The Case for Logging DLC Like a Real Game
By Playlogs
Expansions change campaigns. If it took a weekend, it deserves a status — and maybe its own rating.
Log the DLC
Players often fold expansions into the base game’s mental score and never write them down. That’s how great epilogues disappear from your history.
When DLC gets its own log
- It has a distinct campaign or map
- It took more than an evening
- It changed your opinion of the base game
Playlogs categories include dlc and expansion for this reason. Use them.
Rating relationship
You can rate an expansion higher than the base game. Many do. Keep notes like “base 7, expansion 9 — this is the real ending.”
Bundles later
If you only ever buy the complete edition, still prefer logging the content you experienced. A GotY SKU is a store product; your diary cares about chapters you played.
Practical habit
When an expansion ships for a game you Completed last year, add a new Active log on the DLC entry instead of silently reopening the base game forever.
Your future self will thank you when you ask “which Witcher ending did I actually finish?”