8 Video Games That Needed DLC

In this day and age, Downloadable Content for video games is something you can set your bloody watch by, and nowadays even the mightiest of franchises contain a slew of content that can be stapled onto the vanilla experience.

Now we have been known from time to time (and quite rightly so) to lambast the very concept of Downloadable Content as there have been some rather stinky cases in which the practice has been used to portion off content for the main title for no reason other than to sell it back to us, and Day One DLC especially reeks of this.

However, that's not to say that all DLC is a waste of your time and money, for it can, in some special cases not only add a spectacular new chapter to your favorite title, but in some instances even fix issues of the main game outright!

So today we're going to take a look at DLC in all it's forms, from games that used add-ons to patch over the cracks and put the title on the right path, to spectacular expansions that elevated the base game to greatness, and of course some examples of stonkingly brilliant titles that were, for reasons unknown to us mere mortals, left bereft of DLC despite the fanbase screaming out for it.

Despite being lumbered with the label of "it's Dark Souls with guns" Remnants: From The Ashes set out to be so much more than a mere imitator, and succeeded by doubling down on being a challenging co-op game that rewarded customization and teamwork in equal measure.

However, despite all the praise it garnered from fans and critics alike, there was one element that really, really needed addressing, namely that when it came to boss battles the amount of chaff the big bad would summon in was relentless.

Seriously, in some cases, you'd be spending more time shooting endless waves of goons more than the boss itself, and after this scenario cropped up again and again tedium began to set in.

Thankfully the DLC Swamps of Corsus and Subject 2923 fixed this immediately by presenting bosses that proved without a shadow of a doubt that they could stand on their own. The sheer variety of encounters also provided a revitalizing breath of fresh air for the title, but the key win for fans here was the dissolution of the relentless slog that plagued the original experience. Much needed and much appreciated.