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The DLC is quite good. Far Harbour may be the best part of of Fallout 4 and Nuka World has hours of content. The Vault DLC and Robotron scenario are brief but entertaining and everything else is dressing. The additional weapons and settlement options make this a no-brainer if you love the base game.

This is the most intense racing game I have ever played. I loved Dirt 1, thought Dirt 2 was okay and didn't care for Dirt 3. This game takes the brutality from Dirt 1 and cranks it up a couple notches. Demanding and realistic, no two cars handle the same. There is a good variety of tracks and enough novelty that you'll be depending on your co-driver to call the circuit for a long time. For rally racing simulation fans there isn't a better game available. The progression through difficulty levels and car classes is pretty stretched out so this is not a game you can experience all of in 10 or 20 hours.

Factorio is the best game of 2015 and 2016. It's about gathering resources, building machines to process the resources and then spending the resources to advance your technology. If you like figuring out how to maximize efficiency then this is the game for you.

This game is the true sequel to STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl. The minute-to-minute gameplay of the orginal is improved upon and the artifact system makes more sense. CoP is still able to provoke the feeling of isolation and portray the grim atmosphere of its forebear.

As with all STALKER games, I highly recommend a few basic bugfix and gameplay mods be installed to improve user friendliness.

If you like Fallout and are looking for something more difficult give this game a try. It has some rough edges but with the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2009 Complete mod installed it plays well and looks good too.

The things I like best about the game are the feeling of isolation it summons and the importance of self-reliance in order to succeed. Later, comrade.