10 Most Overlooked Pieces Of Video Game DLC

1: Prey - Mooncrash

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Arkane

I think it’s fair to say that Arkane’s 2017 FPS Prey is underrated and overlooked so its fascinating Mooncrash DLC definitely qualifies. This separate game mode is a roguelike that randomises the placement of enemies and weapons with each playthrough. You take on the role of Peter, a hacker tasked with learning how five people survived an attack on their moonbase. He does this by taking the place of one of the survivors in a simulation.

If it sounds a little confusing let me make it more simple, it’s Deathloop, this is Deathloop before Deathloop was Deathloop.

A lot of people argue it’s actually even better than Deathloop. The goal is to help all five survivors escape within a single run, and you’ll unlock them as you succeed with each escape. This DLC is brutally difficult but in the most satisfying way. The challenge is absolutely addictive, it’s gorgeously immersive, infinitely replayable, and a joy to take on. To sum it up the gameplay takes everything that Arkane already nailed with the base game and makes it even better. There’s progression to help you become more powerful from one run to the next and classes that play quite differently.

Weirdly, Bethesda barely promoted this one and if it wasn’t for a cult following that spawned from massive YouTubers shouting about just how good Mooncrash is, even fewer people would have tried their hand at it.

If you still haven’t and you enjoyed Prey this is really a must try.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.