Best Expansions across all genres?

[MadMaxHellfire]

Gothic II: Night of the Raven

i don't understand. the invincible horribly animated act 2 black monks placed right in the middle of what once was a tranquil road it's peak retardation to me.

 

[Desman]

Broodwar ?

 

[Beans00]

In rough order


aoe 2 the conquerors
bg totsc
red alert counterstrike and aftermath
brood war
half life opposing force
red alert 2 yuris revenge
aoe 1 rise of rome
tib sun firestorm
battlefield 1942,2,2142 map packs
wc2 beyond the dark portal
medieval 2 kingdoms
rome total war, barb invasion
gothic 2 notr
bg2 tob
diablo 2 LOD
iwd how
FEAR extraction point
age of mythology the titans
kknd xtreme
diablo hellfire

Frozen throne was better than wc3 base campaign, but I didn't particularly like wc3 in general for single player.

Generally speaking, FPS expansions usually suck.

I might be forgetting some I liked.

 

[luj1]

KKnD 2: Krossfire was better than the base game too

 

[Beans00]

KKnD 2: Krossfire was better than the base game too

KKnd 2 Krossfire was the sequel, not an expansion pack.

I prefered kknd 1, kknd 2 was the hardest RTS I have ever played. I never came close to beating it lol.

 

[luj1]

I liked the OST and freaky units (Evolved)

 

[Beans00]

I liked the OST and freaky units (Evolved)

That song is still on my workout playlist for when I do chin ups lol.

'alrighty then'
'yes'
'moving'


Still though, KKND 2 was way too fucking hard. I don't think I even made it halfway through the survivors campaign.

 

[luj1]

I remember this banger

 

[DemonKing]

The Total War Medieval 2 Kingdoms expansion was pretty good.

 

[bionicman]

horse armor dlc

 

[Daemongar]

Hrm. I liked the Forge of Virtue for U7. Nice enough quests and additions to the storyline. Didn't really like The Silver Seed for U7: Serpent Isle. For the most part way too much real estate with nothing oging on. Made it seem dull. Really don't like that folks just play the games now with both expansions enabled - since they are both effectively gamebreaking (but it's your game, do whatever the hell you want.)

Didn't really like *any* of the Bullfrog game expansions (The Deeper Dungeons, American Revolt, etc) What the hell was wrong with those people? Did finish The Deeper Dungeons tho, but it took me a long, agonizing time.

Liked Tribunal for Morrowind. Kinda liked that Oblivion expansion. Liked the sims Livin' Large - but everything after that sucked.

 

[EtcEtcEtc]

Seeing Dark Souls 2 DLC's listed - what, if anything, constitutes a DLC vs. an Expansion.

I just can't think of any standout ones. Quake, Quake 2, Unreal, Jedi Knight, all of these games had shit expansion packs.

You forgot to mention Doom... the Episode 4 they released as a later expansion was utter dogshit.

Episode 4 for Ultimate Doom kicks ass. You're crazy - it's hard as shit.

The first level alone is 9 kinds of excellent.

 

[Alienman]

One from top of my head is the Movies: Stunts and Effects for The Movies. Great expansion.

 

[NecroLord]

One from top of my head is the Movies: Stunts and Effects for The Movies. Great expansion.

Never heard about it.
What's it like?

 

[Alienman]

One from top of my head is the Movies: Stunts and Effects for The Movies. Great expansion.

Never heard about it.
What's it like?

The whole game, or just the expansion? The expansion adds stunts to your movie making, creating an entire new category of management. You can either hire stuntmen or train your stars to be Tom Cruise that does everything themselves, at the risk of injury. Lots of new scenes were also added.

 

[Deadyawn]

Night of the Raven is primo Gothic.

One from top of my head is the Movies: Stunts and Effects for The Movies. Great expansion.

Man, I played the shit out of that game when I was a teen.

 

[sser]

Hexen 2: Portal of Praevus
Call of Duty: United Offensive

Both overall better than the base games.

CoD:UO was the peak of the series for me and basically took all the cool stuff of CoD and launched it into the stratosphere. I played through almost all of it in a single sitting.

 

[NecroLord]

Hexen 2: Portal of Praevus
Call of Duty: United Offensive

Both overall better than the base games.

CoD:UO was the peak of the series for me and basically took all the cool stuff of CoD and launched it into the stratosphere. I played through almost all of it in a single sitting.

Back when Call of Duty wasn't complete shit.

 

[Zoo]

Gothic II: Night of the Raven

i don't understand. the invincible horribly animated act 2 black monks placed right in the middle of what once was a tranquil road it's peak retardation to me.

Seekers doesn't appear before the third act. I can't recall any differences in their placements or numbers.

Actually, they gave me bigger challenge in the base game, because that was my first time. And the second. And the third. In the NotR I was way more experienced Gothic player.

 

[Zoo]

Below my list from an another topic.

My favourites:

Gothic II: Night of the Raven
StarCraft: Brood War
Cilvization IV: Beyond the Sword
Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion
Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Another great ones:

Shogun Total War: Mongol Invasions
Medieval Total War: Viking Invasion
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
Red Alert: Aftermath
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Call of Duty: United Offensive (I have only played the multi-player, I liked it much more than the base game, the sequel was somewhat decline, and it was my last CoD for MP)
X-COM: Enemy Within
WH40K: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade (the best of the three expansions)

It's a shame, but I"ve never played Dungeon Keeper: Deeper Dungeons.