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curl-6 on 18 February 2020
JWeinCom said:
curl-6 said:

One that I still can't decide if I love or hate is the Burial at Sea DLC for Bioshock Infinite.

On the one hand, it was cool seeing Rapture before its collapse, more of Infinite's excellent gameplay was welcome, and the additional weapons and powers were cool. 

On the other,

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killing off Elizabeth the way they did felt like such an unworthy end to one of gaming's greatest characters, I really didn't like the way they did that. Where Infinite saw her transform from a helpless victim to an awe-inspiring figure, Burial at Sea took all that away. It also kinda ruins the hauntingly ambiguous ending of Infinite. I feel like the series as a whole would've been better off without this addition, narratively speaking. In their attempt to tie up all the loose ends, they cut too many too short.

It was a downer, but I think it was mostly appropriate.

One of the big themes, if not the biggest theme of Bioshock, was child abuse.  The Little Sisters, Jack, Elanor, and Elizabeth.  In all of these cases the child is essentially sacrificed either to further an ideology or for straight up profit. 

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After essentially making revenge for her abuse her reason for living, Elizabeth instead uses her experience as motivation to save others.  Again she winds up as a sacrifice, but this time by her choice, to end the cycle of abuse... Essentially she's serving as a Big Daddy who are probably the most purely good characters in the series... Of course, depending on the player, Jack can then continue sacrificing all of the little sisters, which would make her sacrifice entirely pointless.

Maybe I'm just too attached to the character but I just feel like they deserved a better send-off. It's also a pet peeve of mine when a sequel (or in this case add on) ruins the mood of a story's ending by rendering former struggles pointless or negating something poignantly ambiguous.



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KiigelHeart on 19 February 2020

The Witcher 3 - Heart of Stone
Kingdom Come: Deliverance - Woman's Lot
Bioshock Infinite - Burial at Sea
Dragon Age Origins - Awakening

Those are the best.



Pajderman on 19 February 2020

I really liked the extra case in Phoenix wright dual destines, Turnabout Reclaimed. It is the largest and imo best case in the game.

I also really like the dlc for Mario Kart 8 already mentioned.

As for not so great dlc I usally stay away, but the smash 4 dlc come to mind as less stellar.



curl-6 on 16 March 2020

I'm playing through Witcher 3's Hearts of Stone expansion right now, and it looks set to be one of the best DLCs I've played, though I won't know for sure until I finish it, which could be a while as I am trying to take my time and savor it since there looks to be nothing coming out for a while that I'm interested in.

So far though it's holding up to the same superb quality as the main game.

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JWeinCom on 16 March 2020
Pajderman said:
I really liked the extra case in Phoenix wright dual destines, Turnabout Reclaimed. It is the largest and imo best case in the game.

I also really like the dlc for Mario Kart 8 already mentioned.

As for not so great dlc I usally stay away, but the smash 4 dlc come to mind as less stellar.

I actually never did the DLC for Phoenix Wright.  I've been replaying the games recently, so maybe I'll check it out.



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curl-6 on 29 March 2020

Okay, I just finished Hearts of Stone and I'd say it pretty much takes top spot as the best DLC I've played to date.

Gonna need a long break before I try Blood and Wine though, kinda tired of Witcher 3 for the moment haha



Immersiveunreality on 29 March 2020
curl-6 said:

Okay, I just finished Hearts of Stone and I'd say it pretty much takes top spot as the best DLC I've played to date.

Gonna need a long break before I try Blood and Wine though, kinda tired of Witcher 3 for the moment haha

Blood and Wine is on a next level,absolutely fantastic.



m0ney on 29 March 2020

Back when DLCs were called Add-Ons/Mission Packs on PC, Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines (1998) had an excellent mission pack called Beyond the Call of Duty.

Around the same time Unreal (1998) had an add-on called Return to NaPali and almost everyone was disappointed in it.



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curl-6 on 29 March 2020
Immersiveunreality said:
curl-6 said:

Okay, I just finished Hearts of Stone and I'd say it pretty much takes top spot as the best DLC I've played to date.

Gonna need a long break before I try Blood and Wine though, kinda tired of Witcher 3 for the moment haha

Blood and Wine is on a next level,absolutely fantastic.

Of that I have absolutely no doubt, it's just after playing the main game a couple of months back then Hearts of Stone just now I need a long break to cleanse my palate. I'm sure when I do get around to it I'll love it.