{"id":79525,"date":"2015-08-03T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T11:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=79525"},"modified":"2015-08-03T13:14:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T11:14:29","slug":"games-with-the-best-dlc-and-the-dlc-that-rocked-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/79525-games-with-the-best-dlc-and-the-dlc-that-rocked-it","title":{"rendered":"Games with the best DLC: and the DLC that rocked it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DLC has rapidly grown in popularity over the last few years. So much so, that it wasn&#8217;t all that long ago that it was an oddity, a videogaming black sheep.<\/p>\n<p>Now, DLC is everywhere, with almost every game released having some sort of DLC component.<\/p>\n<p>But with so much DLC releasing of late and so much to choose from, how do you tell which is the best? Which DLC is actually worth the purchase?<\/p>\n<p>How about we take a look at some of the best DLC released thus far.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>New Super Luigi U<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K4c1Oeh24yk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As part of the Year of Luigi, back in 2013, <em>New Super Mario Bros U<\/em> on the Nintendo Wii U got a nifty DLC pack all about Luigi. It was his birthday after all.<\/p>\n<p>It was the only Mario platforming title to ever exclude Mario completely.<\/p>\n<p>More than that, it was an entirely new game, focused around Luigi\u2019s smooth running, higher jumps and floating physics, making it feel like a much harder platform to master than your ordinary <em>Mario <\/em>game.<\/p>\n<p>We sort of liked it like that.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Borderlands 2: Tiny Tina\u2019s Assault on Dragon Keep<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qXsLntOhj_4\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Beginning at the Unassuming Docks, <em>Tina Tina\u2019s Assault on Dragon Keep<\/em> took us through a world of <em>Dark Souls<\/em> parodies, <em>Game of Thrones<\/em> humour and even made some<em> Final fantasy <\/em>lore references.<\/p>\n<p>After all of <em>Borderlands 2\u2019s<\/em> fairly average DLC, the Tiny Tina DLC was the show stopper, and by a good long way.<\/p>\n<p>Tina&#8217;s narration is adorable and really quite funny; the DLC offered a number of new narrative elements; and we enjoyed it a bunch.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Di2eOr-kqs\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you thought Rockstar&#8217;s massive western open world was great, so much so that there really wasn&#8217;t any need for DLC, then you haven&#8217;t played <em>Undead Nightmare<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Undead Nightmare <\/em>DLC took everything we loved about the zaniness of zombie lore, and gave it an appropriate western feel.<\/p>\n<p>It mashed-up survival horror, a number of comical elements, a number of new challenges, difficulty spikes and quests, and threw in a unicorn to boot.<\/p>\n<p><em>Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare<\/em> was a true example of what can really be accomplished with DLC.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>The Last of Us: Left Behind<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vYaS8CAg68k\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Shedding light on a number of events between various important moments throughout the main game, <em>Left Behind <\/em>demonstrated what really happened when Joel was knocked down and Ellie was left to fend for herself.<\/p>\n<p>It was a fairly chunky piece of DLC, and it not only gave us a better understanding of Ellie, but it also pulled at our heart strings.<\/p>\n<p>Its ending was just remarkable, an achievement not to be taken lightly, and one we won&#8217;t soon forget.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Bioshock 2: Minerva\u2019s Den<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-XsRC0EGLfY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The sequel to one of the greatest first person shooters of all time,\u00a0<em>BioShock,\u00a0<\/em><em>BioShock<\/em>\u00a0<em>2<\/em> was so good, many consider it the superior game. And then there was <em>Minerva\u2019s Den<\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Playing as an Alpha Series Big Daddy, you were tasked with going up against the Thinker, Rapture\u2019s first artificial intelligence, and boy was it a menace.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the DLC bring about some new, enjoyable abilities, but its cleverly designed levels and <em>BioShock<\/em>-like narrative made it a joy to play.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim \u2013 Dragonborn<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TRmdXDH9b1s\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim&#8217;s<\/em> <em>Dragonborn <\/em>DLC is delicious icing to <em>Skyrim&#8217;s<\/em> delectable cake,<\/p>\n<p>Not only did it add a few more hours of play, as well as other things to do, but it also pitted you against Miraak, the first <em>Dragonborn. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>The new locations were a breath of fresh air, having explored <em>Skyrim <\/em>for a couple of hundred hours already, and we loved every minute of it.<\/p>\n<p>The DLC\u2019s writing and plot twists rivalled the main game and made it worthy of the <em>The <\/em><em>Elder Scrolls<\/em> name.<\/p>\n<p>What DLC have you played that was just much better than the rest? 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