Second Take: Expansion Pack Goodness
In light of the surprisingly good Crysis Warhead (read the Tom's Games review), Ben and Rob discuss what makes a great expansion pack and some of their favorite titles. Watch it in our new larger format player on Tom's Games
1:40 AM - October 10, 2008 by
Ben Meyer
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: crysis, warhead
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Agreed on Diablo2: LoD. The endless list of things added made the game so fresh and brand-new it was like a whole separate game.
Good vid. Just a bit of extra info re: Crysis Warhead.It is standalone - you don't need Crysis original game. Same small edit to config allows you to run in XP at Enthusiast level (very high graphic settings).It is only £20 in england (half the price of a console game!). Found myself acting a bit like a 'wartime correspondent', stopping off from my vehicle to take photographs(screenshots) it looks awesome. Gameplay terrific.So,yes you guessed it I quite like it! Would love Crytek to continue making more expansions so please buy it (don't pirate - drm is no excuse)).
How is that they both always seem to ignore Ensemble Studios? Hello, all the expansions they released have been great! Rise of Rome? Age of Conquerors? Come on! Geez for real please. Even the Clone Campaigns though this one is from Lucas Arts it is based on the same engine. They might be older expansions but they dang sure are the epitome of expansion goodness - well let's be serious they are the epitome of expansion GREATNESS! Maybe that's why they were not mentioned.
Also I think the Guild Wars campaigns could be argued as great expansions also even though technically the only real expansion is Eye of the North. Both Factions and Night Falls build on the original Guild Wars (Prophecies)stories and add a great deal to them and include new weapons and classes (only EotN does not include classes). The land of Factions is even mentioned in the original by one NPC in the beginner area (pre-sear) and again in the major port city (L.A.). This was so cool to see how the story of this land was expanded and made into an addition to the lore. I for one find it cool to wonder if someone at ANET had the foresight to include these subtle hints before hand or if the story was randomly built up as they had time to think about it. I believe Night Falls was randomly built up out of the original game as I remember reference to such from ANET.
I would even think some of the Rainbow 6 stuff might have been mentioned.
Oh well it's entertaining to watch even if I do not agree the majority of the time. And I guess that gets me to express my opinion here which might be part of their ploy. =P
Dang again - I forgot to rant and mention Mech Warrior 4 to. That game to had some really fun expansions in my opinion!!! I'm sure I probably forgot some others - like honorable mention - X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter - Balance of Power anyone?!?!