom Liberty
Half Life Episode 2
Mooncrash
Ground Zeroes
Old Hunters
The Ringed City
Whatever the dark souls 2 dlc was
Trying to think of older stuff but my mind is mush.
Half Life episode 2 is probably my favourite but I also hate it because it left everything unfinished which I still can’t get my head around.
Ooh and Left Behind
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 2, 2024 8:27:29 GMT
Jedi Knight - Mysteries of the Sith.
that's it.
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Post by Ulythium on Aug 2, 2024 8:33:10 GMT
Off the top of my head:
Phantom Liberty (Cyberpunk)
Crown of the Old Iron King (Dark Souls II)
Hearts of Stone (The Witcher 3)
Left Behind (The Last of Us)
Burial at Sea (BioShock Infinite)
Iki Island (Ghost of Tsushima)
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Post by JuniorFE on Aug 2, 2024 8:38:05 GMT
Any Soulsborne DLC (Niohs included... Wo Long's DLC boss difficulty spikes left a bit of a bad taste tbh)
Any Xenoblade DLC
If I'd gotten off my butt and played the Iki Island expansion I'm sure it'd be here too
There may be more but I can't think of them off the top of my head
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Post by peacemaker on Aug 2, 2024 8:48:31 GMT
Last of Us: Left Behind Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea Nice additions that I forgot about. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Aug 2, 2024 8:58:10 GMT
In terms of "I can't imagine playing the game without this expansion", it's probably War of the Chosen for me.
But the massive free expansion to Into the Breach also counts. Or Prey: Mooncrash.
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Post by Vandelay on Aug 2, 2024 9:12:09 GMT
Not much to add that hasn't already been said (although, I'm sure people will say others that I love too). I would say Bill's Mysteries of the Sith suggestion is an excellent shout. That was a great addition to the original Jedi Knight. Only thing it lacked were some more terrible/awesome FMV sequences.
Also agree with Left Behind and Old Hunters. Probably all From Soft DLC really (even when I'm cursing them), but Old Hunters is possibly my favourite thing From have done.
From the world of RTS, I would add in StarCraft Broodwar as being basically an essential addition. Also Rise of Nation: Thrones of Patriots adds some really great quality of life features that I couldn't imagine playing without (don't actually think I ever have).
The Civ IV expansions were excellent too.
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Post by Nanocrystal on Aug 2, 2024 9:16:35 GMT
Zombie Island of Dr Ned
Point Lookout
Citadel
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Post by gamingdave on Aug 2, 2024 10:13:50 GMT
RDR1 Undead Nightmare is a great shout, and immediately came to mind.
Whilst not official DLC, the mods for the Silent Hunter series are almost essential, especially for 5 which is just a buggy mess without them. But for 3 and 4 they take what are great games and make them essential (if you like sub sims).
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Post by Syrette on Aug 2, 2024 10:38:08 GMT
Worst - that Mass Effect (1) DLC. Pointless, if I recall correctly.
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 2, 2024 10:40:10 GMT
Worst - The Morrowind one that added high level ninja assassins trying to kill my poor level one character, and then when I finally managed to savescum my way to beating them, basically broke half the game by giving me their weapons and armour that were better than anything I found for the next 6 months. Tribunal??
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Post by JuniorFE on Aug 2, 2024 10:42:21 GMT
Oh, there's another one! Say what you will about the open world AC games, but I liked how their DLC embraced the fantastical along with the historical, especially Odyssey's. So there's those. And the Hyrule/Fire Emblem Warriors games feel much more complete with their DLC tbh. (and my snarky side wants to say Tears of the Kingdom, as DLC to Breath of the Wild  ) |
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Post by KD on Aug 2, 2024 10:44:46 GMT
C&C Red Alert Aftermath
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Post by Syrette on Aug 2, 2024 10:48:36 GMT
The first Horizon's Frozen Wilds
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Post by rawshark on Aug 2, 2024 10:49:09 GMT
I was thanking about the Red Alert expansion - the one with the hidden giant ant levels. Didn’t mention it as wasn’t sure it would be classed as DLC because it came out in the olden days. |
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Aug 2, 2024 10:50:23 GMT
Worst - The Morrowind one that added high level ninja assassins trying to kill my poor level one character, and then when I finally managed to savescum my way to beating them, basically broke half the game by giving me their weapons and armour that were better than anything I found for the next 6 months. Tribunal?? Yep, Tribunal. I thought it was okay, but not a patch on Bloodmoon, which is one of the best ES DLCs. |
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Post by rhaegyr on Aug 2, 2024 10:51:32 GMT
A couple here people haven't mentioned specifically;
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
Baldur's Gate 2: Throne of Bhaal
Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss
Binding of Isaac: Wrath of the Lamb
I'd probably go with Frozen Throne, Artorias or Old Hunters for my personal favourites.
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Post by FlexibleFeline on Aug 2, 2024 10:51:45 GMT
Another vote for Undead Nightmare. I loved what it did to change the game completely, and zombie fatigue hadn't set in by then.
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Post by Syrette on Aug 2, 2024 10:51:57 GMT
Didn’t mention it as wasn’t sure it would be classed as DLC because it came out in the olden days. 'Expansion pack' |
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Post by Danno on Aug 2, 2024 10:53:18 GMT
Dawn of War - all of them
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Post by ned on Aug 2, 2024 11:20:00 GMT
God of War - Valhalla (and it was free).
ES Oblivion - Shivering Isles
BB Old Hunters
W3 Blood and Wine
Citadel in Mass Effect
Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne
edit: I loved both BOTW DLC too
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Post by wunty on Aug 2, 2024 11:31:48 GMT
Dark Souls 2 - All three DLCs
Elden Ring - SotE
Dark Souls 1 - Artorias of the Abyss
Bloodborne - The Old Hunters
Dark Souls 3 - Ashes of Ariandel and The Ringed City
That takes care of the top of my list. My own opinion being that FROM do fucking amazing DLCs.
The Rest:
Bioshock 2 - Minerva's Den
Dishonored - The Knife of Dunwall & The Brigmore Witches
Prey - Mooncrash
Diablo 2 - Lord of Destruction
There will be more but that's all I can think of just now.
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Post by simple on Aug 2, 2024 12:30:35 GMT
Mass Effect 2 and 3 both had great DLC but it did feel like it was straying into “pay extra to get the full game” territory at times (Leviathan in particular) rather than “extend you experience”.
Oblivion’s Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine quests were both really good fun. Seems crazy to think of the hostile reaction Horse Armour got at the time when now its almost generous how much they gave us and today you’d be paying for each piece individually.
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Post by Syrette on Aug 2, 2024 12:37:33 GMT
I think it's a bit different in the sense that most cosmetic DLC is for multiplayer, as opposed to the likes of horse armour where you'd be the only one looking at it.
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Post by zagibu on Aug 2, 2024 12:48:22 GMT
NWN 2: Mask of the Betrayer
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Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 2, 2024 12:56:27 GMT
The Sims 4: Get to Work The Sims 4: Get Together The Sims 4: City Living The Sims 4: Cats & Dogs The Sims 4: Seasons The Sims 4: Get Famous The Sims 4: Island Living The Sims 4: Discover University The Sims 4: Eco Lifestyle The Sims 4: Snowy Escape The Sims 4: Cottage Living The Sims 4: High School Years The Sims 4: Growing Together The Sims 4: Horse Ranch The Sims 4: For Rent The Sims 4: Lovestruck High School Years is a big disappointment. Seasons is good though.
Worst - The Morrowind one that added high level ninja assassins trying to kill my poor level one character, and then when I finally managed to savescum my way to beating them, basically broke half the game by giving me their weapons and armour that were better than anything I found for the next 6 months. Tribunal?? Yep, Tribunal. I thought it was okay, but not a patch on Bloodmoon, which is one of the best ES DLCs. I suspect the expannsion would have been fine if I'd installed it later on, after leveling up a character. Unfortunately I just got the GOTY edition which installed all 3 together, which meant Tribunal kicked in right at the start of vanilla Morrowind.  |
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