Alright I just finished Lonesome Road for Fallout New Vegas last night and it actually blew me away at how good that expansion was done.
and it made me think about all the great expansions that came out to games over the years.. Some telling new stories within a games world or creating a new experience or whatever the case maybe.
Not to be confused with Add-On's which only add items or maybe a building or something.
Expansions are designed to create a over haul of a game or add new story lines or worlds to explore within the means of the base game.
Now what do you as gamers tend to find as your favorite expansion to a game?
I loved lonesome road for Fallout New Vegas.
You enter a silo and meet a new figure.. a Eyebot Named ED-E who seems lost and sadden. In which you later piece by piece figure out his sad story. All the while traversing a long dangerous road with a quest given to you by a stranger by the name of Ulysses. Will you and your new found robot friend find the end of this road and figure out whats going on? Or will you become another piece of history like the divide you walk.
I like a story where you meet and character and you start to feel sympathetic for. ED-E being that character. I won't give the story away but when you play it for yourself you will understand what i am talking about. Its like being all alone exploring this post apocalyptic world all this time and you finding a child who probably lost their family and they are scared lost and confused and they take to you seeking protection and guidance and to help make sense of the scenario. You kinda get attached to the character.
The GTA IV expansions are amazing too. They basically wipe the base games stories slate clean.. start you all over again and in control of a new character and follow another epic story.
Oblivion's expansion "Shivering Isles"
That was an amazing expansion. It basically gives you this very large new world to explore with all new quests all new stories. all new charecters. all new bad guys. all new dungeons and caves and ruins and ect ect ect