10 More Video Game DLCs Better Than The Game
Those unicorn DLCs that outdid the game they spawned from.
It's not unfair to say that most DLC follow-ups to games aren't better than the base experience, because they're not intended to be.
Most DLC expansions are designed as an extra serving of the world, story, and characters you already love, even though the majority of them are fundamentally inessential.
But every so often, a DLC comes along that's so brilliant and accomplished in its own right that it ends up surpassing the original project itself.
And so, as a sequel to our previous article on the very subject, here are 10 more video game DLCs that are actually better than the main game.
It's extremely rare for DLC to outdo the achievements of the core experience, especially with most DLCs being considerably smaller than the full-fat release.
But it does occasionally happen, typically leaving fans dumbfounded that the developers manage to improve upon an experience that they already enjoyed so much.
These DLCs fleshed out the story and characters, fixed nagging gameplay issues, and perhaps even gave fans something they'd never even considered.
Where downloadable content and expansion packs are concerned, it really doesn't get any better than this lot...
10. Blood & Wine - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Let's waste no time ruffling some feathers, then, because as wonderful as The Witcher 3's base game is, Blood and Wine somehow does the seemingly impossible and surpasses it.
Where to even begin? The colourful land of Toussaint is jaw-droppingly gorgeous, it tells an excellent story within a concise 15-or-so hours, the quests are more fun and less bleak, and the addition of mutations is fantastic.
And because that's not enough, it also serves up a note perfect ending to Geralt's story on top of all this.
Blood and Wine is basically the gold standard for video game DLC - an expansion crafted with just as much care as the main experience, and yet one which, through its aesthetics, its tone, and its overall emotion, is ultimately more satisfying to play.
Not everyone will agree with this, but few are going to argue with Blood and Wine's sheer storytelling and gameplay excellence regardless.