8 Ridiculously Great Expansion Packs

Thanks to maxtiggertom for starting the thread! Don’t see your favorite? Tell us what it is in the comments! Age of Empires II: The Conquerors First mentioned by: WolfThomas When Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings launched in 1999, it was an immediate success. On August 24, 2000, it became an even bigger game with the release of The Conquerors expansion. Not only did the expansion add five new civilizations to play, it also packed in four new campaigns, three new gameplay modes, improved villager and siege weapon AI, and much more. It was a massive amount of content, and the balance patch that accompanied the expansion was so solid that Age of Empires II: The Conquerors was played heavily for years before the HD Edition was released in 2013. Not content with the massive popularity of Diablo II (or more likely because of it), Blizzard released the Lord of Destruction expansion in June of 2001. Not only did it add two character classes and a fifth act (plus a new boss, Baal), it massively expanded on the items available in the game. Alongside 33 new Runes came hundreds of new Horadric Cube recipes,Ethereal items, massive changes to Hirelings, and the addition of socketable jewels, just to name a few things. It even updated the maximum resolution to 800×600. It wasn’t without controversy, as changes to the harder difficulties resulted in complaints that Blizzard was forcing players to upgrade in order to get the gear they needed to play on those settings, but it still remains one of the best expansions of all time. The second expansion to The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, Bloodmoon added not just a new city, but an entire new island: the cold northern land Solstheim, which is primarily home to the Nord peoples (and also the setting for Skyrim’s Dragonborn expansion). It added the ability to become a werewolf, a new guild for you to join, and jacked up the hardware requirements of the game by adding things like snowfall and larger environments. Best of all, Bloodmoon’s main quest was self-contained in the expansion, meaning you could play it almost any time, instead of having to wait until you finished the main game’s story.