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Seeing as how I may be a weird and pick Mass Effect 3 Citadel for my GOTY pick (though can definitely not say for sure with how amazing Last of Us, Destiny, Saints Row 4, and Pokemon X/Y look) and got both Fallout games' GOTY/Deluxe editions as a cheaper way to get their DLC, I thought about all the different kinds of DLC that we encounter nowadays. Personally, I think DLC is an amazing thing we have, the problem is that even by Sturgeon's Law standards (for those of you unaware, 90% of everything is crap) way too much of it is bullshit. 

The Standard DLC

This DLC is just for those who liked the game and want more of it. Mass Effect 2 and Mirror's Edge are both good examples. The first gives some extra missions that will ultimately tie into the third game and let you enjoy the universe more. The second offers some extra time trials for those who enjoyed this feature. Whether they add more or not, their existence is to simply add more content for those who want it.

The Capcom DLC

We all know this one. It's the stuff we would have received for free last gen and costs money this gen. In some cases, it's even on the discs. Hence, Capcom DLC.

Never thought I'd miss the days you had to do bullshit challenges to complete the roster.

The "What's the Point?" DLC

This DLC could also be referred to as microtransactions. They're things like armor, weapons, alternate costumes. Yet they're not on the disc. And they're released well after the game came out. I guess a couple people will buy them, but still. Why do these need to exist? Damn Oblivion and its horse armor.

The Bloated DLC

This DLC at one point may have been very similar to the Capcom DLC, but at one point someone decided that if they add just enough extra content they can justify selling it separately as DLC. Two excellent examples would be from Mass Effect 3: Leviathan and Omega. The first gives a lot of background information on the Reapers while the second ties up a loose thread that the main game built up into being so much more than...nothing.

Really should have just been 2-3 missions on the disc

Yet, these actually take quite a bit of time to finish and give a ton of new weapons, powers, and upgrades. The thing is, they add gimmicks that and story elements to make them feel like their own event. While these pretty cool, feel tacked on at the same time. It's just pretty obvious that they could have axed them, delayed ME3 and delivered largely the same experience on the disc. That game so needs a GOTY edition.

The Crowd Pleaser DLC

This DLC is something fans have been asking for and is put as a part of the game. An example would be if a game had a shitty ending like a certain game ending in 3. the developers fix it. It would not exist if the, usually plot related.

Fixing Fallout 3's terrible ending. What? Were you expecting another game?

The "This Could Only Work as DLC" DLC

This is the DLC that makes it all worth it. It is the rarest, but it takes what has been established in the game and kind of goes nuts. One example of it would be Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare. It decided to turn the sandbox game into a zombie survival game which gave a neat twist on the RDR formula, which frankly would not work if it were part of the game.

The best example would be Mass Effect 3: Citadel. If this were on Mass Effect 3's disc, it would have felt weird, out of place, stupid, and took away from the experience. Released one year later to celebrate the series, however, it is a fantastic piece that both celebrates and pokes fun at  the series, while also focusing on giving fans what made them fall in love with the series in the first place.

These are not quite enough for expansion packs as RDR was in more or less the same city while ME3 was just one area of the Citadel. They only work as $10-15 packages, but it is stuff like this we need to see more of. Stuff like if the Arkham games added an Adam West costume and edited all the dialogue so that he voices in a very cheesy way. Or if God of War just had Kratos slaughters every religious figurehead. As full games, these are marketing disasters. They have no reason to exist on the disc as their costs cannot be justified Yet if they existed as DLC, they could exist.