10 Video Game DLC That's Actually Worth The Money
Making your favourite games even better.
The subject of downloadable content is a hot topic at the moment, what with EA revealing to the world that not only does a lot of their business depend on it, but the costs involved for the player can ultimately be chalked up to corporate greed.
There are plenty of other companies that follow the same business plan, which can sometimes be somewhat justified with free-to-play games, yet they seldom go the extra mile. That's why stumbling across a game that utilises DLC well is always so rewarding and, in a way, utterly refreshing.
This doesn't come in the form of loot boxes or bigger guns but in substantial improvements to the base game. New modes, massive maps, even radically different playable characters; some DLC can bring out even more fantastic gaming experiences from the titles we love.
Whether it’s the price of the product due to the approach the developers take, or just the overall quality of the DLC, these developers actually seemed to give a damn about creating games, and expanding on them for the greater good.
10. Persona 5
Showing that DLC doesn’t have to be intrinsic to the main game itself, Atlus provided little in the way of additional content that impacted the core of Persona 5. This came as a great relief (or a shame, depending on your dependency for more Persona) when it was revealed that most of the DLC for 2017’s phenomenal Persona 5 merely dabbled with the aesthetics.
It appealed to diehard fans, offering additional character skins and costumes for the various members of the Phantom Thieves. These spanned across the rich catalogue of Shin Megami Tensei games, some of which were well known while others were fairly obscure. For a small fee players could clad their protagonist in the same outfits sported by beloved characters, or gain powerful Personas, like Persona 4’s Izanagi or Persona 3’s Thanatos.
Not to mention the totally free ‘Merciless’ mode. This challenged the more veteran players to their absolute limits or, in the event of a New Game Plus, gave their Personas some durable punching bags to fight.
This was certainly true when tackling Kamoshida with a buffed up Satanael; that's true satisfaction right there.