Your all-time favorite DLC

[Lunar Templar]

DLC for Dark Souls 1 an 2. The Crowns Trilogy(DS2) and Artorias of the Abyss(DS1) are the first to come to mind.

after that, XCOM; Enemy Within I think is a pretty good bit of DLC

 

[CrimsonBlaze]

I like all the extra characters that you get to play with in Batman: Arkham City. It just adds more fun to an already awesome game experience. I'm really looking forward to the DLC in Arkham Knight, specifically the Red Hood, as I feel that he fits in the with theme of the game.

I also enjoyed both episodes of Buried at Sea from Bioshock Infinite; the second episode more so than the first. I really enjoyed having to sneak around and take an otherwise non-violent/fatal approach to getting around and completing the game; it made every moment harrowing, as one slip up and you're basically dead.

 

[Hairless Mammoth]

Oblivion's Shivering Isles is extremely good. One of the only story DLCs I've played.

I also literally jumped as soon as I found out Trine 2 had this "Goblin Menace" expansion. The base game was great and looked beautiful, especially the semi-realistic graphics with actual colors, instead of the "real is brown" stigma. That DLC offered even more variety to the game that original levels. (Though, I hated how they counted the boss only level as one of the 6 stages advertised.)

 

[Ten Foot Bunny]

Enter the Dominatrix from Saints Row IV takes my top spot by a mile. And then more miles. And then kilometers. Better throw some leagues in there too, just to cover my bases.

Funny how much Borderlands DLC is being mentioned, because I FINALLY played through the first game's DLC in the past week (after owning the game for years, mind you). I generally enjoyed them, but as an achievement freak, I got SO burned out by the time I finished them up.

The constant back-and-forth of General Knoxx got on my nerves, and then Marcus turned into a damn troll at the end by having me go out and kill hundreds of the same enemies that I just spent hours killing as I played through Every. Single. Damn. Mission.

Zombie Ned threatened to wreck my brain because I'm not a fan of horde modes and that's what it felt like from start to finish (not to mention the fact that I found TK's quests for the brains after I completed every mission in the DLC - FUCK!).

Don't even get me started on the Robot Revolution collectibles. After 12 hours, I had almost everything I needed for the achievements... everything, that is, except for 8 of 15 pizzas. Those took another four hours to drop.

Underdome? Ugh. I finished the first three courses for the first mission. When I have the intestinal fortitude, I'll go back and play the longer versions of each course. Maybe I can score some hardcore hallucinogens before I do so in order to make them mildly interesting.

 

[L. Declis]

Brave New World for Civilization 5.

It turned a medium turn based strategy into a true successor of the title, really made the game fun, fixed a lot of issues and really just made the game better in every single way.

The Extended Cut from Mass Effect 3. A free DLC put out to make the ending not so bad, and they didn't have to do it, they didn't it to try and fix a lot of the bitching. Haven't played the Citadel yet. Bought, but the lack of controller support for ME1 on PC makes me hesitant.

 

[Wakey87]

The Last of Us comes to mind, tbh of the top of my head its the only one I'd consider buying again. All the free DLC for Unreal Tournament back in the day was pretty sweet aswell.

 

[ffronw]

So there's a wealth of hatred and suspicion towards DLCs and more pointedly at how certain devs abuse them to make a quick buck and produce either shoddy material or content that should have been in the game day ONE.

Let's flip the cards and tackle the issue with a bit of positivity to show these devs what we actually WANT out of a DLC.

Mention your favorite DLC(s) and why you enjoyed them so much.

Hey Shaun,

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[RagingTiger]

My all time favourite DLC was Pinnacle Station for Mass Effect, it was what DLC is supposed to be, it doesn't tell a story required for the sequels, it was filler content that was fun with it's own enjoyable story.

 

[Darth Rosenberg]

I loved Return to Ostagar for Dragon Age: Origins, yeah ok most of it was recycled but they put enough effort in for it to be fun, I got to explore some of the area I didn't see before and it tied in nicely and expanded the original story so yeah, I was one happy player.

Yeah, I always thought that was... if not a great technical example of DLC, per se, something I still hugely enjoyed. Unlike other slices of Origins crappy DLC, Return To Ostagar tied directly into the main story. Really liked the character narrative scenes it added for Alistair, too. Oh, and Cailain's armour, shield and sword are some of the best in the game, so it had decent loot as well.

Dragon Age II's Legacy and Mark Of The Assassin were both surprisingly decent, too.

Most of my favourite DLC's have already been mentioned (Lair Of The Shadow Broker, Artorias Of The Abyss to name two standouts), but one hasn't been (I don't think); Lara's Shadow for Tomb Raider Underworld. It re-used the same few areas (which admittedly looked rather spiffy at the time), but playing as Lara's Doppelganger gave the whole game a completely different feel. She was a rather nifty character in her own right, too.

It didn't have a long runtime, but it at least tried something very different from the core game, which is something very few DLC's really bother with.

 

[Soda Spider]

My favorite Dlc has to be "Dark Arisen" for Dragons Dogma. It added more to the story added new monsters and weapons/spells. And ramped up the difficulty

 

[VoidWanderer]

I loved the legend of Dead Kel for kingdoms of Amalur. The original game was good. I liked the lore, the smooth combat and the fact that your accomplishments were acknowledged, unlike TES games.

The Dead Kel added a whole new area, a stronghold you could upgrade and it felt fresh.

Shadow broker and dragonfall were also great games, but I wish koa got more love from players, because it didn't get much from the developer.