Expansion packs generally are not meant to shine. As a cash cow to milk an inspired title, there can be no equal. The discerning gamer must properly weigh the cost benefit ratio in order to ensure that maximum gaming pleasure is to be had. There are some cases where a title is completely worth it for the money (ie the Sims expansion packs, Throne of Baal, Opposing Force, Urban Ops, and Desert Siege.) Other expansion packs though are pure examples of mediocrity. Primal Hunt manages to avoid being pure mediocrity but only because of the original foundation left by Monolith.
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