Board 8 > Anytime you though DLC was better than the main game?

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Saw this on the Xbox One board, wanted to get your opinions.

I may be enjoying The Frozen Wilds more than I did the main game of Horizon.

Also, I like the Hot Wheels map better than anything else on Forza Horizon 3.
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Dark Souls 2's DLC was the best part. Hell, all Souls DLC is at least equal to the main game.
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Citadel in Mass Effect 3 is the greatest DLC ever created
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ZXAdvent_Lucian posted...

Dark Souls 2's DLC was the best part. Hell, all Souls DLC is at least equal to the main game.

I agree with this. I really loved the Bloodborne DLC
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I love Resident Evil 5 to death but Lost in Nightmares almost reaches this level for me.
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Shivering Isles in Oblivion
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Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den was better than any other Bioshock game let alone 2
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Mass Effect 3
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Definitely Dark Souls II
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Maybe the expansions to The Witcher 3? It's a tricky comparison to make because they build off what makes The Witcher 3 so compelling, but aspects of each are better than the main game (and vice versa). Regardless, both of the expansions to that game are incredible and better than most games in any given year.

I did enjoy both HL2 episodes more than the main game.
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KommunistKoala posted...

Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den was better than any other Bioshock game let alone 2

I wouldn't go that far, but Minerva's Den is definitely much better than 2. The story is fantastic and the entire experience is very well designed.
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KommunistKoala posted...

Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den was better than any other Bioshock game let alone 2

oh duh this is such an obvious answer

it's a proto-fullbright game that pays homage to immersive sims and does it encased in bioshock aesthetics. it's perfect.

while on the subject, dishonored 1's dlc > main game, and dishonored 2: death of the outsider > dishonored 2.
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Hmm. For a second, I was going to say ME2's Shadow Broker was the best DLC expansion, but then I read you meant an expansion that was better. I'm not sure I've played any DLC where that was the case, though I also don't have a wide pool to pull from. Most games I play don't have substantial DLC add-ons.

I have heard that one Witcher 3 DLC was supposed to be incredible. The vampire one, I think?

The new Xenoverse 2 DLC is better than the main campaign at least. Alternate paths, unique interactions with your partners depending on the mission and it actually focuses on the 'what-ifs' that the main campaign was sorely lacking in. Hoping it's a good sign for things to come in Xenoverse 3.
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heroicmario posted...

I have heard that one Witcher 3 DLC was supposed to be incredible.

they both are. Blood and Wine is the larger expansion that takes place in a new setting and often gets cited more than Hearts of Stone, but man, Hearts of Stone is so good. it's three B+ acts with the most compelling antagonist in the entire franchise needling you along the way.

you could reasonably walk away from The Witcher 3 thinking any of the 3 stories it tells are the best. it's that good.
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my first experience to dynasty warriors/three kingdoms/anything of that nature was Dynasty Warriors 3, and I'm pretty sure I liked the characters on Extreme Legends better than the ones from the main game
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I may have enjoyed Specter of Torment more than Shovel Knight
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Minerva's Den > Bioshock 2, like other have said

Last of Us: Left Behind is probably on par with the main game, and the story it tells is about as good as Last of Us gets
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Rock Band 2

That feels like cheating though
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Borderlands 2 has some fantastic DLC that rivals the main game. Tiny Tina's for instance.

I've heard Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is better than Far Cry 3.
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Pirateking2000 posted...

Shivering Isles in Oblivion

ooh this is a really good one.
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Johnbobb posted...

Last of Us: Left Behind is probably on par with the main game, and the story it tells is about as good as Last of Us gets

good call. I think both are great and on any given day will prefer one over the other.
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I didn't think Left Behind was that great.
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Bioshock 2 came to mind immediately

I don't know if inFAMOUS First Light counts, I think that's just considered a stand alone game, but it would be close if it did.
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Fire Emblem Fates

Heirs of Fate > Conquest >>>>> Birthrout > Revelation
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Left Behind is such a rare thing in video games. It emphasizes friendship and intimacy over violence in the AAA space. Queer stories in games have come a long way just due to the democratization of gamemaking tools and distribution methods but I still doubt any other AAA developer could deliver a story that powerful.

This snippet of someone's Left Behind review has always stuck with me because it rings so true:
http://tevisthompson.com/game-review-drabbles/

My favorite videogame moment so far this year focuses on the face of a teenage girl freckled, flushed, screen-lit. Shes playing a broken arcade machine with her eyes closed, listening to her best friend narrate a Street Fighter fantasy. Its an act of trust, of shared imagination. And in this moment, Ellie is seen.

Left Behind repurposes its AAA mechanics the shooting (of waterguns), the lobbing (of bricks at cars), the quick-time-event (her face) not for domination or survival but connection. It left me longing for entire games of altered verbs. Of fumbling connections. Games of seeing and being seen.

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pjbasis posted...

Bioshock 2 came to mind immediately

I don't know if inFAMOUS First Light counts, I think that's just considered a stand alone game, but it would be close if it did.

I'd count it
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iiicon posted...

Left Behind is such a rare thing in video games. It emphasizes friendship and intimacy over violence in the AAA space. Queer stories in games have come a long way just due to the democratization of gamemaking tools and distribution methods but I still doubt any other AAA developer could deliver a story that powerful.

This snippet of someone's Left Behind review has always stuck with me because it rings so true:
http://tevisthompson.com/game-review-drabbles/

My favorite videogame moment so far this year focuses on the face of a teenage girl freckled, flushed, screen-lit. Shes playing a broken arcade machine with her eyes closed, listening to her best friend narrate a Street Fighter fantasy. Its an act of trust, of shared imagination. And in this moment, Ellie is seen.

Left Behind repurposes its AAA mechanics the shooting (of waterguns), the lobbing (of bricks at cars), the quick-time-event (her face) not for domination or survival but connection. It left me longing for entire games of altered verbs. Of fumbling connections. Games of seeing and being seen.

yeah that all really captures how I felt about it. It was shockingly powerful
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Best case in Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies was the DLC one.
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Grand Theft Auto IV (specifically Ballad of Gay Tony) and Dishonored are what immediately came to mind.
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Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Shadow of Death DLC

Because HELL YEAH SANDRO CAMPAIGN

I love him so much
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left behind is so good, but yeah, i love the main game too.

dark souls 2 dlc is the easiest answer for me. the 15-20 hours all three dlc provide are just a step above the 60-80 hours the main game offers.
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Zodiac Tournament in Sleeping Dogs
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It's not really the same thing when you're talking about an ongoing service game but I want to bring it up anyway because it surprised me; Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward was a significant improvement over the base game (Stormblood too, but not to the same degree)
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iiicon posted...

heroicmario posted...

I have heard that one Witcher 3 DLC was supposed to be incredible.

they both are. Blood and Wine is the larger expansion that takes place in a new setting and often gets cited more than Hearts of Stone, but man, Hearts of Stone is so good. it's three B+ acts with the most compelling antagonist in the entire franchise needling you along the way.

you could reasonably walk away from The Witcher 3 thinking any of the 3 stories it tells are the best. it's that good.

That fight at the end is so good. Hearts of Stone is great, but Blood and Wine is a perfect ending to that series
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