Well...as the title says, really. I got the idea from dice tower, where some known board game hosts talk about their favorite expansions to board games. Expansions obviously also happen on video games, but I rarely read something positive on them. This might be because day 1 DLC is considered to have stripped from the base experience to fork out more cash, or because it is a trap to make you spend more money than you had originally planned.
But I'm curious as to what GOOD expansions are out there. What DLC, expansion, extra quests or what have is something of which you say "yup...now THIS is something that hugely improved the base game without limiting the original game in any way"? In terms of value for your buck, of course...it's hard to compare a full extra campaign with a micro payment, no matter how awesome.
Note: I'm talking of "not standalone" games here. Games like Doom 2, Far cry: blood dragon or Fallout: new vegas are of course awesome and run on the same engine/use the same resources as their previous game, but aren't to be considered for this thread.
Part of me making this thread is also because I only very, VERY rarely buy something extra for a base game (my backlog is so full I barely finish games to begin with ). So my top 3 is just about half of the extras I've ever bought for any game...
3. rocksmith 2014 DLC. Yup...you can buy original songs to add to your guitar tracks. I'm a sucker for those. My mastery of the guitar is so low I really should be focussing more on the songs I have, but during steam sales I often just can't resist. As such, it's also extremely hard to pick just one, so don't quote me whenever I say I like the iron maiden pack best (even though it's so hard it'll take me 10'000 years to get anywhere near not-embarrassing ).
2. Race for the galaxy expansions. One of the good things of virtual board games is that their expansions are based on board games expansions as well. RftG is pretty complex to get into, but once you get the hang of it, it's so incredibly addicting. The expansions (especially the third one) adds even more complexity, but fully enriches the main reason the game is so damn good to begin with.
1. Yuri's revenge. Ah, yes...good old red alert 2. High point in the RTS genre, and despite its age still a decent contender for 'best RTS game ever made'. That is, unless you make it compete against its own expansion, which added a third race into the fray and mixed up the existing factions.
So...what are your favorite expansions?
(note: I'll probably haven't heard of any, but still...I'd love to hear them )
But I'm curious as to what GOOD expansions are out there. What DLC, expansion, extra quests or what have is something of which you say "yup...now THIS is something that hugely improved the base game without limiting the original game in any way"? In terms of value for your buck, of course...it's hard to compare a full extra campaign with a micro payment, no matter how awesome.
Note: I'm talking of "not standalone" games here. Games like Doom 2, Far cry: blood dragon or Fallout: new vegas are of course awesome and run on the same engine/use the same resources as their previous game, but aren't to be considered for this thread.
Part of me making this thread is also because I only very, VERY rarely buy something extra for a base game (my backlog is so full I barely finish games to begin with ). So my top 3 is just about half of the extras I've ever bought for any game...
3. rocksmith 2014 DLC. Yup...you can buy original songs to add to your guitar tracks. I'm a sucker for those. My mastery of the guitar is so low I really should be focussing more on the songs I have, but during steam sales I often just can't resist. As such, it's also extremely hard to pick just one, so don't quote me whenever I say I like the iron maiden pack best (even though it's so hard it'll take me 10'000 years to get anywhere near not-embarrassing ).
2. Race for the galaxy expansions. One of the good things of virtual board games is that their expansions are based on board games expansions as well. RftG is pretty complex to get into, but once you get the hang of it, it's so incredibly addicting. The expansions (especially the third one) adds even more complexity, but fully enriches the main reason the game is so damn good to begin with.
1. Yuri's revenge. Ah, yes...good old red alert 2. High point in the RTS genre, and despite its age still a decent contender for 'best RTS game ever made'. That is, unless you make it compete against its own expansion, which added a third race into the fray and mixed up the existing factions.
So...what are your favorite expansions?
(note: I'll probably haven't heard of any, but still...I'd love to hear them )