Are the DLC good?

[Captain Morgan]

Do they offer much, in terms of game content? Should somebody who owns the game, buy them too?

I got the main game as a gift from Epic. Dlc there cost 12 bucks, though. While here, the complete collection is cheaper (11 bucks) and if i buy a key from a legit reseller store, it is much cheaper, like 8 bucks total overall. But is this extra content worthwhile or "mandatory", if you prefer, to enjoy this game and a complete experience?

[Dayve]

Not at all.

Crew Expendable and one of the other ones (I forget the name) allow you to play pieces of the movie Alien, complete with voice acting from the actual actors who were in that movie (except for Ash the android who wouldn't do voice work for the game). You can play as Dallas and do the vent mission and you can play as Ripley as she begins the self destruct sequence and escapes to the shuttle.

The rest of the DLC are just like survival / challenge missions, none of them add any real backstory or anything like that. Safe Haven is the best one I'd say. A computer terminal in a safe room gives you missions and you take an elevator to your chosen mission area. You have to collect items and complete various objectives whilst avoiding the alien and other threats, then make your way back to your safe room to cash in your points, which you can then use to buy things or save the game.

[NinthElement]

It's basically more of the same but with only a bare bones story to go with it, nothing cinematic except for the 2 Nostromo missions which have some voice acting from the original cast. The DLC are more arcade-style so there will always be enemies of some kind to deal with. They are definitely worth getting if you enjoy the gameplay of the main campaign, but you can still consider your campaign experience complete without them.

[stylegamr]

They are mainly timed short challenges that are fairly difficult in where you are pitted against the alien in an area with a few objectives to complete. Not too bad, but not same type of gameplay as the main game.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by BackAlleyHJ:

Originally posted by Captain Morgan:

Do they offer much, in terms of game content? Should somebody who owns the game, buy them too?

I got the main game as a gift from Epic. Dlc there cost 12 bucks, though. While here, the complete collection is cheaper (11 bucks) and if i buy a key from a legit reseller store, it is much cheaper, like 8 bucks total overall. But is this extra content worthwhile or "mandatory", if you prefer, to enjoy this game and a complete experience?

Honestly, the DLC for this game is very lackluster. I would only recommend playing if you are an Alien enthusiast and like to possess all DLC for games, etc. that having been said, I doubt you will play all of them to completion and if you do, you certainly won't again. They just do not really add anything of substance to the core game.

I would have been happy with the option to play the game as some of the other characters in the DLC, maybe a level with this character, another level with a different one, but no such luck.

They don't add anything to the game, sure, but Safe Haven (and the other scavenger mission DLC, I forget their names) are genuinely very good.

[Just Aaron]

It just depends on the price. The DLC isn`t great. It`s very mediocre but I`d say that it`s still worth a single playthrough. It can be fun for an evening and they did bring back the original cast of the movie.

I think I paid $5 for all the DLC and feel like it was worth the money.

[Dayve]

Originally posted by Maniac5000:

Originally posted by Captain Morgan:

Do they offer much, in terms of game content? Should somebody who owns the game, buy them too?

I got the main game as a gift from Epic. Dlc there cost 12 bucks, though. While here, the complete collection is cheaper (11 bucks) and if i buy a key from a legit reseller store, it is much cheaper, like 8 bucks total overall. But is this extra content worthwhile or "mandatory", if you prefer, to enjoy this game and a complete experience?

Its all i play. I cant stand the working joes in the campaign, they ruin the game for me. I just use the dlcs and play them over and over for years now...each one is thrilling and unique run every time i play through.

Did you learn how to deal with the Working Joe sections without taking any damage? It's pretty easy once you know how. All the best missions in the campaign don't have any Joes in them anyways.