Rift: Storm Legion

Storm Legion does a great job of adding more of what the players loved in the original Rift but falls a little short in the PvP department. While they did add a new warfront they have temporarily suspended Conquest and shifted their focus even more to the conflict between the Telarans and their invaders and less on the conflict between the Defiant and the Guardian.

Initially overwhelming, Storm Legion becomes more attractive as you play. The scale of the new continents is impressive, and the wealth of content available means that even if there are some weak points, by and large it’s more hit than miss. But it’s with the addition of Dimensions that Trion Worlds really breaks new ground, providing players with a powerful tool to create truly unique constructions.

If you've yet to hit the level cap, you're best off waiting. The new souls provide some great variation in PvP and grouping, but they're not a dramatic enough change to justify buying the expansion. But if you've hit level 50 and want even more Rift to get stuck into, Storm Legion is exactly what you're looking for.

Trion’s first attempt at an expansion has proven to be a great addition to a constantly improving game. The new class souls and Dimensions are a great welcome to the game for new and old players, and the gigantic new continents add some much-needed diversity to the end game. Storm Legion proves, once again, that Rift is a game worth revisiting time and time again.

Basically, Storm Legion doesn't move beyond RIFT any more than RIFT moved beyond World of Warcraft. It gives fans precisely what they want: more of everything they're already enjoying. Some might wish for an expansion that pushes the boundaries a little more, especially when so many other MMOs are shaking up the genre with radical new ideas.

If you've been playing Rift since launch, whether to purchase this expansion or not doesn't even require thought. It's the content/feature pack you were promised and on that note it delivers in spades. New players, however, may find what's on offer to be woefully dated alongside a player population significantly diminished next (and due to) to the more recent competition in the market.