Best DLCs & Expansions of 2019
Second Runner-Up: Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Editor-in-Chief Ed McGlone: On a year that wasn’t so stacked with excellent expansions and DLCs, Civilization VI: Gathering Storm might have won easily.
Earlier in the year in my review of Gathering Storm, I pointed out how I struggled to find a single negative thing to say about the latest Civ VI expansion.
It overhauled the vanilla game’s biggest weakness, Diplomacy, and turned it into a strength. On top of that, it added a brand new layer of Climate Change and extreme weather to deal with, which can play out dramatically differently in every game that you play.
Gathering Storm fixes a major problem that might have turned some fans away from the vanilla game and added content that made replaying the game fresh for players that never left. When you boil down what makes a great expansion, those are the most basic boxes you want to have checked and Gathering Storm got them both done.
