8 Times DLC Ruined The Base Game

8. Catwoman Story Pack - Batman: Arkham City

Let's kick things off with a mildly controversial pick, then, with Batman: Arkham City's Catwoman story pack DLC.

In theory getting to play as Catwoman for a few heist-centric sections peppered throughout the main campaign sounds hella fun, yet they're so haphazardly shoehorned into the story that they end up derailing its otherwise meticulous pacing.

Having control suddenly ripped away from Batman for Catwoman's glorified filler missions isn't nearly as exciting as Rocksteady clearly thinks it is, culminating in an infuriating Two-Face boss fight which ranks among the Arkham series' very worst.

Plus, if you're playing the Game of the Year or Return to Arkham versions of the game, the DLC is integrated directly into the story with no option to uninstall or skip it.

Though it's fun that the DLC gave players the option to simply leave Batman to die at one point - triggering a "bad" ending as Catwoman skips town - it just wasn't worth slogging through a quartet of "added value" missions which made many players groan every time they kicked off.