Beyond the sword for civ v. not the pack its self but what the modders took it to. god that game was great.
Poll: Best Expansion Pack
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Well pretty much this. But specifically I would call Brood War one of the best expansions for any game, content-wise.s0m3th1ng said:
But I'll throw in Lord of Destruction as well, just because I specifically remember going to the store and buying that one, reading the manual and such. Loved that game, was the first expansion I was ever excited about (I was young, and Brood War came before I knew what to expect).
Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer. By far one of the more interesting stories, i've seen used in that style of RPG and the main reason why I think Obsidian is a good studio. If you haven't played it and are a fan of D&D style RPGs, i highly suggest it.
Honorable mention to Warcraft 2: Dark Tides, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Swordwind Coast, MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, and Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne.
Worst: Dragon Age: Awakening, Neverwinter Nights: Storm of Zehir, Any Sims 3 expansion.
Honorable mention to Warcraft 2: Dark Tides, Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter, Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Swordwind Coast, MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries, and Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne.
Worst: Dragon Age: Awakening, Neverwinter Nights: Storm of Zehir, Any Sims 3 expansion.
Command and conquer zero hour and yuri's revenge were both terrific expansions. New campaigns for each faction from the original games and a bunch of new units for them, plus a new faction in yuri's revenge and three subfactions each in zero hour.
Actually yes, for me at least. I loved it (though there is rather a love-or-hate divide centred around it so I can see where you're coming from, sorta).IBlackKiteI said:
Heart of Winter (for Icewind Dale)
Throne of Bhaal (for Baldur's Gate II)
Mysteries of the Sith (for Jedi Knight)
Throne of Bhaal (for Baldur's Gate II)
Mysteries of the Sith (for Jedi Knight)
I'd love to be able to contribute, but I've never bought one of any kind, and can't see that I ever will. This may change but... I can't see it happening, to be honest
I reckon you're spot on the money here, I'd add Bioware to that list tho, since Lair of the Shadow Broker was awesome.MajorScumbag said:
But Yeh, Undead Nightmare is my pick for DLC of the year, and as for Shivering Isles, don't even get me started on why that's probably the best DLC I've ever experienced.
Winter Assault for Dawn of War.
Everyone thinks Dark Crusade was the shit, but I'm a slave to campaigns. The "Conquer a world" thing is fun, but it gets boring.
Everyone thinks Dark Crusade was the shit, but I'm a slave to campaigns. The "Conquer a world" thing is fun, but it gets boring.
Single player: Red dead redemption: undead nightmare.
Multiplayer: Battlefield bad company 2 vietnam.
Dice and EA show activision how it's done with not just four all new maps (and an extra to be unlocked via a community challenge) but practically a whole new multiplayer experience, with vietnam weaponry, vehicles, and even a sixties soundtrack to go along with it. Sure, it still needs some tweaking (damn huey can be shot down with an m1 garand and a decent aim!) but it's udoubtedly the biggest and best multiplayer expansion this year, possibly the best ever.
Yes, zombies are kinda overflowing in games recently, even with me being the kind of person for whom "too many zombie games" simply doesn't exist, but red dead redemption isn't just a success at creating an effective DLC that could never be called "more of the same", but one of the best zombie games out there in it's own right. Putting cowboys and zombies together may seem like a slightly stupid, cynical marketing plan, but it genuinely works due to that combination not having been done in games (not that I know of, anyway) before, and being genuiely suited to each other. You're pretty safe crusing around a zombie infested wasteland in a car, but what about on a horse? And whereas modern assault rifles may not be suited to "aim for the head" "realistic" zombies, old western repeaters, shotguns, and revolvers are a perfect fit. Add in cameos from most of the main games characters, alive or otherwise, and an interesting change to the colour palette that means you can recognise something's wrong in new austin without even seeing any zombies, and this is simply unmissable.
Multiplayer: Battlefield bad company 2 vietnam.
Dice and EA show activision how it's done with not just four all new maps (and an extra to be unlocked via a community challenge) but practically a whole new multiplayer experience, with vietnam weaponry, vehicles, and even a sixties soundtrack to go along with it. Sure, it still needs some tweaking (damn huey can be shot down with an m1 garand and a decent aim!) but it's udoubtedly the biggest and best multiplayer expansion this year, possibly the best ever.
